Virginia Mason in the News
Media Highlights
2019
- Two Major Health Systems Moving Forward With Plan to Launch a New Birth Center (Seattle Business, Oct. 7, 2019)
- The Fight Against Physician Burnout: AMA awards 22 organizations for their efforts (Medical Economics, Oct. 2, 2019)
- Lead is Still a Public Health Culprit (Washington State Medical Association Reports, Sept. 10, 2019)
- Colorectal Cancer: Symptoms, Family History Don’t Always Precede the Preventable Disease (City Living Seattle, Sept. 16, 2019)
- CEOs dissect strategic partnerships: Three Don’ts (HealthLeaders, Sept. 12, 2019)
- Virginia Mason named a leader in serving LGBTQ individuals (Seattle Gay News, Aug. 23, 2019)
- Well-Child Checks Help Keep Kids Healthy Throughout Their Lives (425 Magazine, Aug. 20, 2019)
- New Guideline Issued for Sudden Hearing Loss (Medscape.com, Aug. 5, 2019)
- Case Study: Virginia Mason Kirkland Medical Center (National Academy of Medicine, July 31, 2019)
- Strengthening Culture through Good Governance Practices (AHA Trustee Insights, July 31, 2019)
- Virginia Mason teams up with NHL Seattle for player care, new clinic at Northgate (Puget Sound Business Journal, July 25, 2019)
- IT Innovation Lessons From Virginia Mason CIO: Strategy, Watchful Waiting Deliver Long-Term Value (HealthLeaders, July 19, 2019)
- Microscopy and VR Illuminate New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease (Lab Manager, July 18, 2019)
- 'No Time to Wait:' Now in recovery, Wasilla man makes the most of the time he's been given (Anchorage Daily News, July 13, 2019)
- We Can Make Health Care Less Scary for Transgender Patients (The Advocate, July 9, 2019)
- Becker's CEO + CFO Roundtable: 3 Questions with Suzanne Anderson, President and Executive Vice President at Virginia Mason (Becker’s Hospital Review, July 8, 2019)
- 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives (Modern Healthcare, June 17, 2019)
- Outstanding Voices: Dr. Camille Johnson calls on health systems to do more for LGBTQ patients (Puget Sound Business Journal, June 6, 2019)
- Virginia Mason Chairman and CEO Gary S. Kaplan, MD, wages a war on waste (Modern Healthcare, May 4, 2019)
- Doctor creates clinic aimed at comprehensive care for patients with Down syndrome (KNKX-FM, April 7, 2019)
- System Reform: How Healthcare Systems Can Control Rising Costs Without Sacrificing Quality (Inside Healthcare, April 2019)
- Hospitals turn to Sarah Patterson, the health care sensei, and here's why (Puget Sound Business Journal, March 29, 2019)
- Dr. Partridge bringing families together (Issaquah Reporter, Feb. 14, 2019)
- Virginia Mason's Gary Kaplan: 19 Years Of Inviting Disruption (HealthLeaders, Feb. 5, 2019)
2018
- Taking On Opioids: Establishing an Organizational Initiative (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists News, Dec. 20, 2018)
- Health Care Is Evolving. Is Your Board Keeping Up? (Institute for Healthcare Improvement blog, Dec 7, 2018)
- Stuck in the Hospital? You may be visited by a mini horse (The Stranger, Nov. 16, 2018)
- Improving With Patients (American College of Radiology, Nov. 14, 2018)
- Building A Culture Of Transparency In Health Care (Harvard Business Review, Nov. 9, 2018)
- What Is Concierge Medicine and Should You Try It? (SHAPE, Nov. 6, 2018)
- How To Eat Safely And Travel With An Autoimmune Disease (The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2018)
- Bailey-Boushay House ready to shelter city's vulnerable populations (Madison Park Times, Oct. 31, 2018)
- Virginia Mason Federal Way hosting drug take-back to help with opioid epidemic (Federal Way Mirror, Oct. 27, 2018)
- Healthy Living: Doctors say now is the time to get the flu shot (Q13-TV.com, Oct. 3, 2018)
- Q&A with Virginia Mason CEO Gary Kaplan on creating value-based care regardless of payment model (Modern Healthcare, Sept. 8, 2018)
- We Asked a Doctor How Much You Need to Care About Your Circadian Rhythm (SELF.com, Sept. 5, 2018)
- Bailey-Boushay House receiving emergency shelter funding (Madison Park Times, July 25, 2018)
- 2 Washington hospitals named spinal fusion Centers of Excellence: 3 insights (Becker’s Spine Review, July 24, 2018)
- 'Two or three here, 20 there,' the city's march to 500 beds includes Hill, CD (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, July 23, 2018)
- Cross-border colon cancer study shows Americans paying double for same treatments (Vancouver Sun, July 13, 2018)
- Earwax actually has a flavor and there’s a medical reason why (Insider.com, July 8, 2018)
- New Virginia Mason medical center is open for business (Bainbridge Island Review, June 20, 2018)
- Why art is becoming part of doctors’ education at Virginia Mason (Seattle Times, June 16, 2018)
- Q&A: Sarah Patterson, executive director, Virginia Mason Institute (Seattle Business, May 24, 2018)
- Where are the 49 Leapfrog straight-A hospitals? (Becker's Hospital Review, April 30, 2018)
- Virginia Mason Forms For-Profit Consulting Group (Health Leaders Media, April 24, 2018)
- Improving patient involvement in care (NEJM Catalyst, April 4, 2018)
- Longtime friends team on new cancer treatment (Kitsap Sun, March 29, 2018)
- Fighting Insomnia with Therapy (Healthline.com, March 16, 2018)
- Fearless thinking will drive health care transformation (Institute for Healthcare Improvement Blog, March 12, 2018)
- Healthgrades announces America’s Best Hospitals for 2018 (Becker’s Hospital Review, Feb. 28, 2018)
- TVT safe, effective, durable for female SUI (MedPageToday.com, Feb. 27, 2018)
- She's been saved by blood 100 times over while battling a painful disease affecting African Americans (The News Tribune, Feb. 20, 2018)
- Fruit Juice: One hidden culprit behind weight gain (Health Day, Feb. 14, 2018)
- Edmonds Family Medicine now part of Virginia Mason (MyEdmondsNews.com, Feb. 10, 2018)
- Schedule tweaks boost admission capacity (ACP Hospitalist, January 2018)
- CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason join forces to bring radiation oncology to Burien (Westside Seattle, Feb. 5, 2018)
- OT- and PT-designed therapy car aims to teach safe vehicle entry and exit (Rehab Management, Jan. 31, 2018)
- Women’s heart attack symptoms often differ from men’s (Northwest Prime Time, Jan. 28, 2018)
- Olympus faces new trial over medical scopes tied to superbug deaths (Kaiser Health News, Jan. 19, 2018)
- Obesity care often team effort between primary care, community resources (Queen Anne & Magnolia News, Jan. 17, 2018)
- Despite national shortage of rheumatologists, care has improved (Capitol Hill Times, Jan. 11, 2018)
