(Salt Lake City, UT) — While not being approved by Governor Cox, the psilocybin program will go into effect on May first. The program allows doctors at the University of Utah Health and Intermountain to prescribe Magic Mushrooms and MDMA to patients struggling with mental health. This comes as studies […]
On Feb. 12, Intermountain Health held an award ceremony honoring first responders for going above and beyond the call of duty while responding to a carbon monoxide incident. The incident happened Dec. 31 at a church in Monroe and sent 63 patients to the emergency department at Intermountain Sevier Valley […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Hospitals in Cedar City and St. George are ending their nearly three-year-long mask requirement. Along with all other units of Intermountain Health, Cedar City Hospital and St. George Regional Hospital will no longer require people to wear masks, beginning one week from today, March 15th. Signs […]
(St. George, UT) — Intermountain Health is dropping its mask requirement for patients and visitors. Utah’s largest healthcare system announced this week that masks will be optional, starting March 15th. Intermountain officials said they made the decision to drop the mask requirement based on current health data and in collaboration […]
(Murray, UT) — The parents of the first child born in Utah this year are giving their baby a name that reflects the snowy season she was born in. Wynter Kisa Magandazi was born at 12:34 a.m. yesterday at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. The baby was born ahead of […]
(Delta, UT) — Intermountain Healthcare will begin using an artificial intelligence platform to help discover and treat cancer in the colon. Intermountain’s hospital in Delta announced the implementation of a tool called GI Genius yesterday. The tool will be used during colonoscopies to examine polyps in real time and point […]
Intermountain Healthcare has purchased property in Ephraim to build a new hospital. In a press release, Ephraim City stated “we believe that a future hospital will be a tremendous advantage for Ephraim residents and students at Snow College.” The selected site is on the South end of Ephraim and the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Intermountain Healthcare is planning to shorten its name to better reflect its commitment to patient care. The company announced yesterday that it plans to change its name to Intermountain Health beginning next year. The company says the name change signals an increased emphasis on initiatives […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare is stepping down after six years. The healthcare organization announced yesterday that Marc Harrison plans to assume a leadership role with a healthcare platform run by venture capital firm General Catalyst. The Intermountain board plans to name an […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new method for treating pneumonia in emergency rooms tested by Intermountain Healthcare shows great promise in reducing deaths. In the study, clinicians use a real-time electronic decision support system called an ePNa to help treat patients. Researchers found that use of the ePNa reduced […]
