Virginia Mason Health System

Programs: The virginia mason health system the health system is the parent and sole voting member of the virginia mason medical center the medical center. The purpose of the health system is to advance and support the health care mission of the medical center. The health system achieves this purpose through governance oversight and development support. The medical center is a tertiary regional referral center which serves a patient community that includes seattle and its surrounding suburbs, western washington and alaska. The main campus located in seattle includes a hospital, an outpatient clinic, centers of excellence including the center for hyperbaric medicine, digestive disease institute, floyd delores jones cancer institute, heart institute, neuroscience institute and urology. The medical center also operates seven regional clinics, and bailey-boushay house, a 35-bed skilled-nursing facility. In 2016, the health system helped to support 10,874 inpatient admissions, 22,194 emergency room visits and 861,294 out-patient visits to the medical center.

the virginia mason health system the health system is the parent and sole voting member of benaroya research institute at virginia mason bri, a scientific research institution qualified as tax exempt under section 501a of the internal revenue code as an organization described in section 501c3. The purpose of the health system is to advance and support bris research mission. The health system achieves this purpose through governance oversight and development support provided by its division the virginia mason foundation. Bri is one of the few research institutes in the world dedicated to finding causes and cures to eliminate autoimmune diseases including type i diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma and many others. In 2016, bri researchers generated 90 scientific publications and 101 clinical research presentations. The health system provided support to enable bri to continue as an international leader in immune system and autoimmune disease research with a focus on translating laboratory discoveries to real-life applications.

the virginia mason health system provides funds and in-kind services to community organizations which are consistent with the health systems charitable purpose.