Virginia Mason Hospital | |
Virginia Mason Medical Center | |
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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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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]
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:
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.
The hospital is affiliated with several other hospitals and health care organizations in the region: