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Intermountain Health (formerly Intermountain Healthcare) is a United States not-for-profit healthcare system with 385 clinics and 33 hospitals in the Intermountain West (primarily Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah). The company's headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. Colorado-based SCL Health and Intermountain Health merged in 2022.
The hospital was originally owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), but is now owned and operated by Intermountain Healthcare (IHC). LDS Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission. The hospital has 262 inpatient beds. [1] The current building, in place of the original 1905 hospital, opened in 1984. [2]
In 1975, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints turned over its system of 15 hospitals, including Logan LDS Hospital, to the communities they served. A secular, not-for-profit health care system, Intermountain Healthcare was formed to operate the hospital system. Logan LDS Hospital was renamed Logan Hospital.
The merger would make Sanford Health a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare with the resulting system consisting of 70 hospitals with 89,000 employees. [16] In early December, the merger was postponed indefinitely after Bill Gassen abruptly replaced Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft after he made anti-mask statements. [17] [18]
When controversy arose over the name "Dixie" in 2020, Intermountain Health Care announced the name would change to its current name, Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital on January 1, 2021. [11] Intermountain believed it was affecting the recruitment of doctors, nurses, and other staff that did not understand local use of the term "Dixie."
Geography; Location: 2635 North 7th Street Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, Mesa County, Colorado, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Organization; Funding: Faith-based non-profit: Type: General: Patron: Saint Mary: Network: SCL Health: Services; Emergency department: Level II trauma center: Beds: 310 [2]: Helipad: Yes: History; Opened: 1896: Links; Website: www.sclhealth.org /locations /st-marys ...
In March, 2017, University of Utah Health Care was quietly renamed University of Utah Health. [8] [9] In July 2017, the hospital was part of an incident where the police detective Jeff Payne wrongfully arrested nurse Alex Wubbels. Payne asked Wubbels to provide a blood sample from an unconscious patient, and she was arrested when she refused. [10]
In 1997, Lutheran Medical Center, Saint Joseph Hospital and the Primera Healthcare physician group integrated to form Exempla Healthcare. [ 4 ] In 2010, a new 12 room operating suite, an 18-bed recovery room and a 24-bed pre-surgery area opened in the five-story North Pavilion addition, as part of a five-year building project that added 295,000 ...