Senate Bill sb3088

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3088

    By Senator Clary





    4-2206-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution congratulating Baptist Hospital,

  3         Inc., of Pensacola.

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  5         WHEREAS, Baptist Hospital, Inc., of Pensacola was

  6  awarded the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

  7  Award by the President of the United States on March 9, 2004,

  8  and

  9         WHEREAS, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

10  was established by an Act of Congress to raise awareness about

11  the importance of quality and performance excellence and is

12  named for the 26th Secretary of Commerce who saw quality

13  management as the key to America's prosperity and long-term

14  strength, and

15         WHEREAS, the Baldrige Award is the highest and most

16  prestigious of its type, with Baptist Hospital, Inc.,

17  receiving one of only seven such awards nationwide this year

18  and becoming only the second health care system ever to

19  receive the award, and

20         WHEREAS, to be considered for the Baldrige Award,

21  Baptist Hospital, Inc., was required to prove that it has a

22  world-class management system that fosters ongoing excellence,

23  as measured by criteria related to leadership, strategic

24  planning, process management, and results, and

25         WHEREAS, the Baldrige Award examiners undertook two

26  thorough reviews of the three facilities that compose Baptist

27  Hospital, Inc. - Baptist Hospital, Gulf Breeze Hospital, and

28  Baptist Medical Park, and

29         WHEREAS, as extraordinary an achievement as it is,

30  winning the Baldrige Award is incidental to the commitment of

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3088
    4-2206-04




 1  Baptist Hospital, Inc., to being a great provider of health

 2  care, and

 3         WHEREAS, consistent with its commitment and mission as

 4  a faith-based institution, the Baptist Health Care network has

 5  achieved its objectives while providing over $118 million in

 6  care for the needy, and

 7         WHEREAS, as the first Florida-based organization, as

 8  well as the first health care provider in the state, to

 9  achieve the coveted Baldrige Award, Baptist Hospital, Inc., is

10  a model for its hospital neighbors in the community and across

11  the state, NOW, THEREFORE,

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13  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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15         That Baptist Hospital, Inc., is commended for its

16  accomplishments in receiving the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige

17  National Quality Award and for its continuing commitment to

18  the community and those in need.

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20         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

21  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Al

22  Stubblefield, CEO of Baptist Health Care, as a tangible token

23  of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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