Since joining the enterprise nursing leadership team at Intermountain Health in July, Toni Haddox, VP of professional development and practice excellence is settling into her role where she will lead the development, management, and implementation of Intermountain’s nursing professional practice, professional development, nursing education, training programs, and clinical nursing research. We recently spoke with Toni to learn more about her vision and what attracted her to join the Intermountain nursing team.
Congratulations to the following 15 Intermountain Health hospitals for receiving an 'A' Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in their Fall 2024 report! Good Samaritan Hospital - Lafayette, Colorado Platte Valley Hospital - Brighton, Colorado Saint Joseph Hospital - Denver, Colorado St. Vincent Regional Hospital - Billings, Montana Alta View Hospital - Sandy, Utah Cedar City Hospital - Cedar City, Utah Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, Utah LDS Hospital - Salt Lake City, Utah Logan Regional Hospital - Logan, Utah McKay-Dee Hospital - Ogden, Utah Park City Hospital - Park City, Utah Riverton Hospital - Riverton, Utah Spanish Fork Hospital - Spanish Fork, Utah St. George Regional Hospital - St. George, Utah Utah Valley Hospital - Provo, Utah This national recognition showcases our efforts to prioritize patient safety and protect patients from preventable harm and errors. Leapfrog’s Grade ‘A’ highlights the performance of our caregivers and system safety leaders, who strive to continuously provide safe patient care and help people live the healthiest lives possible.
We are thrilled to be recognized with nine 2024 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, including the prestigious Mark Gothberg Organizational Commitment Award! 🎉 These awards celebrate excellence in health websites and digital initiatives, recognizing the pivotal role of digital communications in achieving healthcare organizations' business objectives. The Mark Gothberg Organizational Commitment Award is the eHealthcare Awards' highest honor, recognizing industry leadership, innovation, and commitment.
Brittany Dayzie-Nez, a patient care technician in the Mom and Baby unit at St. George Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah, regularly interacts with mothers and expectant families. Brittany is of Navajo descent and helps Native American moms and babies feel connected to their culture, traditions, and history. Thanks to Brittany’s efforts, patients can bring traditional cradleboards to their hospital stay and embrace other cultural practices.
“It’s kind of wild to look back at my life eight years ago — I was barely making it. I could have lost my two children because of the choices I was making.” Alishea Waite’s life looks very different now. Her path included parenting two kids alone, doubting her abilities, getting help from public assistance, and battling addiction. It also includes recovery, marriage, support from friends, recognition from leaders, and what she calls a “life-changing” chance to be part of the St. Vincent Regional Hospital community and Intermountain Health. Whether in her recovery, her career, or her education, Alishea’s mindset is to always set the bar higher for herself. Read about her journey from addiction to a volunteer firefighter and now a surgical technologist by leveraging Intermountain's training program.
Intermountain Health Nurse Midwife, Angela Anderson, shared several thoughtful responses to Authority Magazine about low-intervention birth options and how to improve the birthing experience. Check out her entire Q&A on Medium.com below.
We are proud to be ranked a Master in the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for the seventh year in a row! 🏆 This prestigious recognition highlights our commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability in supply chain management. A huge shout out to our incredible Supply Chain Organization caregivers, whose dedication to improvement and innovation is what keeps us at the top!
Congratulations to our very own Lisa Nichols, vice president of community health at Intermountain Health, and Dawn Wright, director of community & public relations at Select Health, for being recognized by Utah Business on their list of 2024 Healthcare Heroes! Lisa has over 30 years of experience in nonprofit healthcare, addressing health disparities and ensuring access for underrepresented communities. Lisa supports Intermountain’s initiatives to serve as an anchor institution, ensuring the organization deploys its assets to address our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible through local hiring, local sourcing, place-based investing and sustainability. Dawn has dedicated two decades of her career to helping those in need with positions at The Salvation Army, Shriners Children’s and Select Health. Her extensive experience encompasses corporate social responsibility, media relations, public relations, marketing and communications, but her North Star has always been serving her communities. In Dawn’s current role at Select Health, her efforts led to $1 million in contributions to community partners in 2023, spanning housing, food security, access to care and mental health.
As a horse trainer, Rusty Moore, DO, tries to put a horse in a position where the right choice is also the easy one. As system medical director of continuous improvement, his job is perhaps not so different: to position the right processes to eliminate waste and improve patient experience. Continuous improvement is the foundation of the Intermountain Health Operating Model, which aims to provide clarity, alignment, and accountability throughout the system to improve outcomes for our patients and caregivers. Dr. Moore previously served as continuous improvement medical director for our Desert Region. He currently serves as an enterprise leadership development consultant and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at St. George Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah. He came to the system-level role with a unique set of qualifications. Here, he reflects on applying continuous improvement practices in the clinical setting and what horse psychology has taught him about leadership.
Diabetes can feel overwhelming and confusing as diabetes patients learn to manage glucose testing, diet, and medications along with ongoing health complications. For Cedar City diabetes patients, one year of specialized care can make all the difference, especially for patients receiving care at the Cedar City Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic. Learn how the Cedar City Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic's first year made an impact on the growing number of diabetes patients in a southern Utah community and why one diabetes patient credits the clinic with saving his life in the article below.
