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In the News

• Virginia Mason Medical Center achieves 22 consecutive “A” grades since the launch of Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grades
  Becker’s Healthcare, November 2022
• Six key lessons from the NHS and Virginia Mason Institute partnership
  Warwick Business School, September 2022
• Five-year NHS trial sees thousands of hours saved and services improved
  Warwick Business School, September 2022
• Building an organisational culture of continuous improvement
  The Health Foundation, September 2022
• Virginia Mason Medical Center ranked #1 in Washington in 2022 Community Checkup report
  Washington Health Alliance, March 2022
• Virginia Mason Medical Center ranks as one of Newsweek’s 2022 World’s Best Hospitals
  Newsweek, March 2022
• Leapfrog Announces 2021 Top Hospitals in the United States
  PR Newswire, December 2021
• Becker’s Healthcare Podcast: Gary Kaplan, CEO at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health & Senior Vice President at CommonSpirit Health
  Becker’s Hospital Review, October 2021
• Surgeon in focus – Murali Bhat, consultant in hand and upper limb surgery
  Orthopaedic Product News, September 2021
• Virginia Mason Ranks Among Best Hospitals In U.S. News & World Report Annual Survey
  Virginia Mason News, July 2021
• ‘Not just another merger’: Dr. Gary Kaplan and Ketul J. Patel on the creation of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
  Advisory Board, June 2021
• Virginia Mason Medical Center Joins National Effort to Build Trust in Health Care
  Virginia Mason News, May 2021
• UM St. Joseph Medical Center Wins 2021 Minogue Award for Patient Safety Innovation
  University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, February 2021
• Virginia Mason Institute Announces New Executive Director
  Virginia Mason News, February 2021
• NHS quality improvement could be driven by less formal regulation
  Research Outreach, November 2020
• Ideas, energy and optimism: improving our services together
  SASH+ improvement work coinciding with World Mental Health Day
  Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, October 2020
• 307 hospitals, ASCs designated as Blue Distinction Centers+ for Spine Surgery, by state
  Becker’s Spine Review, September 2020
• How One Health System Combines Telemedicine and Hands-on Care
  Harvard Business Review, July 2020
• Lean management used improperly by many health systems
  Modern Healthcare, May 2020
• Virginia Mason Nurses Develop COVID Visitation Procedure
  425 Magazine, April 2020
• Lessons from CEOs: Health Care Leaders Nationwide Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis
  New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, April 2020
• Why healthcare leadership should embrace quality improvement
  The BMJ, March 2020
• Healthcare has dithered on safety for too long
  Modern Healthcare, March 2020
• Shropshire hospitals team one of best for delivering value
  Shropshire Star, September 2019
• Case Study: Virginia Mason Kirkland Medical Center
  National Academy of Medicine, July 2019
• Hospitals turn to Sarah Patterson, the health care sensei, and here’s why
  Puget Sound Business Journal, March 2019
• Hospital leaders share how they’re thriving amid healthcare’s transition
  Becker’s Hospital Review, March 2019
• Effective Value-Based Initiatives for Complex Spine Surgery
  Spine Universe, March 2019
• Healthgrades Names America’s Best Hospitals for 2019
  HealthLeaders Media, February 2019
• The 8 top health systems for innovation, according to 300+ health care leaders
  Advisory Board, February 2019
• New tools help in fight against sepsis at Shropshire’s hospitals
  Shropshire Star, February 2019
• Hospitals are learning from industry how to cut medical errors
  The Economist, June 2018
• The underappreciated role of habit in highly reliable healthcare
  BMJ Quality & Safety, September 2015