PENSACOLA, FL, August 26, 2009 – Baptist Leadership Group, a healthcare consulting firm owned by 2003 Malcolm Baldrige recipient Baptist Health Care of NW Florida, announced the launch of their new Leadership Performance System (LPS).  The web-based, electronic tool accelerates Baptist’s accountability management approach for hospital and health system leaders.  It hardwires organizational excellence through a leader evaluation system based on outcomes, not processes, which in turn drives quality and growth.

 

Research shows that rigorous accountability impacts quality scores and improves clinical outcomes.   “To achieve long-lasting results in your organization, you must hold leaders accountable for measurable results,” said Al Stubblefield, CEO of Baptist Health Care. LPS accelerates a hospital’s ability to achieve high quality standards and growth performance by creating expectations, setting goals, establishing consequences, and achieving and sustaining desired outcomes for leaders.

 

“Baptist Leadership Group brought our senior team together to create a consistent system of expectations for individual contributions and outcomes”, said Lee Ann Liska, CEO, University Hospital of Cincinnati. “LPS will be a key driver of performance improvement for us.”

 

“In the era of pay-for-performance, quality, whether hospital cleanliness, patient safety, or avoiding mistakes, is the number one issue facing healthcare,” said BLG's President.  ”LPS is a basic step to improving quality and saving lives, which impacts the bottom line.”

 

Baptist Leadership Group was founded in 2000 to help hospitals, health systems, long term care facilities, ambulatory services and other health care entities across the U.S. and abroad achieve higher levels of performance.  BLG uses the methods and tools developed by Baptist Health Care that resulted in a national reputation for service excellence, winning the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige award, and six years on Fortune magazine’s annual “100 Best Places to Work” list.  For more information, visit www.bhclg.com.