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Attend Intermountain’s annual Trustee Conference on March 20.

As an Intermountain trustee, you’re invited to attend the 2015 IntermountainHealthcare Trustee Conference, scheduled for March 20 at the Little America Hotel inSalt Lake City. Nine presentations are planned by Intermountain trustees and seniorleaders, and there will also be a mini health fair offering information on preventionand wellness topics. The conference provides a perspective on the challenges andopportunities we’ll face in 2015 and helps trustees govern Intermountain moreeffectively.

Here are some important details:

What: 2015 Intermountain Healthcare Trustee ConferenceWhen: Friday, March 20, 2015 (please plan to attend all day)Where: Little America Hotel, 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

Breakfast and lunch are provided. Some board members traveling long distances maychoose to stay overnight on the Thursday before the conference.

Invitations and registration forms were mailed at the end of January. If you’d like toattend, you can contact Delinda Gordon in Intermountain’s Travel Services at801-442-3931 or at [email protected].

Register now for Healthy Dialogues luncheon with Dr. CharlesSorenson.

Trustees can register now for the April Healthy Dialoguesluncheon event featuring Charles Sorenson, MD, Presidentand CEO of Intermountain Healthcare. This lunch event isscheduled for Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 1:30 p.m.at the Marriott City Center Hotel, 220 South State Street,Salt Lake City.

Dr. Sorenson will speak about Utah’s place in the evolving

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Attend Intermountain’s annual Trustee Conference on March 20.

As an Intermountain trustee, you’re invited to attend the 2015 IntermountainHealthcare Trustee Conference, scheduled for March 20 at the Little America Hotel inSalt Lake City. Nine presentations are planned by Intermountain trustees and seniorleaders, and there will also be a mini health fair offering information on preventionand wellness topics. The conference provides a perspective on the challenges andopportunities we’ll face in 2015 and helps trustees govern Intermountain moreeffectively.

Here are some important details:

What: 2015 Intermountain Healthcare Trustee ConferenceWhen: Friday, March 20, 2015 (please plan to attend all day)Where: Little America Hotel, 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City

Breakfast and lunch are provided. Some board members traveling long distances maychoose to stay overnight on the Thursday before the conference.

Invitations and registration forms were mailed at the end of January. If you’d like toattend, you can contact Delinda Gordon in Intermountain’s Travel Services at801-442-3931 or at [email protected].

Register now for Healthy Dialogues luncheon with Dr. CharlesSorenson.

Trustees can register now for the April Healthy Dialoguesluncheon event featuring Charles Sorenson, MD, Presidentand CEO of Intermountain Healthcare. This lunch event isscheduled for Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 1:30 p.m.at the Marriott City Center Hotel, 220 South State Street,Salt Lake City.

Dr. Sorenson will speak about Utah’s place in the evolving


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landscape of American healthcare.

There is no cost to attend the lunch event, but seating is limited. An RSVP is requiredby March 27. To reserve your seat, please call 801-442-2895 or visitIntermountainhealthcare.org/dialogues.

Presented by Intermountain Healthcare, the Healthy Dialogues speaker series featurespresentations by healthcare leaders on national and local health policy issues. Pastspeakers include Dr. Donald Berwick, Michael Leavitt, Dr. Elliott Fisher, ClaytonChristensen, Dr. Atul Gawande, and Shannon Brownlee.

Update on Utah’s 2015 legislative session.

Bill Barnes of Intermountain’s Government Relations office provides the followingupdate on the 2015 Utah legislative session:

We are now well into the 2015 session, and we are watching several issues related tohealthcare. In particular, the state faces important decisions relating to Medicaid.Issues include:

Medicaid funding. The future of Governor Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan and any of the otherproposals to expand insurance coverage in lieu of expanding Medicaid.

Trustees with questions about these or other issues may contact Bill Barnes [email protected].

Trustees are also invited to subscribe to the Intermountain Health PolicyNetwork. In an effort to support trustees and employees who are interested inreceiving updates and information as the 2015 session progresses—as well asinformation about how to become more involved—Intermountain has created asubscription service called the Intermountain Health Policy Network. Those whosubscribe receive periodic emails providing legislative updates and occasional “calls to


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landscape of American healthcare.

There is no cost to attend the lunch event, but seating is limited. An RSVP is requiredby March 27. To reserve your seat, please call 801-442-2895 or visitIntermountainhealthcare.org/dialogues.

