The Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle Washington is widely regarded as a leading case study in the benefits of applying lean manufacturing principles to healthcare. The leadership team first ...

When you think of a hospital, what comes to mind? Patients, emergency rooms, technology and medical advancements. Making the sick and injured well again. When officials at Virginia Mason think of ...

Dr. Gary Kaplan and Dr. Ketul Patel are the leaders of a merger between the Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Common Spirit system. Dr. Kaplan is the founder and driver of the Lean Six Sigma ...

Virginia Mason Health System, a Seattle-based institution that's world renowned for its Lean management strategy, announced Thursday it plans to merge with a Washington state division of CommonSpirit ...

> Health Management Associates and Florida Blue have formed an accountable care delivery partnership, with the potential to build a clinically integrated network among participating providers, both ...