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title: Improvement & COVID-19 Management | Blog | Virginia Mason Institute
description: Read about North Shore Physicians Group manage their COVID-19 response & how the continuous improvement methods provided a response to caseloads.
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# [Improvement & COVID-19 Management | Blog | Virginia Mason Institute](https://www.virginiamasoninstitute.org/blog/how-a-culture-of-improvement-powered-health-systems-response-to-covid-19)

 Written by [Gordon Sansaver](https://www.virginiamasoninstitute.org/blog/author/gordon-sansaver) | Jul 27, 2020 7:00:00 AM

Organizations across the NHS have had to make fast and drastic changes in response to COVID-19. Yet two health systems have been particularly effective at adapting and developing new protocols, thanks to a culture of continuous improvement they’ve worked to establish through their partnership with Virginia Mason Institute.

**[Read the full article at HSJ](https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/how-a-culture-of-improvement-powered-health-systems-response-to-covid-19/7028038.article)**

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