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Virginia Mason was recognized for mercury and waste reduction, recycling and pollution prevention.

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SEATTLE – (July 10, 2013) – Virginia Mason Medical Center has been named one of the Most Wired health systems in the nation for the second consecutive year by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Virginia Mason is again the only Seattle hospital and one of only 289 in the U.S. to make this year’s list.

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Quality, safety, patient experience, value, efficiency and overall health outcomes would improve significantly if the principles of systems engineering were embraced by the American health system.

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Duodenal anastomosis (a surgical procedure creating a connection with the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine) appears to be a safe and simple method for reconstruction of the bile duct system that can be successfully performed with low rates of leak, narrowing, infection of the bile duct and bile gastritis, according to a study involving several Virginia Mason Medical Center physicians.

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The Virginia Mason Institute, established in response to the number of requests for Virginia Mason Medical Center to share its success in applying lean principles to improve health care, is commemorating its fifth anniversary this year.

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Carbon monoxide (CO) from external sources can easily penetrate gypsum wallboard (drywall) commonly used in apartments and houses, potentially exposing people indoors to the toxic, odorless, tasteless gas within minutes, concludes a study conducted at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

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Virginia Mason has been named one of the 50 Greenest Hospitals in America for 2013 by Becker’s Hospital Review, a leading health care publication.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center announced today it has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, general surgery and critical care.

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Virginia Mason today becomes the first in the Pacific Northwest to use non-invasive FibroScan technology to evaluate disease stage in patients diagnosed with liver ailments.

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Virginia Mason has been named a 2013 Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, making this the eighth consecutive year Virginia Mason has earned this national recognition.

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Virginia Mason’s quest to transform health care by using principles of lean manufacturing to identify and eliminate waste, improve quality and safety, and lower cost is the focus of a new book called a must-read for health care leaders.

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A Virginia Mason study aimed at better understanding what patients mean when they describe their health care experience has identified 35 positive, negative and neutral emotion words that have clear, consistent meanings for patients, families and health care professionals.

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SEATTLE – (Jan. 20, 2014) – Virginia Mason and Vera Whole Health today announced a strategic collaboration that brings Virginia Mason’s clinical best practices to Vera Whole Health’s employer-funded primary care clinics.

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Virginia Mason announced today it has received the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ for the fourth consecutive year from Healthgrades.

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Virginia Mason announced today it has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals, as measured by Healthgrades, a leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. With this designation, Virginia Mason ranks among the top 2 percent of U.S. hospitals in 2014. In addition to being the only hospital in Washington to make the top 100 this year, Virginia Mason becomes the first hospital in the state ever to earn the America’s Best Hospitals Award from Healthgrades.

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Virginia Mason’s commitment to safety and quality is helping to inspire new measures aimed at improving patient safety at hospitals throughout England.

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SEATTLE – (April 8, 2014) –Virginia Mason was today named a recipient of Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the second consecutive year.

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Virginia Mason is again rated as one of the safest hospitals in the U.S by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization using the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to drive improvements in safety, quality and affordability.

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A new book about Virginia Mason’s journey to transform health care has received the 2014 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award.

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A Virginia Mason study has determined that a nerve block technique which avoids the femoral nerve results in the need for less morphine and a potentially speedier recovery for orthopedic surgery patients.

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Virginia Mason announced today it is the first hospital in the United States to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its commitment to serving seafood grown and harvested by certified, environmentally sustainable methods.

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The August edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety features an article about Virginia Mason’s success at using a manufacturing principle of lean to improve medication administration and patient safety.

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Virginia Mason, a national leader in improving quality and safety and controlling health care costs, today introduced a surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements. It protects patients, insurance providers and employers from incurring additional costs for the treatment of avoidable, surgery-related complications.

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A “therapy car” developed at Virginia Mason Hospital & Seattle Medical Center is being used by its physical and occupational therapists to help patients recovering from hip and knee replacement surgery simulate getting in and out of a real vehicle without falling or injuring themselves.

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For the ninth consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group today named Virginia Mason to its annual list of Top Hospitals in the nation.

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Virginia Mason reached a milestone this week in its commitment to provide patients with convenient, 24-hour access to their medical information when the number of people enrolled to use the organization’s web-based patient portal topped 100,000.

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Today, Virginia Mason announced it has received the Healthgrades 2015 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ for the second straight year.

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SEATTLE – (April 2, 2015) – Virginia Mason Health System has posted on its website the estimated prices for its 100 most common outpatient surgical procedures.

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Virginia Mason Hospital has been named a recipient of Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the third consecutive year.

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Virginia Mason has earned an “A” for patient safety in The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2015 Hospital Safety Score. This marks the seventh consecutive time Virginia Mason has received the top grade since Leapfrog launched the program.

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Virginia Mason Institute announced today it has been selected by England’s National Health Service Trust Development Authority (NHS) to implement Virginia Mason’s management system as part of a broad effort to improve safety and quality, and control costs at NHS hospitals.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center began this week posting online star ratings for, and patients’ comments about, its clinic physicians and providers as another service to help individuals make well-informed health care decisions.

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Memorial Family of Services, which includes Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, is a step closer to joining Virginia Mason Health System after leaders of both organizations sign the legal document paving the way for the affiliation to take effect in early 2016.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center is using a $25,000 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation to support a pilot program designed to reduce hospital readmissions among patients diagnosed with heart failure.

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For the 10th consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group today named Virginia Mason Medical Center one of the Top Hospitals in the United States.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center has received the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ for the sixth consecutive year from Healthgrades, a leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals in the United States.

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Virginia Mason announced today it has received the 2016 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ from Healthgrades, making this the third consecutive year it has earned this recognition for clinical quality.

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Virginia Mason Hospital and Seattle Medical Center has been designated as the Center of Excellence for total joint replacement surgery by the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) as part of the state agency’s continuing efforts to pay for value instead of volume.

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A rescued sea turtle undergoing rehabilitation at the Seattle Aquarium became the first nonhuman treated in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Virginia Mason Hospital earlier this week when medical experts and marine wildlife veterinarians collaborated in an effort to compress internal gas bubbles that prevent the reptile from diving or remaining under water.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center has received the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for the fourth consecutive year and is the only hospital in Seattle and the Puget Sound area to reach this milestone.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center has received another “A” for patient safety in the national Hospital Safety Score program administered by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit hospital safety watchdog.

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Virginia Mason has earned accreditation as an academic cancer center by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, extending a history of continuous accreditation that began in 1941.

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Survival rates for patients treated for a variety of cancers at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle are among the best in the United States, recent national data shows.

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Virginia Mason has received the 2016 Mission: Lifeline® Gold Achievement Award for implementing specific American Heart Association quality improvement measures for treating patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

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Virginia Mason is identified as one of the region’s best hospitals for 2016-17 by U.S. News & World Report, which announced its annual Best Hospitals rankings today.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center now offers the totally laparoscopic Whipple procedure as an advanced surgical option for removing tumors from the head of the pancreas.

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Virginia Mason Medical Center announced today it has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care, Pulmonary Care, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal Care and General Surgery.

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Virginia Mason has again earned an “A” in the national Hospital Safety Grade program, The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit patient safety watchdog, announced today.

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CHI Franciscan Health and Virginia Mason Health System, two leading health care providers in the Pacific Northwest, today announced they have signed a letter of intent to create a clinical partnership and strategic affiliation designed to expand access and improve care quality and safety across the Puget Sound region.

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SEATTLE – (Dec. 6, 2016) – For the 11th consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group today named Virginia Mason a Top Hospital based on its evaluation of quality and safety at medical centers across the nation.