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Top-performing hospital credits Lean Management with dramatic savings
Since Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center began using Toyota's lean management style 10 years ago, the hospital has risen to the top 1 percent in safety and efficiency nationwide, reports
Pay for 21 Washington nonprofit hospital leaders exceeded $1M
Washington nonprofit hospital leaders are raking in the big bucks, according to a survey of Puget Sound hospitals. CEOs at Multicare Health System, Northwest Hospital, Providence Health and Services,
Lacking outcomes data, the 'best' isn't so good
As FierceHealthcare reported last week , the 10-year-old Leapfrog Group has named University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle as its "Top Hospitals
Decade's 'top hospitals' announced by Leapfrog
The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle have been named "Top Hospitals of the Decade" by The Leapfrog Group for their innovations in
Boeing medical home pilot cuts healthcare costs 20 percent, improves care
Employer-based access to a personalized healthcare team 24 hours a day, seven days a week could be a new wave in patient care, if a pilot program recently completed by a Puget Sound, Wash., branch of
Major Seattle hospitals have EMRs, lack interoperability
Seattle is a high-tech city with several world-renowned healthcare institutions. Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center are among those
'Facilities fees' for doctor visits startle patients
Healthcare billing is complex enough without throwing another factor into the mix. Increasingly, however, it seems that consumers are being caught off guard by a new bill--a "facility fee"
