Annual Quality Awards Listing
National Awards | Given By: | Criteria | Website | Acclaim Award | American Medical Group Association | Recognizes quality improvement efforts led by physician directed organizations that measurably improve health outcomes and the quality of life of for patients. | www.amga.org | Akao Prize | Administered by the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Institute | Following the processes used for the Deming Prize. Awarded to the individuals for expertise in practice and dissemination of the QFD method. | www.qfdi.org/akaoprize.htm | Armand V. Feigenbaum Medal | ASQ | Recognizes the achievement of professionals under the age of 36 who have displayed outstanding characteristics of leadership, professionalism and potential in the quality field. | http://www.asq.org/about-asq/awards/feigenbaum.html | Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award | National Institute of Standards and Technology in a partnership with ASQ. | Award criteria are built on seven core values; leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information analysis, human resource focus, process management and business results. | www.quality.nist.gov | Brumbaugh Award | ASQ | Presented for the paper published in an ASQ journal that made the largest contribution to the development of the industrial application of quality control. | http://www.asq.org/about-asq/awards/brumbaugh.html | Crosby Medal | ASQ | The Crosby Medal is presented to the individual who has authored a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, or techniques of quality management. | http://www.asq.org/about-asq/awards/crosby.html | Deming Medal | ASQ | Awarded to the leader who combined statistical thinking and management to achieve outstanding quality in product or services. | http://www.asq.org/about-asq/awards/deming.html | Deming Prize | The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers | Awarded to individuals or teams who have