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A big shout out to our team at Fillmore Community Hospital in Fillmore, UT for receiving a Five-Star Breastfeeding Friendly Rating from Utah Department of Health! The state recognizes Utah hospitals that have taken steps to promote, protect, educate, and encourage breastfeeding in their facilities. Congratulations!
For the third consecutive year, Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT has been named one of the nation’s top 50 cardiovascular hospitals for providing excellent heart care by Fortune Magazine and PINC AI, a national healthcare quality firm, which publishes an annual ranking of America’s best heart hospitals. For 2023, Intermountain Medical Center was ranked as the 10th leading teaching heart hospital in the nation in Fortune’s Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals study, which identifies hospitals throughout the United States that demonstrate the highest clinical and operational performance in heart and vascular care.
In an emergency, time matters. St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, MT, now part of Intermountain Health, is committed to ensuring Montanans and Wyomingites have quick access to the critical, lifesaving care they need when they need it most. That's why, in August of last year, St. Vincent chose to become the first hospital in Montana to officially apply for Level I Trauma Center verification under the American College of Surgeons (ACS), with a goal of becoming the State of Montana's very first Comprehensive Trauma Center in early 2024. St. Vincent is currently in the review process from the ACS and anticipates the results of the review at the end of 2023. "We know there is an opportunity for us to continue to enhance and expand the trauma and emergency services we provide. The decision to apply for Level I Trauma is about providing the best care to our community in our community, whenever possible, keeping our patients close to home and continuing to be the hospital of choice," shared Jen Alderfer, president, St. Vincent Healthcare and Montana |Wyoming Market for Intermountain.
Did you know, that for every hour Intermountain Health caregivers volunteer with an approved organization, Intermountain Health will donate $16 to an eligible organization of the caregiver’s choosing! We have a goal to log 144,000 volunteer hours by the end of the year. In conjunction with Earth Day, we have a goal of planting 100 trees over the next few weeks. Even CEO Rob Allen joined in to get some dirt under his nails and help us reach our goal!
Nine Intermountain Health cancer centers are the first in Utah to earn accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), APEx- Accreditation Program for Excellence – an objective external validation that a radiation oncology facility is delivering high-quality patient care. The nine Intermountain cancer centers are among only 200 facilities nationwide to earn APEx accreditation. The Utah sites join two additional Intermountain Health cancer centers in Colorado to hold this accreditation. Those are Cancer Centers of Colorado at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, accredited since 2018, and Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, accredited since 2016. “The accreditation process is a very rigorous, multi-step process that took more than a year to complete,” said Craig Nielsen, director for radiation oncology at Intermountain Health. “We evaluated all our policies and procedures using objective, evidence-based performance measures in radiation oncology.”
Healogics, a national leader in providing advanced wound care, has recognized the Advanced Wound Center and Hyperbarics program at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, CO, now part of Intermountain Health, as a 2022 Center of Distinction. To be named a Center of Distinction, the wound care program met or exceeded certain metrics in clinical and operational performance including achieving a patient satisfaction score of more than 92%.
Congratulations to Joy Memmen, RN Educator Specialist at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, CO, now part of Intermountain Health, for being recognized as one of Brighton's Woman of Action by the Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau! We are blessed that she brings her caring spirit and incredible talent to Platte Valley Medical Center each day.
HER-STORY was recently made at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, CO , now part of Intermountain Health, when an all-female cardiac surgery team came together in the operating room to perform an open-heart procedure. Women are underrepresented in the cardiac surgery profession, and we want to celebrate this unique milestone and this incredible team! We are proud of the expert care they provide for our patients and the inspiration they provide for the next generation of girls who want to break barriers. Pictured L-R Back Row: Kim Caesar (Cardiovascular Operating Room Registered Nurse-CV ORN), Dr. Megan Loo (Cardiothoracic Surgeon), Jacque Barnes-Little (CV ORN), Megan Kelso (CV ORN) Pictured L-R Front Row: Dr. Prairie Robinson (Anesthesiologist), Abi Solis (CV ORN), Rachel Thompson-Griffin (CV Surgical Technician), Corinne Cass (CV ORN), Jenna Mahan (CV Surgical Technician), Amanda Lin (CV ORN)
Thank you so much to Anna Taets who spent some of her spring break from Colorado State University crocheting hats for our NICU babies at St. Mary's Medical Center in Grand Junction, CO, now part of Intermountain Health. Anna is studying biology and plans to become a physician assistant (PA) after graduation; in the meantime, we are lucky to benefit from her lovely crochet skills!
Our Saint Joseph Midwives at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, CO, now part of Intermountain Health, not only care for patients, but they also care for the community. The team recently volunteered at Project Cure assembling birth kits that will go to global outreach needs in Ukraine and Senegal. Project Cure is a national organization that accepts unused hospital or clinic supplies that typically would be disposed of that are sorted and used by various organizations worldwide. The team assembled 222 birth kits that contained a baby blanket, baby hat, gloves, masks and other surgical supplies. Thank you to our midwife team for showing your caring spirit!
