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Virginia Mason

Type: Person

Name: Virginia Mason

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Good for you: May 26, 2013

Letter carrier food drive a successOn Saturday, May 11, the National Letter Carriers conducted their annual nationwide food drive, during which 11,165 pounds of food were donated to the Helpline House food bank.This feat was possible only because of the ... [Published Kitsap Sun - May 23 2013]

Entities: Central Kitsap High School, Laura Dean, South Kitsap High School

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Foster Pepper Ranks Fifth on Puget Sound Business Journal's "Corporate Philanthropists – Medium" List

– Foster Pepper once again was recognized as one of the “Top 75 Corporate Philanthropists” in the region by the Puget Sound Business Journal, ranking fifth on the “Corporate Philanthropists – Medium.” In 2012 the firm donated approximately $526,000 to ... [Published Foster Pepper PLLC - May 21 2013]

Entities: Pro Bono, Virginia Mason, Swedish Medical Center

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Seattle Times Co

Reason to smile

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMESNat Seymour, a photographer from Redmond, shows Kevin Patz of Seattle and his dog Arthur their picture on the back of his camera during a portrait session Wednesday. The Virginia Mason Cancer Institute partnered with ... [Published Seattle Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Seattle Times Co, Seattle, Virginia Mason

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Volunteer photographers snapping free portraits of cancer patients

SEATTLE -- When you or your loved ones are in the middle of a cancer fight, the last thing on your mind is a portrait. Now a group of volunteer photographers is stepping up and allowing patients to "check that off their list." Patients visiting their ... [Published King5.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Patient, Virginia Mason, Pancreatic Cancer, oncologist

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

University of Guam

ANNABELLE (ANNE) ROHWEDER

in Satsop, Wash., and passed into the eternal energy stream on May 3, 2013.During her childhood she lived in Marblemount, Wash., moved to Enumclaw, Wash. as an adolescent and graduated from Virginia Mason School of Nursing in 1946.She taught at the University ... [Published Stanwood Camano News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Mangilao (Guam), Olympic College, Virginia Mason, University of Guam, Port Angeles

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

LeapFrog Enterprises Inc

Hospitals: Havens or Hazards

Although a hospital’s primary role is to care and provide for its patients, it is estimated that preventable hospital mistakes contribute to over 180,000 American deaths every year. The staggering number has led many institutions to rethink safety implementation ... [Published AARP - May 13 2013]

Entities: LeapFrog Enterprises Inc, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Virginia Mason

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Seeing a Seahawk up close at rookie minicamp

JOHN LOK / THE SEATTLE TIMESSeattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, right, greets other spectators Friday near the shore of the practice field at the start of the Hawks' rookie minicamp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton. The three-day ... [Published Seattle Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: John Lok, Virginia Mason, Richard Sherman

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Norwich walk casts light on plight of the hungry

Midway through a community anti-hunger walk through downtown Norwich on Sunday, a neighborhood resident ran up to walker Hilda Zeigler, of Gales Ferry, and handed her $5.Zeigler had no idea who he was, she said after the walk, but she and other volunteers ... [Published Norwich Bulletin - May 06 2013]

Entities: Virginia Mason, Ed Sweeney, Connecticut Food Bank, Norwich Free Academy

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Healthcare’s ‘dirty little secret’: No one is officially coordinating care in the hospital

Betsy Gabay saw a rotating cast of at least 14 doctors when she was hospitalized at New York Hospital Queens for almost four weeks last year for a flare-up of ulcerative colitis. But the person she credits with saving her life is a spry, persistent 75-year-old ... [Published MedCity News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Patient, Health Care, Lucian Leape, Virginia Mason

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Patient safety lessons from lean manufacturing

by Diane Miller How does "production" apply to healthcare? Patients are not cars, of course. Yet both manufacturing and healthcare are filled with complex production processes. In healthcare, these include admitting a patient, scheduling a clinic ... [Published Hospital Impact - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Virginia Mason, Lean Manufacturing, Patient Safety

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Practice Greenhealth recognizes Virginia Mason with 2013 Partner for Change, with Distinction Award

Virginia Mason Medical Center has been recognized with the 2013 "Partner for Change, with Distinction" Award by Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading health care membership community that empowers its members to increase their efficiencies and environmental ... [Published News-Medical.Net - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Virginia Mason, Health Care, Sustainability

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Virginia Mason Awarded National Honor for Environmental Achievement

