Recognition & Awards

System Recognition & Awards

Hospital Recognition & Awards

• The Outstanding Child Passenger Safety Award for 2006 was presented to the Spot the Tot safety awareness campaign developed by Primary Children's Medical Center and other Utah organizations.
  The program, launched in 2005, focuses on preventing driveway "backovers" and safety in and around vehicles. The award was presented by Safe Kids Worldwide, an international organization dedicated to child safety.
  The Spot the Tot campaign was also adopted and launched nationwide by SafeKids USA in 2006. The campaign was developed by a task force that included members of Primary Children's staff, the Utah Department of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Utah County Health Department, Utah Department of Health, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Safe Kids Utah, and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department.
• USA Today and the Los Angeles Times both recognized Intermountain's LDS Hospital for its pioneering work in using computer systems to reduce medication errors.
• U.S. News & World Report ranked LDS Hospital as one of the best hospitals in America in four different medical specialties.
• American College of Surgeons designated McKay-Dee Hospital as a Level II Adult trauma center
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• National Research Corporation awarded LDS Hospital, McKay-Dee Hospital Center, and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center with its 2006-07 Consumer Choice designation, for being the most preferred hospitals in their respective markets.
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ranked Dixie Regional Medical Center in the top 10 nationally for heart failure care.
• Solucient recognized McKay-Dee Hospital Center as a "Top 100" Heart Hospital.

Individual Honors

• American Medical Association Foundation presented Catherine deVries, MD, a pediatric urologist at Intermountain's Primary Children's Medical Center, with its International Award in Medicine.
• The Joint Commission on Accreditation in Health Care Organizations awarded Brent James, MD, MStat, with its national Ernest A. Codman Award for his leadership in using performance measures to improve quality and safety. Dr. James, who is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National academy of Sciences, is Intermountain's vice president for medical research and executive director of the Intermountain Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research.
• Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association named Intermountain Healthcare Regional Vice President Chris Coons as its Healthcare Executive of the Year for 2006.
• Utah Pharmacists Association presented McKay-Dee Hospital pharmacist Tim Drake with its Innovative Pharmacist of the Year award.
• Utah Business honored Intermountain Healthcare President and CEO Bill Nelson with its Lifetime Achievement Award for healthcare. The magazine also named LDS Hospital Administrator Mikelle Moore as one of Utah's "30 Women to Watch," and McKay-Dee Hospital Administrator Tim Pehrson as one of the state's "Top 40 under 40" executives.

Key Events in 2006

• Gifts benefited nursing programs. Intermountain Healthcare gave $3 million to the University of Utah's College of Nursing for the renovation of the nursing building and creation of a new Simulation Center. The center will be more than double its current size and will develop students' clinical and decision-making skills in realistic patient-care scenarios.
  Intermountain also donated $3 million to help Salt Lake Community College compelte construction on a new Health Sciences Center. The new facility is critical to ensuring that Utah continues to have highly qualified medical professionals to serve the needs of future patients.
  These donations were part of a series of donations given to nine Utah nursing schools in 2005 and 2006.
• Intermountain opened Utah's first ExpressCare health clinics. Intermountain introduced a new type of healthcare clinic in 2006; ExpressCare, a small clinic located inside a retail store, that provides quick, affordable services for minor medical conditions. The first ExpressCare clinics opoened at the Smith's stores in Salt Lake City's East Millcreak neighborhood, Farmington, Midvale, and Layton.
• New facilites meet community needs. Intermountain continued to replace and build facilities to meed demand within the communities it serves. Projects included the Sandra L. Maxwell Cancer Treatment Center at Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City, the Intermountain Springville Clinic, and the expansion of the Medical Office Building at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden.
  The new Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, scheduled to open in 2007, did have one facility open in 2006: Intermountain's Central Laboratory. The lab processes test results from a number of facilities. when completed, the Intermountian emdical center will include five major facilities in addition to the laboratory and will be among the most technologically advanced hospital complexes in the country.
• Medical outcomes remained among the best in the nation. Intermoutain's nine major clinical programs—Cardiovascular, Ocology, Women & Newborns, Intensive Medicine, Pediatric Specialties, Primary Care, Surgical Services, Preventive Medicine, and Behavioral Health—continued to enhance quality of care through the sharing of best medical practices.
  One example of a shared best practice is Intermountain approach to treating patients on ventilators, which has reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia by 55 percent over the two-year period ending in 2006—improving rates that were already quite low.
• Intermountain's health plans organization adopted a new name: SelectHealth. The new name and look are helping clarify the respective roles of Intermountain's health plans and healthcare delivery services.
• "CarePages" allow Intermountain patients to share information securely with family and friends. Introduced in 2006, CarePages are personalized websites that patients can use to post updates and photos. Patients choose who gets access to their sites and can block unwanted visitors.