Virginia Mason Hospital

Virginia Mason Hospital
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Geography
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 336
History
Founded 1920
Links
Website https://www.virginiamason.org/home/dept.cfm?id=1386
Lists Hospitals in Washington

Virginia Mason Hospital is a hospital in Seattle, Washington, part of the Virginia Mason Medical Center.

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Overview

The hospital is known for its programs to reduce healthcare operating costs.[1] Gary Kaplan, CEO of Virginia Mason, takes hospital staff to Toyota’s factories in Japan every year to study methods of improving efficiency.[2]

History

Virginia Mason Hospital was established in 1920 as an 80-bed hospital with offices for six physicians.[3]

Staff at the hospital have been among the first to introduce a number of new treatments and innovations, including:

Expansion

The hospital is currently adding an adjacent 250,000 square-foot, 7-storey building which will be named the Floyd & Delores Jones Pavilion. It will house a new Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and procedure and operating rooms. Also added will be the ability to isolate floors to contain any outbreaks of infectious diseases.[5]

The expansion is needed as some of its current facilities are vulnerable to earthquakes.[6] The hospital will begin transferring services to the new building in the second half of 2011.

Affiliations

The hospital is affiliated with several other hospitals and health care organizations in the region:

References

External

Official website