Community Health
We listen to and collaborate with the communities we serve to understand their unique health needs and address health disparities that impact their well-being.
We impact our communities
$747 M
In community benefit (2023)
1,310
Community organizations collaborating with us
+137 K
Lives reached through health improvement strategies
We listen
We take a collaborative approach to community health improvement by routinely conducting Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) in our service areas. During the CHNA process we listen to community leaders and members with diverse backgrounds, voices, and experiences to understand their unique health needs and the community-based assets.
Through the CHNA, we identify Significant Health Needs that we prioritize for the next three years.
We improve health
To proactively and equitably address Significant Health Needs, we develop an Implementation Strategy in collaboration with our communities.
We believe everyone deserves equitable opportunities for health. We are working with our communities to access healthcare, including removing barriers in language, cultural appropriateness, insurance or other coverage enrollment, and navigation of complex systems of care.
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We take a proactive approach to health including strategies to address avoidable chronic illnesses, the leading cause of death in adults, and prevent injuries, the leading cause of death in children.
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Across all states we serve, behavioral health needs, including mental health, substance use, and suicide, are significant issues.
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We address social drivers of health such as housing, food, and economic stability by building and supporting local programs and collaborations.
We also leverage our system assets as an anchor institution to improve the welfare and economic well-being of our communities.
- Sourcing
- Hiring
- Place based investing
- Caregiver volunteering
- Environmental sustainability
Children have health needs and disparities that may differ from adults. We look at causes of morbidity and mortality in children and to develop strategies focused on their life-long health.
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We invest in our communities
Our charitable contributions and grants support community organizations aligned with addressing the health needs prioritized in our Implementation Strategies.
Not-for-profit organizations addressing significant health needs in Colorado communities served by Intermountain Health can learn more:
Not-for-profit organizations addressing significant health needs in Idaho communities served by Intermountain Health can learn more:
Not-for-profit organizations addressing significant health needs in Montana communities served by Intermountain Health can learn more:
Not-for-profit organizations addressing significant health needs in Nevada communities served by Intermountain Health can learn more:
Not-for-profit organizations addressing significant health needs in Utah communities served by Intermountain Health can learn more:
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Community benefit
Helping children heal today and for the future
Intermountain Health and the Community Health team prioritize behavioral health because it's one of the most important health needs across our footprint. This work shows our commitment to proactive care by helping children get the support they need early, so they can grow into healthy adults.
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How caregivers and community organizations are strengthening the places we call home
At Intermountain Health, volunteering is more than a moment of service—it’s part of how we care for our communities. Our Community Health strategy is based on what we learn from local Community Health Needs Assessments and supports our mission to help people live the healthiest lives possible.
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Home is more than a place to live
Home is where health, stability and belonging begin. This belief is part of Intermountain Health’s nonprofit mission and drives our Place Based Investing (PBI) program. Through low-cost loans and flexible financing, we support community projects that strengthen the places where people live and work.
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Together, we make health possible
The Medically Vulnerable Program is a collaboration between Fourth Street Clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Intermountain Community Care Foundation. The program provided Mary with safe housing, coordinated medical care, and emotional support.
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Supporting children’s emotional health during back-to-school season
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Working together to address nutrition security
Intermountain Health addresses food and nutrition insecurity across Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Nevada through strategic partnerships and funding, guided by Community Health Needs Assessments. Learn how these efforts improve health outcomes and support vulnerable communities.
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Intermountain Health delivers care in rural areas to underserved communities
Discover how Intermountain Health is expanding access to specialty care in rural communities through innovative programs like Maternal Health Connection and COMPASS, improving outcomes and keeping care close to home.
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Six ways Intermountain Health earns its nonprofit status
Discover how Intermountain Health’s nonprofit status empowers us to reinvest over $1.3 billion annually into our communities—supporting charity care, rural hospitals, and vital health services that put people first.
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Intermountain joins the Ad Council to advocate for firearm safety
Intermountain and our Community Health team have been working to get gun locks into as many homes as possible and provide trainings and educational materials about firearm safe storage best practices.
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Healthy communities, healthy lives through Community Health Needs Assessments
Long before Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) became a standard practice for nonprofit healthcare organizations, Intermountain Health was deeply rooted in a tradition of listening, responding, and adapting to the unique needs of the communities we serve.
Community benefit
Addressing behavioral health needs
Behavioral health has been identified as a significant health need across Intermountain’s footprint. Intermountain’s Community Health team has a comprehensive approach to improve mental health, and reduce substance use and suicide rates.
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Children's health and water safety
As summer approaches, ensuring children's safety around water is a top priority. Through collaborations with local health and community agencies, Intermountain Health is donating life jackets to help people enjoy the water and be safe.
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Intermountain Health strengthens communities as an anchor institution
At Intermountain Health, our mission extends beyond patient care—we are an anchor institution committed to strengthening the long-term health and economic stability of the communities we serve.
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Eyes on the Horizon: Intermountain caregivers supporting healthy earth and healthy bodies
We are committed to fostering a collective mindset focused on creating a sustainable future for all
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Supporting affordable housing in Montana
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Intermountain’s naloxone efforts are preventing opioid deaths and reducing stigma
Intermountain is working to reduce opioid deaths, along with addressing the stigma and barriers that often prevent people from seeking help. This work aligns with the significant needs identified in our Community Health Needs Assessments as a key issue faced in our communities.
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Intermountain Health teams raise awareness about rise in counterfeit car seats
The Community Health team at Intermountain Children’s Health are seeing a rise in the number of parents unknowingly purchasing counterfeit car seats online for their children.
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Intermountain Health community project in Utah jail now a sustainable program
A project in the Sanpete County Jail turned the life around of a woman thanks to Intermountain Health's Community Health team. The project started in 2020 when they received a Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Planning Grant.
Community benefit
The surprising health benefits of volunteering
Learn how volunteering strengthens your emotional, physical and social well-being
Pediatrics
Intermountain Health unveils sign at site of future children's hospital in Las Vegas
Design of the hospital has begun as well as clinical activities and workforce planning
Community benefit
Community programs ensure children get the care they need
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.
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Financial well-being and children's health
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.
Community benefit
Why childhood safety is a health priority
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.
Community benefit
Program helps remove barriers for training Community Health Workers
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.
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Shared vision for behavioral health services in Utah
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.
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Intermountain shares efforts to reduce suicides by firearms
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.
Wellness and preventative medicine
Enjoy the many health benefits of outdoor concerts
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Community benefit
Place Based Investing portfolio: Peaks Region focus
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.
Community benefit
Teams across Intermountain come together during National Volunteer Month
Caregivers are encouraged to get involved and give back, with many of our teams choosing to participate in local activities together.
Community benefit
Program gives access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness
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.
Community benefit
Finding a new purpose thanks to a workforce development program
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.
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Working together on health needs assessments in Colorado
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.
Community benefit
Taking action in Nevada for children's mental health
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.
Community benefit
Community Health project in Utah jail lowers repeat offenders and saves lives
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.
Community benefit
Intermountain listens to rural communities
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.
Community benefit
Tackling mental health: The strongest play is asking for help
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.
Community benefit
Place-Based Investing: 2023 Growth and Looking Ahead
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.
Community benefit
The iAct impact from 2023
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.
Community benefit
Community Care Foundation increases access to healthy food
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.
Community benefit
$3.9 million grant brings maternal services to rural patients
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.
Community benefit
Access to diabetes prevention program expanded
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.
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Solving homelessness, one simulation at a time
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.