9-Care Redesign Case: Virginia Mason Institute

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Care Redesign Case: Virginia Mason Institute

VIRGINIA MASON INSTITUTE

Virginia Mason Institute led the way in improving patient safety and care quality by adopting Toyota Production Systems lean manufacturing model and implementing it in their health care system. As a result, Virginia Mason has been named one of America’s top two hospitals of the decade by the Leapfrog Group.1

 

Read one of the following case studies from Virginia Mason that looks at lean adoption in an aspect of patient care and answer the reflection question.

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