PBS NewsHour. Rooting out waste in health care by taking cue from Toyota assembly lines, October 24, 2012 /

When the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle was losing money for the first time in its history, CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan turned to an unlikely place for help: giant automaker Toyota. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs and improving health...

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Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Arlington, VA : MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, 2012.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Toyota Jidōsha Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha. Virginia Mason Medical Center. Medical care, Cost of. Medical care. Soins médicaux > Coût. Alexander Street Video. Television news programs. Téléjournaux.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	When the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle was losing money for the first time in its history, CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan turned to an unlikely place for help: giant automaker Toyota. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs and improving health outcomes.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 13, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (8 min.).
Playing Time:	00:08:18