Facility Design

Patient Experience | Facility Design

Achieving 10-15% Cost Reduction Through Thoughtful Facility Planning

A client recently requested our assistance in redefining how facilities are developed within their organization. In sitting down together, their C-suite shared that it had been reviewing prior capital projects and were keen on preventing cost escalation that result in millions of additional dollars and time due to late-stage development changes. Such expenditures are often linked to supporting care delivery without a clear,...

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Lean Management | Strategic Leadership | Access to Care | Optimizing Flow | Facility Design

Leveraging 3P in Health Care Facility Design

March 10, 2018 | Virginia Mason Institute

For more than a decade, interactive and intensive improvement meetings — also known as kaizen events — have created a forum to refine and improve the quality,...

Lean Management | Strategic Leadership | Access to Care | Optimizing Flow | Facility Design

Using a 3P to Create a Vision and Plan for Better Patient Care

July 20, 2016 | Chris Backous

How 3Ps enable a new vision to take hold A 3P (Production Preparation Process) workshop is an approach that enables health care teams to create revolutionary...

Access to Care | Optimizing Flow | Facility Design

Making Your New Space Work for Your Team

May 29, 2015 | Chris Backous

“Furniture is what people buy. Flow is what people create and what adds value to your organization.” – Chris Backous, MHA Using teams to create a new patient...

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Healthcare Improvement Insights

Explore articles, case studies, and research that help healthcare leaders drive sustainable improvement.

Mistake-Proofing Primary Care

Start Your Lean Health Care Journey Learn More Problem Virginia Mason recognized that mistakes and ...

Mistake-Proofing Primary Care

Start Your Lean Health Care Journey Learn More Problem Virginia Mason recognized that mistakes and ...

Why a Midwest Health System Went to Virginia ...

“The fact that Virginia Mason is driven by the same purpose we are – serving patients and ...

Why a Midwest Health System Went to Virginia Mason Institute for Help

“The fact that Virginia Mason is driven by the same purpose we are – serving patients and ...

Managing Phone Calls in Primary Care

Problem Responding to patient phone calls at Virginia Mason consumed a great deal of clinic time ...

Managing Phone Calls in Primary Care

Problem Responding to patient phone calls at Virginia Mason consumed a great deal of clinic time ...