Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.

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. PBS NewsHour correspondent health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors:	Infobase (Film distributor) MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, [2012]
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	Virginia Mason Medical Center. Medical care, Cost of. Internet videos.
Genre:	Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (8 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video

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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. PBS NewsHour correspondent health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs and improving health outcomes.
Note:	Originally released by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 13, 2014.
System Details:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Event Details:	Broadcast October 24, 2012
Source of Description:	Title from distributor's description (Infobase, Nov. 2, 2015)