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An Ivins, Utah, family who lost their child in an accidental backover accident at their home is joining experts from St. George Regional Hospital and Primary Children’s Hospital to remind drivers to “Spot the Tot” before they move their vehicle. The “Spot the Tot” program was created by Primary Children’s Hospital in 2005 and has been adopted by child safety advocates around the world. It’s designed to prevent motorists from accidentally rolling over a small child as they pull away from a curb or driveway because they’re unable to see them. “We feel passionate that we try to turn this horrible experience of losing her into some kind of good, where we can teach other people,” said Jennifer Petersen, a mother who lost her daughter, Natalie, in a backover accident at their home in 2014. “We love the ‘Spot the Tot’ program and what it can do for the community.”
Becker’s Hospital Review has named Brandon McBride, chief executive officer and administrator for Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital in Logan, UT, as a top healthcare leader as part of its “Community Hospital CEOs to Know” list for 2023. McBride has been with Intermountain Health for 15 years. Before coming to Intermountain, he served as an operations director at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He leads Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital, which has 146 licensed beds. "Brandon is the finest hospital CEO I have worked with in the last 26 years,” said Curtis Pedersen, MD, chief medical officer for Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital. “He is brilliant and skilled, but most of all, he cares about the individual. He takes the time to talk to every care worker in our hospital. We are fortunate to have him in our hospital."
SCL Health Medical Group, now Intermountain Health, officially opened two specialty clinics in one space: Lafayette Neurosurgery and Lafayette Spine. This new double offering on Intermountain's Good Samaritan Medical Center campus in Lafayette, CO offers patients access to the region’s top spine expertise and technology. The combination of the two clinics fosters multidisciplinary collaboration among some of the region’s top experts in spine. The clinic will also employ among the first and only EOS machines in Colorado. Otherwise known as digital dynamic radiography, the machine captures a full-body x-ray of the spine in motion. Combined with provider expertise, the EOS is incredibly valuable for diagnosing both neurological and orthopedic spine conditions.
Intermountain Health’s St. George Regional Hospital announced construction will begin at Desert Color later this year for emergency services. The 24/7 emergency room, primary care, and other services will be built within the Desert Color master-planned community less than a mile east of the Southern Parkway Exit off I-15 in St. George, Utah. “We purchased the anchor piece of land for this site in 2019 and last week closed on the purchase of what will become a 38-acre campus,” said Mitch Cloward, President of Intermountain’s Southwest Utah Hospital Market in the company’s Desert Region. “We have long desired to provide greater access to care for those we serve in Desert Color and Sun River communities. This site will accommodate both immediate and long-term healthcare needs.”
Intermountain Health and Acadia Healthcare Company held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 31 for West Pines Behavioral Hospital, a new 144-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital serving the Denver area residents. The event occurred on the site of the new hospital at 11455 Huron Street, Westminster, Colorado, and celebrated the previously announced joint venture partnership between Intermountain Health (formerly SCL Health) and Acadia Healthcare. The new freestanding behavioral health hospital will house 144 beds and expand comprehensive inpatient and intensive outpatient services to address the growing need for accessible, high-quality behavioral health services in the Denver metro area. The facility is expected to open in the Fall of 2024.
It's not too late to join us for our upcoming Primary Children's Lehi Hiring Event! Date: Tomorrow, June 7th, 2023 Time: 1pm - 5pm MST Location: Amber Room at Thanksgiving Point (inside the Museum of Ancient Life at Water Tower Campus) 2929 N Thanksgiving Way Lehi, UT 84043 We're currently hiring for a variety of positions, including Child Life, Central Processing, Imaging, Lab, Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, Social Work & Surgical Tech. You can RSVP for this event here: https://bit.ly/pchlehievent62023 We look forward to connecting with you!
We're excited to announce plans to launch a full-time Gynecologic Oncology practice in Billings, MT to serve the region, allowing patients expanded access to advanced gynecologic oncology care and treatment. Three local physicians plan to join the practice with an anticipated start date of early August. “This is a wonderful opportunity to continue to grow the high-quality women’s services and cancer care that we currently provide to our region,” said Jen Alderfer, president of St. Vincent Healthcare & Montana | Wyoming Market for Intermountain Health. “Women in Montana and Wyoming will now have more access to life-saving treatments closer to home.” We were able to give our friends at KULR8 News a tour of the nearly completed new facility. See the story at the link.
Sidney, CFO for Children’s Health, recently spent a day out on the patient floor of Primary Children’s in Salt Lake City wearing scrubs. It started with McCall, the assistant nurse manager who accompanied him. With help from Intermountain’s tuition reimbursement program, she’s pursuing her MSN at Weber State University, and she’s been shadowing Sid to earn some of her admin practicum hours. Experiencing the admin side of Primary Children’s has widened McCall’s perspective, like getting “a bird’s eye view.” Sid asked McCall to return the favor and let him shadow her for a day. What did our CFO take away from his day as a clinical caregiver? (Or at least, looking like one?) “The reason we're doing all those things is for the people I met, and it actually makes a difference to them. That's why we do the things we do: to plan, to manage expenses, to look at our revenues, to try to forecast accurately what our staffing and hiring needs are going to be. It's so we all work as seamlessly as possible for those who are here so their kids will get better and they can go home.”
A new episode of The Caregiver Chronicles is up! As we celebrated #DiversityMonth in April, our caregivers at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, CO share their impactful stories of connecting with individuals from different backgrounds and how it changed them. This episode offers unique insights into fostering empathy and understanding within our community. Don't miss out on this inspiring episode! Tune in now.
We're proud to share that 7 Intermountain Health hospitals have received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023! Congratulations to the following Intermountain hospitals: - Good Samaritan Medical Center - Lafayette, CO - Lutheran Medical Center - Wheat Ridge, CO - Platte Valley Medical Center - Brighton, CO - Saint Joseph Hospital - Denver, CO - St. Mary's Medical Center - Grand Junction, CO - St. James Healthcare - Butte, MT - St. Vincent Healthcare - Billings, MT Only 262 hospitals nationwide received this honor. The award celebrates the remarkable teamwork between local dispatch teams, EMS providers and our Emergency Departments, cardiologists, cath lab staff, and nursing staff who strive to exceed expectations for quickly and efficiently assessing and caring for patients requiring immediate cardiac emergency treatment.
