Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano (Texas), one of two winners of the White House's 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, is choosing to withdraw from the award process.
The hospital was scheduled to receive the award April 2014 in Baltimore.
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In a news release, leadership cited efforts to "address allegations being made against it by plaintiffs' attorneys in lawsuits and in the media," the desire to respect the award and the desire to avoid giving "misleading allegations an elevated public platform" as primary reasons for rejecting the award.
The hospital is currently facing a lawsuit filed by patients who claim the hospital let a neurosurgeon continue to perform surgeries despite its alleged awareness of his botched procedures and alleged substance abuse problems.
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