Virginia Mason Medical Center
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A view of Virginia Mason Medical Center from 9th Ave. and Seneca St.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°36′37″N 122°19′38″W / 47.61028°N 122.32722°WCoordinates: 47°36′37″N 122°19′38″W / 47.61028°N 122.32722°W |
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| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Links | |
| Website | virginiamason.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Washington |
Virginia Mason Medical Center, founded in 1920, is a private, non-profit organization located in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Virginia Mason Medical Center is organized into a "system of integrated health services:"
Virginia Mason is affiliated with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Evergreen Healthcare, and St. Francis Hospital.
Virginia Mason also engages in philanthropic efforts through its Virginia Mason Foundation, under the guidance of a community board.
Virginia Mason Medical Center was founded in 1920 by three physicians: John M. Blackford, James Tate Mason, and Maurice Dwyer; it was named after the daughters of Blackford and Mason. Two years later it created its own school of nursing, which became affiliated with the University of Washington in 1957.
In 1960, Alan E. Nourse, who was an intern at Virginia Mason, wrote The Intern; it was published by Harper & Row in 1965, under the pseudonym "Doctor X".
In 1985, Virginia Mason installed the first lithotripter in the Pacific Northwest.
In 2002, Virginia Mason spearheaded an effort to improve patient safety and quality of care by adopting the Toyota Production System (TPS) to health care. Named the Virginia Mason Production System, Virginia Mason was the first health care institution to implement the TPS philosophy throughout the institution. The two main tenets of this system are to minimize waste through just-in-time production and eliminate defects in the system by empowering staff to "stop the line" whenever they detect a patient safety or quality problem. The problem is then analyzed and a solution tested out in a Rapid Process Improvement Workshop. VMPS is reported to have saved the institution $12 to 15 million over the course of six years. Their efforts have resulted in Virginia Mason consistently being named Leapfrog Group's top hospitals, and one of two top hospitals of the decade in 2010.
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