Presented by Intermountain Healthcare, the Healthy Dialogues speaker series featurespresentations by healthcare leaders on national and local health policy issues. Pastspeakers include Dr. Donald Berwick, Michael Leavitt, Dr. Elliott Fisher, ClaytonChristensen, Dr. Atul Gawande, and Shannon Brownlee.

Update on Utah’s 2015 legislative session.

Bill Barnes of Intermountain’s Government Relations office provides the followingupdate on the 2015 Utah legislative session:

We are now well into the 2015 session, and we are watching several issues related tohealthcare. In particular, the state faces important decisions relating to Medicaid.Issues include:

Medicaid funding. The future of Governor Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan and any of the otherproposals to expand insurance coverage in lieu of expanding Medicaid.

Trustees with questions about these or other issues may contact Bill Barnes [email protected].

Trustees are also invited to subscribe to the Intermountain Health PolicyNetwork. In an effort to support trustees and employees who are interested inreceiving updates and information as the 2015 session progresses—as well asinformation about how to become more involved—Intermountain has created asubscription service called the Intermountain Health Policy Network. Those whosubscribe receive periodic emails providing legislative updates and occasional “calls to


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action” on pressing issues and how to contact the appropriate officials. You maysubscribe to this network here.

Participation in the network is strictly voluntary and informational. IntermountainHealthcare neither endorses nor opposes any political candidate or party.

Intermountain and the Utah Department of Health are promoting thesafe use and disposal of prescription meds.

A billboard in the “Use Only As Directed” public service campaign.

A new public service campaign designed to educate the public about the proper useand disposal of prescription drugs is being sponsored by Intermountain Healthcare andthe Utah Department of Health.

The campaign, called “Use Only As Directed,” is dedicated to reducing overdosedeaths by educating Utahns about the proper use, storage, and disposal of prescriptiondrugs. Messages are being disseminated via multiple media and community outreachchannels, including TV, radio, internet, social media, and outdoor advertising. New,permanent medication disposal drop boxes are located at Intermountain communitypharmacies across Utah as part of the campaign.

“Through a three-pronged effort of public awareness, provider education, andtreatment services, we aim to reduce misuse and abuse of prescription medicationsamong our patients and within the communities in which we operate,” says MikelleMoore, Vice President of Community Benefit for Intermountain.

For more information, visit UseOnlyAsDirected.org.

Intermountain Foundry holds inaugural event showcasing innovations.


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action” on pressing issues and how to contact the appropriate officials. You maysubscribe to this network here.

Participation in the network is strictly voluntary and informational. IntermountainHealthcare neither endorses nor opposes any political candidate or party.

Intermountain and the Utah Department of Health are promoting thesafe use and disposal of prescription meds.

A billboard in the “Use Only As Directed” public service campaign.

A new public service campaign designed to educate the public about the proper useand disposal of prescription drugs is being sponsored by Intermountain Healthcare andthe Utah Department of Health.

The campaign, called “Use Only As Directed,” is dedicated to reducing overdosedeaths by educating Utahns about the proper use, storage, and disposal of prescriptiondrugs. Messages are being disseminated via multiple media and community outreachchannels, including TV, radio, internet, social media, and outdoor advertising. New,permanent medication disposal drop boxes are located at Intermountain communitypharmacies across Utah as part of the campaign.

“Through a three-pronged effort of public awareness, provider education, andtreatment services, we aim to reduce misuse and abuse of prescription medicationsamong our patients and within the communities in which we operate,” says MikelleMoore, Vice President of Community Benefit for Intermountain.

For more information, visit UseOnlyAsDirected.org.

Intermountain Foundry holds inaugural event showcasing innovations.


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Intermountain leaders, physicians and other clinicians, and members of the communitycame to Intermountain Medical Center last month for an inaugural “innovation event”to look at projects being developed by Intermountain employees to improve healthcarequality, service, and affordability.

The event showcased the first four projects to complete an eight-week programdesigned to support employees’ ideas for improving quality of care while reducingcosts. This effort is part of the new “Intermountain Foundry” initiative.Intermountain’s partner in the Foundry is Chicago-based Healthbox, a company thatfosters collaboration and innovation among inventors, entrepreneurs, and others in thehealthcare industry.

Through the Foundry program, employee innovators receive support to refine theirbusiness concepts, assess the commercial viability, identify product development orservice needs, and develop a plan for launch within Intermountain or beyond in thebroader healthcare industry.

Four projects were presented at the event:

Wailua Magnetics. John Doty, MD, presented a more effective and lessexpensive tool and care process for ablation, a technique used to treat atrialfibrillation.

