(Salt Lake City, UT) — Doctors In Utah are urging Utahns to schedule colonoscopies as the state comes out of the pandemic. Intermountain Healthcare tracked a 15-percent rise in colon cancer cases at Stage Three or higher. Doctors are linking that spike to a 50-percent drop in colonoscopies during the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Intermountain Healthcare will start restricting some visitors today. Overnight visitors will only be allowed for people critically ill, suffering from dementia, giving birth, or children. Daytime visitation will also be restricted to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and masks are required everywhere.
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Intermountain Healthcare restored its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all employees. Officials reinstated the previous order following Thursday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld vaccine regulations for medical workers. Intermountain says 98-percent of its workforce is already fully-vaccinated.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest health care provider has announced that it will require all its caregivers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to comply with pending federal rules. The chief physician executive said Wednesday that Intermountain Healthcare will be complying with federal vaccination requirements announced by President […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Intermountain Healthcare is moving into other states through a mega-merger. Intermountain and Colorado-based SCL Health announced they would operate under one banner, and be headquartered in Salt Lake City. The combined health system will include 33 hospitals, 385 clinics and more than 58-thousand employees in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Coronavirus patients are filling Utah hospitals beyond capacity. Officials with the state’s largest health care system said Friday that intensive care units are at 102% capacity. Intermountain Healthcare doctors about 90% of the hospitalized coronavirus patients are not vaccinated. Infectious disease physicians say the surge […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200 traveling nurses to keep staffing levels up as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to shatter records. Hospital officials said Thursday that the state’s hospitals are well into their contingency care protocols, and some have effectively […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An infectious disease expert says a spike of COVID-19 cases in Utah will continue if schools continue resisting state health department guidelines. Dr. Eddie Stenehjem of the Intermountain Healthcare hospital network says the recent increase in new cases was likely driven by high school and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A major Utah health care company says it will remove “Dixie” from the name of one of its hospitals. Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, located in southern Utah, will be renamed Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, effective in January. The decision comes as institutions throughout […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based health care organization will send two coronavirus response teams of medical workers to New York hospitals that are suffering from staffing shortages because of the outbreak. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Intermountain Healthcare announced the 50-member teams will be deployed for two […]
