Trustee Newsletter 

The Trustee Forum will be held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City and begins at 8:00 am. Community leaders will join us for a networking lunch and Innovation and LiVe Well Fair. Dr. Marc Harrison’s annual CEO Report to the Community will take place immediately following lunch.

The alliance seeks to improve what’s known as the “social determinants of health,” or non-medical factors that affect people’s health, such as housing instability, food insecurity, interpersonal violence, and transportation.

Zero Suicide includes a commitment to preventing suicide, recognizing the role of each caregiver, and accepting zero as the only acceptable number, says Mikelle Moore, Intermountain’s Senior Vice President of Community Health. 

Preventive services should be as cost-effective and frictionless as possible for the insured and uninsured so we address issues early and improve care quality, outcomes, and costs, says Intermountain’s Chief Strategy Officer Greg Poulsen.

Opioid use has been steadily increasing among Hispanics, although they have fewer opioid-related deaths and a lower use of prescription opioids overall compared to non-Hispanic whites. Hispanics comprise 13.8 percent of Utah’s population, or about one in seven people.

Intermountain’s Community Giving program provided funding for nearly 4,000 books, while leaders from across Intermountain contributed an additional 2,100 books. Donations included familiar titles such as “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” “Goodnight Moon,” and “Where the Wild Things Are.”

Expansion will allow pharmacies to serve more patients nationwide and increase their compounded product preparation to decrease medication costs and increase patient safety for Intermountain hospitals and clinics.

This podcast features caregivers from across Intermountain asking questions of Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison, MD. Caregivers can request to join the podcast and ask their question by emailing healthyfuture@imail.org.

Currently, more than 1,600 Intermountain research studies are open and actively underway within the Intermountain system—discoveries that improve Intermountain’s care delivery performance in our facilities, as well as advance medical knowledge within the healing profession.

Healthcare Purchasing News gives its PURE award to physicians and surgeons who’ve enhanced supply chain operations, activities, practices, and thinking. Dr. Skarda was nominated for his efforts to represent the needs of his patients and peers to assure appropriate medical supplies are available.

The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, and based on the latest scientific evidence.

The 12th annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings include the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in 10 specialties, which also include nephrology. Primary Children’s rankings have been strong for the past several years. In 2013-2014, Primary Children’s was ranked in just five of the 10 specialties.

Intermountain Healthcare hospitals recognized by Becker’s Healthcare include Cedar City Hospital, Dixie Regional Medical Center, Logan Regional Hospital, and McKay-Dee Hospital.