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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.
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who gave their all so we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. Let’s come together to honor their courage and selfless service, this weekend and every day.
Intermountain St. Mary’s Medical Center Cancer Centers of Colorado radiation oncology program and St. Mary’s Breast Care Center at Pavilion Imaging in Grand Junction, CO have earned national accreditations for delivering excellent quality care. Only 200 facilities nationwide have earned the APEx accreditation. St. Mary’s first received the accreditation in 2018 and was reaccredited this year. Separately, the Breast Care Center earned accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers of the American College of Surgeons.
Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital in St. George, UT is opening six additional behavioral health unit beds this month to enhance community access to these vital services. The additional beds are added to the total number of behavioral health rooms at 24, with creating double occupancy in several rooms if needed. The inpatient rooms provide a safe resource to community members needing behavioral health treatment when they are at the highest risk of trauma. “Intermountain recently conducted our Community Health Needs Assessment, and addressing mental and behavioral health surfaced as the number one health care priority,” said Mitch Cloward, administrator of Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital. “Expanding the number of behavioral health beds is part of our stewardship to directly respond to our community’s needs and advance critical services. We continue to remain laser-focused on doing the right thing for all our patients, helping with medical needs regardless of ability to pay.”
We're happy to recognize Ellie Devitt, a St. Vincent Healthcare caregiver in Billings, MT, with 53 years of service to our organization and the greater Billings community. Ellie was part of one of the last graduating classes from the original St. Vincent School of Nursing in 1969. Ellie worked in pediatrics from when she graduated as a nurse until 1995 and enjoyed caring for our youngest patients. In 1996, she was part of the original team to launch the St. Vincent Transfer Center and has worked with the team ever since. When reflecting on her long career, Ellie shared that the people and the fulfilling work have kept her here at St. V's for more than 50 years. She shares advice and guidance for young nurses planning the next steps in their careers ."There is so much opportunity for nurses now," she shared. "Find an area where your passion is. That is a big part of it. If you enjoy what you do, why would you go elsewhere?" Thank you, Ellie, for your many years of service to the greater Billings community!