Source Newsroom:Newswise — SEATTLE – (April 26, 2013) — Virginia Mason Medical Center has been recognized with the 2013 “Partner for Change, with Distinction” Award by Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading health care membership community that empowers ... [Published Newswise - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Virginia Mason, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Health Care, Environment, Sustainability

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Good for you: May 26, 2013 [Published Kitsap Sun - May 23 2013]
CSUMB Candidates for Degree 2013 [Published Californian - May 22 2013]
Lights, camera, medicine [Published UW Daily Online - May 22 2013]
Foster Pepper Ranks Fifth on Puget Sound Busine... [Published Foster Pepper PLLC - May 21 2013]
DuPont C8 Lawsuit Filed by Wright & Schulte LLC... [Published PRWeb - May 21 2013]
Healthcare Leaders Gather at 2013 Amerinet Memb... [Published Digital Journal - May 19 2013]
Healthcare systems pitch affiliation [Published North County Outlook - May 17 2013]
Reason to smile [Published Seattle Times - May 17 2013]
Investing in Value-Based Health Care [Published Hospitals & Health Networks - May 17 2013]
Volunteer photographers snapping free portraits... [Published King5.com - May 16 2013]
Dr. Fredric Stern, of The Stern Center in Belle... [Published WebWire - May 15 2013]
ANNABELLE (ANNE) ROHWEDER [Published Stanwood Camano News - May 15 2013]
Spotlight on St. Charles: Becoming a High-Perfo... [Published Institute for Healthcare Improvement - May 15 2013]
Hospitals: Havens or Hazards [Published AARP - May 13 2013]
Seeing a Seahawk up close at rookie minicamp [Published Seattle Times - May 11 2013]
EvergreenHealth Earns 'A' for Patient Safety fr... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
River Island Autumn/Winter 2013 [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
Governor Appoints New Members to Oregon Tourism... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
TASC Unveils New Training Center and Cyber Test... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
Alfred J. Zaccagnino is recognized by Continent... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
ECMC Foundation increases its pledge to $12.3 m... [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]
Delivering integrated health services [Published Clinical Services Journal - May 07 2013]
JoAnn 'Jody' Reed, 83, of Lewiston [Published Moscow-Pullman Daily News - May 07 2013]
Norwich walk casts light on plight of the hungry [Published Norwich Bulletin - May 06 2013]
Daughters of American colonists install officers [Published Victoria Advocate - May 03 2013]
Researchers use Web 2.0 apps to share vaccine s... [Published NewsRX - May 03 2013]
Council, district, hospital hold joint meeting [Published Arlington Times - May 01 2013]
Notes and References from my #LKNA13 Talk on Le... [Published Lean Blog - May 01 2013]
Packed house for Anacortes hospital forum [Published Individual.com - May 01 2013]
“Respect for People” in Healthcare [Published Lean Blog - May 01 2013]

Blogs

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Notes and References from my #LKNA13 Talk on Le... [Published Lean Blog - May 01 2013] I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different “tribe” to be a part of, as the topics focused on software and IT settings, including agile development, “ kanban ” project management, and broader ...
“Respect for People” in Healthcare [Published Lean Blog - May 01 2013] There’s an excellent blog post on the Virginia Mason Medical Center site: “ Does respecting co-workers make patients safer? ” As a leader in adopting and adapting Toyota management methods to healthcare, Virginia Mason understands that “respect ...
Patient safety lessons from lean manufacturing [Published Hospital Impact - Apr 29 2013] by Diane Miller How does "production" apply to healthcare? Patients are not cars, of course. Yet both manufacturing and healthcare are filled with complex production processes. In healthcare, these include admitting a patient, scheduling a clinic ...
How Physician Practices Can Prepare for a Healt... [Published The Health Care Blog - Apr 24 2013] By Brian Klepper What is the path forward for physicians who want to remain in private practice, outside the constraints of health system employment? How will the environment change and what new demands will that place on practices and physicians? ...
AME Spring Conference: Art Byrne [Published Lean Blog - Apr 18 2013] Like yesterday’s “live blog” post about the Autoliv talk , I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for today. He is author of the book The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform ...

Press Releases

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Cave Consulting Group (“CCGroup”) States That V... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - Apr 19 2013]
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Cave Consulting Group (“CCGroup”) States That V... [Published Business Wire Health News - Apr 19 2013]