| Show ex? fooo ii © n in ii q BREAKTHROUGH MEDICINE! cardiology oncology women and newborns and primary care These programs provide caregivers with the data the computer technology and the other resources they need to share best medical practices and improve medical outcomes WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF ONE Who can LIFE SAVED? calculate the effect on family and friends or the community's loss of a person's knowledge and civic contributions? the most satisfying aspects of working at Intermountain Health Care (IHC) is that we are able to save lives— to restore people to their families fnends and communities Needless to say our satisfaction increases immeasurably when as a result of our work we are able to improve medical care in ways that extend and restore health One of Richard J Galbraith Chairman By continually studying what works best doctors and other caregivers at IHC are saving lives and improving health keeping more and more patients out of the hospital MEDICAL EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE our commitment to william h Nelson — community service is part of our President and ceo commitment to medical CONSIDER THESE EXAMPLES excellence We are a charitable OF OUR PROGRESS IN 2001: nonprofit organization that provides care to anyone with a medical need regardless of Cardiac: An estimated 450 lives were ability to pay Last year in more than saved last year due to innovations 95000 cases IHC provided more than $33 million in free medical care to people improving IHCs already nationally unable to pay (not including bad debt) recognized program Cancer: A team approach improved Since 1975 our total benefit to the patient care through IHCs Oncology community has been nearly $2 billion Clinical Program As a nonprofit health care organization Primary Care: Diabetes and asthma were IHC is budgeted to break even over the managed more effectively dramatically improving the treatment of these diseases long run All excess monies earned are and reducing complications and crises returned to the community in the form of Women & Newborns: As a result of improved facilities better services and clinical management programs fewer lower patient charges We are currently expectant mothers delivered their babies investing nearly $2 billion over a prematurely period to rebuild and update our hospitals in nine communities We are doing this These are the benefits of coordinated while keeping our charges low and without care—a strategy in which doctors taxpayer subsidies hospitals and health plans work together TO SERVE YOU BETTER to constantly raise the standards of clinical excellence IHC has been taking this When IHC was created 27 years ago its approach for nearly 20 yean and the medical outcomes data show our success founders pledged it would always strive to be a model health care organization Our That's one reason IHC was again named in mission is to provide excellent and 2002 the No 1 integrated health care affordable health care in the communities Our volunteer trustees our we serve organization in Amenca by the SMG research firm and Modem Healthcare physician partners and our employees are magazine IHC has been at or near the top working hard to keep that promise and since the ensure the health care available here is the ranking every year study began best anywhere CLINICAL PROGRAMS LEAD Our Address: TO MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS Intermountain Health Care 36 South State Street Some health care organizations are Salt Lake City Utah 84111 primanly concerned with facility Telephone: (801) IHC we At a have mission management Email: dialogihccom to continually improve clinical medicine wwwihccom We accomplish this by helping physicians nurses and other health professionals rtandanb develop clinical programs in such fields as iMVitaiaeiaitN tan At IHC |
