"The secret to Intermountain Healthcare is they use science to improve care, and by improving care, they reduce the cost of care." - Dr. Elliot Fisher, Dartmouth Medical School

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ACCME - Accredited with Commendation

Primary Children's Hospital has been recognized for the last 18 years as Accredited with Commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

Accreditation with Commendation is awarded to providers that demonstrate compliance in all ACCME criteria and the accreditation policies. This designation is reserved for institutions that set themselves apart as a hospital that delivers high quality education, serving as an exempler of the very best in continuing medical education.

Primary Children’s Hospital is recognized as a learning organization and change agent for the physicians, patients, and outreach areas we serve.

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Four of Nation's 100 Top Hospitals

Intermountain Healthcare's Alta View, American Fork, LDS, and Logan Regional hospitals were all recognized by Truven Health Analytics in 2017 for their exceptional patient care and overall performance. The "100 Top Hospitals" are divided into five separate categories based on type of hospital and size. Intermountain is the only health system in the country to have four of its hospitals included among the Truven list of the nation's top 100. This is a remarkable achievement driven by dedicated, mission-driven caregivers.

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100 Great Community Hospitals

Three Intermountain hospitals in Utah -- Bear River Valley Hospital, Cedar City Hospital, and Logan Regional Hospital -- were included in Becker's Hospital Review's 2016 list of "100 Great Community Hospitals" in the U.S.  This recognition list is meant to honor hospitals with minimal teaching programs that are considered a vital part of their respective communities.

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Best Children's Hospitals

U.S. News & World Report named Primary Children's Hospital as one of the nation's Best Children's Hospitals in 2016-2017 for nine out of ten pediatric specialties including cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and GI surgery; neonatology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology services.

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Ten Hospitals Honored for Quality

In 2014, HealthInsights honored ten of our hospitals for their top-notch quality. Hospitals recognized include: Bear River Valley, Logan Regional, McKay-Dee, Alta View, Dixie Regional, LDS, Intermountain Medical Center, Riverton, Park City, and TOSH.

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100 Great Hospitals in America

Intermountain Medical Center, the flagship of the 22-hospital Intermountain Healthcare system, was named one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America" in 2016 by Becker's Hospital Review. The 100 Great Hospitals are known for “having a strong history of medical innovation, providing top-notch care to patients, leading clinical advancement with forward-thinking research, or holding an irreplaceable spot in their communities,” according to Becker's.

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Intermountain Life Flight Honored

Intermountain’s Life Flight medical transport service has received the 2015 Vision Zero Aviation Safety Award for its development of safety risk assessment tools to help guide flight decisions and flight crew status. The tools help evaluate the health, well-being, and readiness of flight crew members. The award was presented by Airbus Helicopters and the Association of Air Medical Services, and recognizes a program or company that has demonstrated a commitment to aviation safety.

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Top 20 Rural Community Hospitals

Three organizations collaborated to identify the “Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals” in the U.S. for 2017 and included three Intermountain hospitals: Cedar City Hospital, Garfield Memorial Hospital, and Sevier Valley Hospital. The list of the Top 100 rural hospitals is based on the 2017 Rural Relevance Study compiled by the Rural Health Policy Institute, iVantage Health Analytics, and The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The hospitals named to the list are top performers in managing risk, achieving higher quality, securing better outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction and operating at a lower cost than their peers.

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Honored by CDC as "VTE Champion"

Intermountain Healthcare was one of eight health systems and hospitals nationwide recognized in 2016 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for implementing protocols that have helped reduce the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, among hospital patients. 

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Among Joint Commission-Accredited Hospitals

Eight Intermountain hospitals were recognized in 2014 for performing among the top third in the nation in key quality measures: Primary Children's, Alta View, Valley View, Logan Regional, McKay-Dee, Intermountain Medical Center, TOSH, and Riverton.

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Integrated Healthcare Networks to Watch

IH Executive magazine recognized 10 organizations as “Integrated Delivery Networks to Watch” and included Intermountain Healthcare. The organizations are profiled as systems that “are innovating across a variety of care types and settings to help transform the U.S. healthcare system." Intermountain was specifically highlighted for efforts to analyze patient healthcare use and spot trends in high-utilizers. 

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Top Three in Patient Safety

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation honored Intermountain Healthcare among the top three healthcare institutions that demonstrated the most lives potentially saved by eliminating preventable deaths. Intermountain was recognized for its success in reducing adverse drug events, which typically occurs when a patient has an unexpected reaction to a medication. Also honored were the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the California-based Hospital Quality Institute.

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