Getting Back to Nursing: Using the Virginia Mason Production System to enhance nursing practice and improve patient care (pdf)
Virginia Mason Team Medicine. Virginia Mason Medical Center. 2007. Describes key elements and results of the model.
Redesigning Care Delivery in Response to A High-Performance Network: The Virginia Mason Medical Center
Pham H, Ginsburg P, McKenzie K, et al. Health Affairs Web Exclusive. 10 July 2007 w532-w544.
Creating an Environment for Caring Using Lean Principles of the Virginia Mason Production System
Nelson-Peterson D, Leppa C. Journal of Nursing Administration. June 2007; 37 (6): 287-294.
Virginia Mason Medical Center website
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General inpatient population.
Virginia Mason Medical Center is a not-for-profit integrated health-care system providing inpatient and outpatient care in seven locations in an urban setting. It includes a 336-bed acute care adult hospital (no pediatrics or OB/GYN), 400 employed physicians, and 5,000 employees.
Acute care hospital.
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