**UPDATE**  Category One and the Magellan Institute will be featured at the Annual Quest for Excellence Conference, April 16-18, 2012.

Category One, Inc. is an Excellence Execution firm serving as advisors and strategic partners for health care organizations seeking to achieve distinctive performance. Through a proven proprietary approach, Category One enables organizations to effectively adopt and integrate a Baldrige-influenced framework for achieving and sustaining the highest levels of comprehensive organizational performance.

Category One focuses on creating lasting cultural attributes that support and drive excellence in leadership, strategic planning, customer and workforce focus, knowledge management, process design and delivery, and health care outcomes, to name a few. The RESULTS of our partners can be attributed to their ability to leverage and consistently execute the concepts, guidance, and discipline disseminated through our guided approach to performance excellence.  This approach integrates an Excellence Framework with executive experience, a health care pedigree, and a portfolio of best practices for helping organizations achieve and sustain their role model potential.