Using the Baldrige Framework to "Save More Lives than Ever Before"
Jennifer Prinz Donor Alliance 2018 Baldrige Award Recipient Donor Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Colorado that earned the Baldrige Award in 2018. Serving Colorado and most of Wyoming as one of 57 independent Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Donor Alliance is dedicated to a mission of saving people’s lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. To achieve this, Donor Alliance employs an effective family-focused approach and recovery programs in more than 100 hospitals. In 2019 and 2020,...