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A family errand to a large retail store turned into a dramatic rescue when Kyle Bell, an Intermountain data architect, and his wife Bethany responded to a woman who fell in the aisle and started having a seizure. Since Kyle had taken an EMT course during his last year of high school, he knew what to do. Within seconds, they were at the woman's side, assessing the situation. Kyle instructed Bethany to protectively monitor the woman while he called 911. “Here I am a person in data and analytics for a health care company having had prior training, but it’s been about 10 years since I’ve practiced it,” says Kyle. “The skills I learned and the training I acquired came back in the snap of a finger.” “I would say my wife is a hero as well because we did it together,” he says. “It was a neat experience. At the end of the day, we ended up saving a woman’s life.”
We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Supply Chain Center, which was instrumental in keeping critical medical supplies in stock and available to caregivers and patients during the COVID pandemic. Our goal for the Supply Chain Center was to reduce costs while ensuring clinicians and caregivers had necessary supplies efficiently. By purchasing supplies directly from the manufacturer and leveraging bulk purchase opportunities, it streamlined processes. “At the time the Intermountain Supply Chain Center was built 10 years ago, it was leading the way,” said Allison Corry, vice president of Intermountain Healthcare’s support services and chief supply chain officer. “It was unheard of that healthcare providers were bringing distribution services into their own fold.” It’s been so successful that we're expanding the center with a massive project to add 38,000 square feet of new warehouse space and 10,000 square feet of pharmacy space. The project is expected to be finished in 2024.
Don't forget to check out our three virtual events happening next week! Tuesday, November 15th: 3pm - 4pm MST: Patient Care Tech / Certified Nursing Assistant Virtual Hiring Event - RSVP here: https://bit.ly/imhpct112022 4pm - 5pm MST: Medical Assistant Virtual Career Exploration Event - RSVP here: https://bit.ly/maexploration112022 Thursday, November 17th: 1pm - 2pm MST: RN New Grad Virtual Open House - RSVP here: https://bit.ly/imhrnnewgrad112022 We look forward to connecting with you!
Thank you to all the people who have courageously served our country. We salute you for your bravery and sacrifice and know that the freedoms we enjoy are because of you. Happy Veterans Day to everyone who has and is serving their country, their community and beyond!
Intermountain Healthcare is providing vital funding to Weber State University to help the Ogden university increase the number of students accepted into its programs and build the foundation for future programs. The funding of more than $1 million will help support Weber State’s new physician assistant program, the Diversity in Healthcare scholarship program, and the Office of Community Development Ogden Civic Action Network, better known as OgdenCAN. “Weber State University has been a stalwart for education, improving the community and helping to provide the next generation of healthcare providers. “We are proud to assist them in their work,” said Judy Williamson, RN, administrator of Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital.
After Annette Klinger, APRN, lost her daughter and suffered extreme head injuries in a brutal accident that also resulted in the amputation of much of her right arm, she was told she’d have the mental capacity of a fifth grader. With serious short-term memory problems, her career as a labor and delivery nurse, and her training to become a midwife was over. And yet she went on to Marysville University of St. Louis to become a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and was the valedictorian of her class. She also attended the University of Utah where she graduated with a doctorate in nursing in clinical leadership earlier this year. She managed to do all of this, not by focusing on her own need to succeed, but on her desire to help others facing dark times find hope. “When you’re in a dark place sometimes all you can do is survive,” Annette says. “You’re just trying to make it through the day. But there’s also a point that it all becomes a choice. Eventually you have to change from a victim’s role to a role where you’re just taking back your life.”
Join us for our New Grad Nursing Open House! Date: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 Time: 1pm - 2pm MST Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams - the link to join this event will be shared with you via email once you fill out the RSVP form linked here: https://bit.ly/imhrnnewgrad112022 Come explore what a nursing career with Intermountain Healthcare could offer you & learn more about our health system, our nurse residency program & more! Participants will be able to ask questions & connect with our team during this live event. We also encourage you to submit your questions before the event via our RSVP form. We look forward to connecting with you!
Facilities leaders’ recent quick response to a restroom flooded with smelly sewage at the Spring Valley Women’s Health Clinic in Nevada kept the clinic open to see almost 100 patients. “I saw Geno walk in, and he jumped in saying, ‘Let’s just figure this out,’” says Sharon Lawrence, practice manager. “It just made it better to have additional support from our leadership team and facilities. I called my director and said, ‘He’s over here running the wet vac. We’re going to stay open. It was huge having their presence here and not having to worry about what this looked like on the other side. I can’t say enough about Geno and his hands-on approach.” “It was yet another example of Geno and his team partnering with the practices to support patient care,” says Sloan Albert, operations vice-president in Nevada. “They’re consistently responsive and customer focused. Geno personally came out to the site to ensure work was done quickly and the fewest possible patients were impacted by the flooding.”
Join us for our CNA / PCT Virtual Hiring Event! Date: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 Time: 3pm - 4pm MST Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams - the link to join this event will be shared with you via email once you fill out the RSVP form linked here: https://bit.ly/imhpct112022 Come explore what a career with Intermountain Healthcare could offer you! Full-time, part-time & PRN Patient Care Tech (Certified Nursing Assistant) & Certified Nursing Assistant Student positions available. We look forward to connecting with you!
A Herriman, UT man is alive and doing well after doctors at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray performed a life-saving heart procedure using new, innovative technology that allowed them to repair the man’s badly damaged heart vessels without having to perform complex open-heart surgery – a lengthy procedure that he likely wouldn’t have survived. This marks the first time this technology and procedure have been used in Utah, and anywhere in the Intermountain West.
