Spotlight on Virginia Mason Franciscan Health System

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Health system leaders on navigating vaccine mandates
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5 MIN READ

COVID-19 vaccine requirements: Why U.S. doctors support them

Find out why courts must uphold efforts to increase vaccination rates and employers should require vaccination to keep their workers safe.

Public Health
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Q&A: Straight talk vital for this health system’s vaccine mandate

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health beat the president, Washington governor in mandating staff COVID-19 vaccinations. The persuasion effort continues.

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How AMA is helping health systems face 2021’s biggest challenges

Stressed physicians. Strained bottom lines. Systemic racism. No topic’s too big for some of health care’s brightest minds. Learn more with the AMA.

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Leadership
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6 areas health systems must focus on long after pandemic ends

CEOs from many of America’s best health care organizations explain how COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping their efforts to improve physician well-being.

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Gary S. Kaplan, MD
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Virginia Mason’s rapid COVID-19 response had 18 years of preparation

Effectively responding to COVID-19 required an ability to adapt daily, a skill Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle has been honing for two decades.

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Meeting highlights from the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section

With record high attendance, the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section elected two new governing council members at its annual meeting. Members heard a discussion focused on the move from fee-for-service to value-based payment with the physician executive from Aetna insurance.

Integrated Physician Practices
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See who's on the list of most influential physicians

Hospital CEOs, health IT experts and medical researchers made Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the 50 most influential physician executives in health care. More than one-half of this year’s honorees are AMA members.

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