William H. Nelson

Intermountain Healthcare Researchers Develop New Diagnostic Tool to Identify & Treat COVID-19 Patients at Risk of Severe Illness, Death Due to Inflammatory Disorder

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Intermountain Healthcare, Regions of the United States, Intermountain, Western United States, UTAH, William H. Nelson

With the new scoring diagnostic criteria, clinicians can now identify patients early and ideally prescribe treatments before the condition progresses and causes patients to deteriorate to critical levels.

Key Points: 
  • With the new scoring diagnostic criteria, clinicians can now identify patients early and ideally prescribe treatments before the condition progresses and causes patients to deteriorate to critical levels.
  • For the study, researchers applied the new cHIS diagnostic score to 299 patients admitted to Intermountain hospitals with severe COVID-19.
  • Intermountain Healthcare is a not-for-profit system of hospitals and clinics, a Medical Group, health insurance, and other health services in Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
  • Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes and sustainable costs.

Intermountain Healthcare Leaders Deliver Annual Report to the Community

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Friday, November 15, 2019
Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Managed care, General Health, Health, Hospitals, Professional services, Other Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Intermountain, Regions of the United States, Western United States, William H. Nelson

Intermountain Healthcares leaders say the organization is making strides to improve care and make it more affordable for patients and communities.

Key Points: 
  • Intermountain Healthcares leaders say the organization is making strides to improve care and make it more affordable for patients and communities.
  • In an annual community report on Friday to 400 community and healthcare officials in Salt Lake City, Intermountain leaders outlined how the organization is changing its model of healthcare delivery to stay strong and stable for future generations, and also engaging in many innovations.
  • Bert Zimmerli, Intermountains executive vice president and chief financial officer, pointed out that healthcare nationally and in Utah is too expensive.
  • He outlined how Intermountain is changing its model of healthcare delivery to help make it more affordable.