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Did you know your heart beats around 100,000 times a day and pumps 2,000 gallons of blood throughout your body?

Intermountain Healthcare and other health providers across the nation have partnered with the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) to help improve care for more than one million people with type 2 diabetes.

Intermountain Healthcare has opened a new psychiatry and counseling clinic on its Park City Hospital campus thanks to the vision and donations of local community members and leaders. The clinic will help increase access for behavioral health services in Summit and Wasatch Counties and offers same-day and next-day crisis appointments.

Marc Probst, vice president and chief information officer of Intermountain Healthcare, has been named the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year by two leading national healthcare organizations.

Intermountain Healthcare today revealed additional details of its plans to build a second Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital campus in Lehi, Utah. Officials provided a preview of services and programs that families can expect to access when the hospital opens its doors in 2023 in one of the fastest-growing counties in the nation.

Intermountain Sanpete Valley Hospital is helping to support patients in the community by providing an extra level of support to cancer patients through the use of telehealth technology that will enable patients to be treated close to home.

Intermountain Healthcare caregivers are helping improve air quality by reducing their driving by more than three million miles last year.

Through generous gifts from donors and their families, the Intermountain Healthcare Transplant Program just performed their 3,000th kidney transplant since the program began in 1983.

Intermountain Precision Genomics continues to expand cancer testing through advancements to TheraMap, a test for advanced-stage cancer patients. The new TheraMap test expands the ability to examine a tumor's DNA to provide individualized treatment options.

Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center successfully performed its first left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with the use of a device called the Watchman. This is a minimally invasive procedure that can help patients who are at risk for a stroke and cannot take long-term blood thinners.