Community Health Initiatives

Intermountain is dedicated to helping the state of Utah address it's high rate of suicides.

• Find suicide prevention resources in Utah.
• Learn more about how you can help LGBTQ youth who are struggling with thoughts of suicide.
• Learn how Primary Children's Hospital is engaging in ways to reduce suicides.
• Learn how to identify teenagers who are in crisis and at risk for suicide.
• Find information regarding how to support a loved one who struggles with mental illness.
• Read the Becker's Hospital Review article on Intermountain's efforts to curb Utah's suicide rate.

   

Intermountain is raising public awareness about opioid misuse in podcasts, media interviews, community outreach, and educational campaigns.

• Listen to an Opioid Misuse podcast with Mikelle Moore, Senior VP for Community Health, and David Hasleton, MD.
• Find tips on how to talk to your kids about opioids and addiction.
• Learn how Sports Medicine can help with the opioid crisis.
• Get a physician's perspective on opioid misuse in Utah.
• Learn about the effects opioids have on our brains and how we can rewire our brains to manage pain.
• Having naloxone can complete your home first aid kit.

Intermountain is implementing community-based screenings, brief interventions, education, and resources for treatment. This includes prediabetes education classes, diabetes prevention programs, and chronic disease self-management programs in collaboration with community partners.

We offer a prediabetes screening tool and online prediabetes 101 videos for patients, among other prediabetes resources.

The Alliance will address the medical and nonmedical needs of our community members and the changes that need to be made in healthcare delivery and social support resources.

The Alliance, a collaboration led by Intermountain, government agencies, and community-based organizations, hopes to be a national model for positive changes that can be replicated across the country.

Data can be powerful in solving medical problems. Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital used data to discover certain parts of their community struggled more with obesity than others. The team implemented a LiVe Well plan to help families cope with the physical, mental, and emotional side of obesity and help them live better. The Ochoas are one of those families.

Moroni Elementary School has partnered with Intermountain to help rural children within its district set goals to live and eat healthier. Central to that effort, the Step Express program was implemented at Moroni Elementary as the targeted health initiative aimed to improve kids' health.

• The Maliheh Free Clinic provides care for approximately 6,000 patients annually, patients within 150% of the federal poverty level, all without an on-site laboratory.
• Intermountain Healthcare provides free vouchers for laboratory and diagnostic testing.
• By coordinating with the Maliheh Free Clinic, lab testing and diagnostic exam access is increased, easing burdens for patients during vulnerable health moments.
• Learn about community partnerships at Intermountain by visiting: https://intermountainhealthcare.org/about/who-we-are/community-health/community-giving-programs/
• Read more about Connecting Non-Profit Clinics here.

• By summer 2021, 98% of Utah was in an extreme drought, 83% of Idaho was in a severe drought, and 95% of Nevada was in a severe drought; all Intermountain service areas
• Intermountain Healthcare accelerated in-the-works water conservation projects to help conserve water, reduce waste, and do our part to help the communities we serve
• Learn about sustainability at Intermountain by visiting: https://intermountainhealthcare.org/about/transforming-healthcare/sustainability-environmental-health/
• Read more about the H2Oath here

• Intermountain Healthcare hosts an annual Local & Diverse Supplier Day event to seek local, women, and minority-owned businesses to include in supply chain directories.
• The supply chain met with JulieAnn Caramels in October 2019 to learn more about their products and how Intermountain might include them in our sourcing channels.
• For Nurses Day 2020, Intermountain ordered 12,000+ three-packs of caramels from JulieAnn Caramels, a local confectioner; 800+ more for Healthcare Food Services week.
• Learn about sourcing with intermountain: www.intermountainhealthcare.org/SCO.
• Read more about Buying Local here.

• As a non-profit healthcare system, Intermountain Healthcare participates in the latest treatments to keep people healthy—even if you don’t have insurance.
• Federal programs help pay for novel treatments that can help people with COVID-19.
• By coordinating monoclonal antibody treatments to people at elevated risk of getting sicker with COVID-19, we protect them and our community from the effects of COVID.
• Learn about novel COVID-19 treatments at Intermountain at IntermountainHealthcare.org or by visiting Coronavirus.Utah.gov.
• Read more about Infusing Regenerative Medicine here.

• Protecting the health of a community is the bottom line for community health. Everyone matters, and the safety net infrastructure is better with Intermountain’s involvement.
• Community Health Workers (CHW) are boots on the ground. CHWs reach out proactively to vulnerable people and populations; This outreach can keep COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases from spreading.
• To date, 1,290 of Intermountain’s patients have been connected to CHWs. The greatest needs include support for food, rent or mortgage, and utility payments. Utah provides this support with state discretionary funds.
• Read more about Enhancing the Social Safety Net here.

• Recovery from addiction empowers people to live their best lives possible, and helps families and communities grow stronger together
• Connection is a healing part of recovery, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic challenged many in-person recovery activities
• Reaching out to vulnerable populations helps people maintain long-term recovery, establishes relationships of trust, and celebrates the individual
• Read more about how USARA Helps People Thrive in Recovery here.