Hathaway-Sycamores Wins Prestigious CAPE Bronze Award

California Council for Excellence Announces 2013 CAPE and CTEA Award Recipients

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (Dec. 18, 2013) – The California Council for Excellence (CCE) today announced six recipients of the California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE) Eureka and five recipients of the 2013 California Team Excellence Award (CTEA) Gold Nugget Award.

The CAPE Eureka is the highest level of recognition for Baldrige-based performance excellence in the state of California. The 2013 Eureka recipients are:

Gold Level

• Kaiser Permanente San Diego

Silver Level

• AltaMed Health Services

• Family Health Centers of San Diego

• Portland VA Medical Center

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Bronze Level

• Hathaway-Sycamore Child and Family Services

The Gold Nugget Award is CTEA’s highest level of recognition. The 2013 recipients are:

Bronze Level

• Baxter BioScience, Operational Excellence Team

• Adventist Healthcare, Patient Transfer Improvement Team

Honorable Mention

• Kaiser Permanente Riverside, Advanced Management Inpatient Diabetes Team

• Kaiser Permanente San Diego, 5 West UBT Team

• Kaiser Permanente San Diego, Primary Care Bonita UBT Team