Our community members live their healthiest lives possible when they live in healthy communities. We work with our communities to understand their unique health and social needs and improve the well-being of our communities.
As a model health system, we’re here to continue to serve and to do the right thing for our communities.
Improving access to healthcare and increasing healthy behaviors for low-income, uninsured or medically underrepresented populations in Utah and Southeast Idaho.
The Community Health Fund supports projects, programs, and services that align with Intermountain Health’s identified health priorities.
Platte Valley Hospital provides grant opportunities through the Community Health Investment Program (CHIP). The grant helps organizations improve the health of our community, especially for our low-income residents.
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Intermountain Health focuses on innovation and healthcare transformation and is committed to delivering better care and improving outcomes at lower costs. That pursuit led to a partnership with Omada Health, to improve access, outcomes, and compliance with chronic disease prevention and management.
Between June 2023 and January 2024, Intermountain conducted three focus groups with Board members of rural hospitals in Intermountain’s footprint. The Board members recognized rural access issues as a health equity issue.
So far in 2024, Intermountain Health has focused on investments in our Peaks Region, which includes Colorado and Montana. These investments are intended to both do good and do well by supporting the social determinants of health for low-and-moderate income households.
Since 2015, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado, has collaborated with the health department and other community stakeholders to complete a shared Community Health Needs Assessment. The collaboration is the power of a group working together to align on identified health needs.
Improving mental well-being is a significant health priority at Intermountain Health. Our Community Health and Children’s Health teams are taking on initiatives to support this focus.
Intermountain Health uses innovative approaches to address social determinants of health, including supporting programs aimed at improving housing stability and homelessness, helping with displacement prevention, and increasing access to healthy and affordable food.
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Caregivers are encouraged to get involved and give back, with many of our teams choosing to participate in local activities together.
Two years ago, Stephanie Loy’s life looked radically different. Today, she’s a medical assistant at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver thanks to a workforce development program and collaboration between a Denver nonprofit and Intermountain Health.
Intermountain’s Community Health team was recognized nationally for their work that drastically reduced repeat offender bookings in the Sanpete County Jail in rural central Utah.
On Thursday, February 8, 2024, Intermountain Health, along with The Defensive Line Foundation, Find Your Anchor and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held a special panel on mental health featuring current and former NFL players.
St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, hosted a Poverty Immersion Experience in conjunction with United Way of Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction’s Housing Department.
Access to health care is one of Intermountain’s four health priorities across all regions. Our new program, Maternal Health Connection, aims to improve maternal and newborn health by bringing healthcare to the patients.
The foundation provided funding support for the Food Rx pilot program lead by Creek Valley Health Clinic and Short Creek Dream Center over two years. This pilot program highlights how Food Rx programs can address food insecurity and improve health outcomes in rural, underserved, and impoverished communities.
In 2023, our caregivers volunteered 52,125 hours, that is more than nine years of volunteer hours. They also earned $385,053 in community cash, which was donated to community organizations.
Place based investing is a growing field aiming to generate measurable social impact and a financial return. At Intermountain Health, we have been committed to place-based investing for several years and have seen significant progress.
As Intermountain continues to lean into proactive care, there is a greater understanding about how the social determinants of health are critical to positive health outcomes.
Rob Allen, Intermountain president and CEO, went to Washington, D.C., over the summer to highlight Intermountain Health's efforts to reduce suicide deaths by firearms.
Improving mental well-being is a priority at Intermountain Health across the enterprise. Some of Intermountain’s leaders were vital participants in developing the Behavioral Health Assessment & Master Plan, a groundbreaking initiative to address the behavioral health crisis in Utah.
The Intermountain Community Care Foundation supports children and their families through programs that increase access to comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and behavioral health services. We collaborate with many community organizations to improve children's overall health.
Las Vegas resident Taja Reese was facing numerous barriers when she heard about a Community Health Worker certification that has helped her move forward to a new and more hopeful place in life.
One of Intermountain Health’s sustaining health needs is to improve chronic and avoidable health outcomes for the children in our communities. To do this we focus on avoidable injuries because more children die from injuries than all other health risks combined.
Design of the hospital has begun as well as clinical activities and workforce planning