Virginia Mason is nationally recognized for designing care processes around patients, increasing quality and reducing the cost of care. Our successes have been noticed by Press Ganey, The White House, the British National Health Service, The Wall Street Journal, PBS NewsHour, AARP, Seattle Times, and many other organizations and publications. Virginia Mason is recognized as a world leader in transforming health care — delivering better care at lower cost.
In 2002, Virginia Mason embarked on an ambitious, system-wide program to change the way it delivers health care and in the process improve patient safety and quality. It did so by adopting the basic tenets of the Toyota Production System (TPS), calling it the Virginia Mason Production System, or VMPS.
For many businesses, health care is their second-largest expense, but the product they buy is often inconsistent in quality. Together we can change that. Employers can use their purchasing power to drive improvements in cost and quality too. These are the steps to affordable care:
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Virginia Mason helps companies provide health care for employees that is better, faster and more affordable — including some of our region’s and nation’s largest employers. For more insights into how the health care industry is changing, visit and please subscribe to Virginia Mason Institute Knowledge Base.
To learn more about what you can do to improve health care quality and reduce costs for your business, and your employees, please contact Darlene Corkrum at TransformHealthCare@virginiamason.org or call (206) 341-0423.