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Newsroom Kendall, K. (Winter 2025). Addressing the Challenges of Healthcare in Rural America . Arkansas Hospitals. Healthcare organizations find benefit in applying the Communities of Excellence Framework , December 27, 2021, By COE Faculty Members Christel Gollnick and Brenda GrantBaldrige Foundation Institute for Performance Excellence from the Chronicle of Leadership and Management, Volume 2, Number 1, September 2022, Key Success Factors in Communities of Excellence: Fifteen Communities Recognized for Their Commitment to Improving Community Outcomes by Stephanie Norling. Posted November 21st, 2022.Congress Authorizes "Community" as the Newest Baldrige National Award Category by Stephanie Norling. Posted August 9th, 2022.Blogrige, the official Baldrige Blog: I Have a Wicked Dream Posted November 29th, 2022 by Harry Hertz. Community Foundation program recognized on national scale , Morgan Doyle, St Joseph News-Press, MO. Posted September 5, 2022.Blogrige, the official Baldrige Blog: Public Sector Best Practices Inspire State and Local Governments Overseas Posted May 10th, 2022 by Dawn Bailey. The Baldrige Foundation 2020-2021 Journal of Performance Excellence: Success for Communities of Excellence 2026 by Stephanie Norling. Full Journal available on the Baldrige Foundation website. Blogrige, the official Baldrige Blog: Improving Quality of Life in America, One Community at a Time Posted April 8th, 2021 by Christine Schaefer The Improvement Nerds Podcast Episode 23 - Nerding Out about Communities of Excellence with Stephanie Norling by the Green Dot Consulting Group. July 12th, 2020.Blogrige, the official Baldrige Blog: Now is the Time for Your Local Community to Choose Excellence Posted June 11th, 2020 by Harry Hertz Kendall, Kay. "Hospitals and Communities of Excellence" Arkansas Hospitals Magazine, Fall 2019, http://www.arkhospitals.org/archive/arkhospmagpdf/AHAFall19.pdf Leader Dialogue - LD#32 The Power of the Baldrige Framework - with Lowell C. Kruse https://leaderdialogue.com/ld-32-the-power-of-the-baldridge-framework-with-lowell-c-kruse/ The Baldrige Foundation 2018-2019 Journal of Performance Excellence: Success for Communities of Excellence 2026 is Good News for Communities across America by Stephanie Norling. Full Journal available on the Baldrige Foundation website. The Baldrige Foundation 2017-2018 Journal of Performance Excellence: Communities of Excellence 2026 Expands by Stephanie Norling. Full Journal available on the Baldrige Foundation website. Blogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: How to Get Involved with Baldrige Communities of Excellence Posted March 20th, 2018 by Christine SchaeferBlogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: What's Happening with Communities of Excellence 2026? Posted February 9th, 2017 by Christine SchaeferPA Times : Improving Government: Five Stories from Four States Posted November 18th, 2016 by Christine SchaeferBlogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: How the Baldrige Framework is Helping Rural U.S. Communities Posted September 7th, 2016Blogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: When a Community Profiles Itself: What We're Learning Posted August 2nd, 2016Blogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: "A Bold Vision for Community Health" Posted July 28th, 2016Blogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: Update on Communities of Excellence 2026 Posted March 31st, 2016Blogrige , the official Baldrige Blog: Community Focused Excellence: Something New on the Horizon Posted February 19th, 2015St Joseph Missouri News Press: Partner Improves Region's Prospects St Joseph Missouri News Press: Community Foundation to Pursue Pilot Region Project The Spring Issue of the National Civic Review:“25 Years of Healthy Communities Part 2″ Kruse, L. and Norling, R. (2014), Communities of Excellence 2026. Nat Civic Rev, 103: 53–54.