GermWatch. Per Gesteland, MD, MSc, gave details about future plans andexpansion of GermWatch, a software tool that allows physicians, otherclinicians, and the public to track infectious pathogens prevalent incommunities.

SmartPX. Benjamin Horne, PhD, shared the project, SmartPX (short for SmartPrognosis), a predictive analytics score used to reduce readmission rates forpatients with heart failure.

Micro Environ. Pravin Mishra, PhD, and Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, spoke


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Intermountain leaders, physicians and other clinicians, and members of the communitycame to Intermountain Medical Center last month for an inaugural “innovation event”to look at projects being developed by Intermountain employees to improve healthcarequality, service, and affordability.

The event showcased the first four projects to complete an eight-week programdesigned to support employees’ ideas for improving quality of care while reducingcosts. This effort is part of the new “Intermountain Foundry” initiative.Intermountain’s partner in the Foundry is Chicago-based Healthbox, a company thatfosters collaboration and innovation among inventors, entrepreneurs, and others in thehealthcare industry.

Through the Foundry program, employee innovators receive support to refine theirbusiness concepts, assess the commercial viability, identify product development orservice needs, and develop a plan for launch within Intermountain or beyond in thebroader healthcare industry.

Four projects were presented at the event:

Wailua Magnetics. John Doty, MD, presented a more effective and lessexpensive tool and care process for ablation, a technique used to treat atrialfibrillation.

GermWatch. Per Gesteland, MD, MSc, gave details about future plans andexpansion of GermWatch, a software tool that allows physicians, otherclinicians, and the public to track infectious pathogens prevalent incommunities.

SmartPX. Benjamin Horne, PhD, shared the project, SmartPX (short for SmartPrognosis), a predictive analytics score used to reduce readmission rates forpatients with heart failure.

Micro Environ. Pravin Mishra, PhD, and Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, spoke


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about a method for improving cancer cell studies through the use of a newculture medium called ME-gel.

Along with these presenters, other Intermountain employees were involved in theproject teams.

Intermountain awards and recognition.

Dixie Regional CEO honored

Terri Kane, CEO of Intermountain’s Dixie Regional MedicalCenter, was recently honored by Becker’s Hospital Review asone of “50 Rural Hospital CEOs to Know.”

According to Becker’s, the 50 leaders on the list “are dedicatedto advancing healthcare in their communities and are tacklingthe challenges of providing healthcare in rural or small townswith vigor.” To read the full story, click here.

Intermountain’s Chief Information Officer named a Top Healthcare CIO

For the third consecutive year, Becker’s Hospital Reviewincluded Intermountain Healthcare’s Chief InformationOfficer, Marc Probst, on its list of “100 Hospital and HealthSystem CIOs to Know.” The list includes those who “havedemonstrated excellence in leadership by tackling thechallenging world of health IT and innovating during a time ofchange in the industry,” according to Becker’s. The full story isfound here.

Visit the online Trustee Resource Center.


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about a method for improving cancer cell studies through the use of a newculture medium called ME-gel.

Along with these presenters, other Intermountain employees were involved in theproject teams.

Intermountain awards and recognition.

Dixie Regional CEO honored

Terri Kane, CEO of Intermountain’s Dixie Regional MedicalCenter, was recently honored by Becker’s Hospital Review asone of “50 Rural Hospital CEOs to Know.”

According to Becker’s, the 50 leaders on the list “are dedicatedto advancing healthcare in their communities and are tacklingthe challenges of providing healthcare in rural or small townswith vigor.” To read the full story, click here.

Intermountain’s Chief Information Officer named a Top Healthcare CIO

For the third consecutive year, Becker’s Hospital Reviewincluded Intermountain Healthcare’s Chief InformationOfficer, Marc Probst, on its list of “100 Hospital and HealthSystem CIOs to Know.” The list includes those who “havedemonstrated excellence in leadership by tackling thechallenging world of health IT and innovating during a time ofchange in the industry,” according to Becker’s. The full story isfound here.

Visit the online Trustee Resource Center.


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Intermountain provides online tools to help trustees be successful in their role asadvocates for our organization. Available at intermountaintrustee.org, the TrusteeResource Center provides one convenient location to access several importantadvocacy tools, including:

Trustee newsletter articles and archiveIn-depth information about IntermountainTrustee roles and responsibilitiesOverview of our healthcare initiativesInnovation efforts that improve healthcare deliveryFrequently asked questions

If you have questions or comments about Intermountain Trustee, please ContactUs.


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