Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation - The Virginia Mason Experience

This insider’s account describes how Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) has systematically integrated innovative structures, methods, and cultural practices into its implementation of Lean. Describing how an organization can create a strategy and build a culture of innovation and learning, it supplies concrete examples that show how Lean and innovation can work hand-in-hand to　improve and　transform　value streams. The book also explains how to use the voices and experiences of patients and their families to drive improvement and innovation.