Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain Ranked "Master" for the 3rd Consecutive Year for Innovation, Management, and Planning
The Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain program has earned the prestigious "Master" designation for the third consecutive year in the annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list for excellence in supply chain management, innovation, and planning.Exercise Is a Gift
Most people take their good health and ability to physically move for granted. Others, due to injury or illness, may not be able to move as they would like and strongly desire to get moving again. Being physically active empowers people, makes them feel incredible, and improves all facets of their lives.Physical Therapy Can Help People Recover and Improve Mobility and Function
Rehabilitation therapies help patients recover or improve their abilities to move and function in daily life. Trained therapists evaluate and treat limiting physical function due to injury, disease, or disability. Physical therapy is an effective and less invasive treatment option to improve mobility and function in the elderly, children, and everyone in between.Intermountain American Fork Hospital Kicks off Construction to Expand Level II Newborn ICU
Intermountain American Fork Hospital's caregivers and patients are celebrating the expansion of the hospital's Level II newborn intensive care unit.COVID-19 Study Launched at Intermountain Healthcare to Determine Whether Blood Thinners Prevent Clots, Illness Severity in Patients
As part of a national movement to develop treatments and therapies for COVID-19, Intermountain Healthcare researchers are launching a study in Utah to examine the effects of anticoagulants on patients who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital Festival of Trees 50th Year Kicks off Today with Silent Auction and Virtual Events
The annual Festival of Trees benefiting Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital kicks off its 50th year today with an online silent auction for the event's hallmark beautifully decorated trees – with all proceeds going to help young patients.There's More Than One Way to Quit – It Doesn't Have to Be Cold Turkey
If the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has taught individuals anything, it is a better understanding of how the air breathed in and out of our lungs can affect us and those around us. Masking, social distancing, and quarantining -- all to keep a tiny virus out of lungs. Experts remind us that lungs can be vulnerable and need to be kept healthy so they can keep us healthy. One of the best ways to keep lungs healthy is to never smoke or vape. And if individuals do smoke or vape already, the best thing to do is to quit.Advanced Directives Give Important Instructions for Loved Ones in Time of Crisis
An advance directive is a set of instructions someone prepares in advance of ill health or accident that determines their healthcare wishes regarding medical treatment and who should act as their agent to carry out those wishes should the person be unable to communicate them to a medical provider.Festival of Trees Live Broadcast Adds Former Primary Children's Patient as Third Host
A 10-year-old Salt Lake City area cancer survivor and former patient at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital has been selected to serve as a third co-host of the first-ever Festival of Trees live broadcast, it was announced Monday.Parents Cautioned by Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital Doctors After 12-Year-Old Patient Nearly Dies from COVID-19 Complications
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital doctors are seeing an alarming number of young patients experiencing COVID-19 complications.