Intermountain - Quality & Clinical Excellence
Preventive & Health Education
Intermountain Promotes Wellness & Prevention
OVERVIEW
Intermountain Healtchare provides for a variety of wellness and prevention programs in efforts to meet the needs of our communities. Here are some examples of Intermountain wellness services:
- Intermountain's website offers robust function
- Community health education classes
- Consumer health information centers
- Health-related community partnerships
HEALTH, WELLNESS & PREVENTION
- Intermountain website. Intermountain's website has something for everyone, including general health information for visitors, access to Care Process Models and Patient Education Modules for clinicians, and preventive care service information and interactive links for SelectHealth members.
- Preventive Care Guidelines. These guidelines are prepared for Intermountain physicians to help them care for patients.
- Smoking Cessation Program. This program is available to SelectHealth members to assist them in quitting smoking.
- Immunization Program. This program is available to SelectHealth members, patients and employees.
- Health education classes. Intermountain instructors teach a variety of health-related classes at hospitals and schools.
- Consumer information centers. Intermountian hospitals distribute to the public more than one million pieces of health literature per year.
- Reminder letters. SelectHealth members are reminded to use preventive benefits such as immunizations and mammograms.
- Healthy Community Partnerships. Intermountain hospitals and clinics throughout the Intermountain region are teaming up with other local organizations to improve health, wellness, and prevention in their communities.
- Media and government partnerships. Intermountain works with media and local governments to bring health information to the communities Intermountain serves.
Such programs include:
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