Show IHC Is Directed “In the final analysis the trustees are ultimately responsible to the community for the proper fulfillment of IHC’s mission” says William N Jones board chairman In 1975 when the LDS Church divested itself of its hospitals church leaders asked a group of responsible community citizens to assume governance This group holds the assets of IHC in trust for the community and its members receive no payment for their trustee by Volunteers of senior IHC management” says Jones “We have also recruited trustees from outside the Intermountain region to bring special health care policy and management expertise to the board And five of our trustees are practicing physicians” Meetings Used As Control Mechanisms: “When you combine the regular meetings for the full board with its committees and subcommittees we meet at least 34 times a year to review actions make decisions and give direction to management” he says service ' “Today our board is composed of 19 community members and two members The central board deals with issues that impact all of our hospitals A recent example of this is the handling of AIDS cases in hospitals The five most senior managers at IHC make up the management committee This group is directly respon- “There are many approaches to AIDS treatment and we didn’t want a different policy at each hospital” says Thales H Smith MD pediatrician and chairman of the board’s professional standards committee “So our committee directed IHC’s medical affairs division to set up a task force of physicians administrators and other clinicians and propose a policy that would work at each hospital” Committee members spent hours reviewing the task force’s recommendations- sible for our activities and reports to the board day-to-da- y Community Trustees Oversee Local Hospitals: In addition to the central board we have a community board of trustees for each hospital to direct its policies and actions We want to keep local issues local and responsive to the needs of the community Central Board Sets Broad Policy — Local Boards Deal in Specific Community Needs: The Central Board of Trustees of Intermountain Health Care William N Jones Chairman LiteTouch J Louis Schricker MD Inc Salt Lake City Chairman Board of Trustees Jr ’ Neurosurgeon Vice Robert H Bischoff Chairman Key Bank of Utah Thomas D Dee II President The Dee Civic Leader & Homemaker Salt Lake City Company Ogden Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Chairman Board of Trustees Norma B Ashton Secretary Board of Trustees Chairman Finance Committee Deeded Corradini President Bonneville Associates Inc Salt Lake City Penny S Brooke RN MS 1 D Assistant Dean University of Utah College of Nursing Salt Lake City “It was a tremendous effort on everyone’s part but the result was an excellent policy” he says “We want to do a compassionate and effective job of treating AIDS patients in all of our hospitals” says Smith W'e have procedures for caring for them and protecting their confidentiality and we have guidelines that will protect employees and physicians from becoming infected We require a patient’s consent before testing for the AIDS antibody Over 250 Citizens Direct IHC: “Between our central board of trustees and the trustees who form the community hospital boards for each of our hospitals there are more than 250 people representing the communities in the governance and control of IHC” says Jones “None of us receives payment for the work we do as trustees but we are deeply committed to doing our best If anyone sees something either good or bad at one of our hospitals we hope you will share your thoughts with the local board of trustees And if you have concerns with our efforts as a system please share them with a member of our central board” he says Agencies Review IHC Performance: In addition to direction from community volunteers IHC and its hospitals are scrutinized by a host of agencies County commissions fire departments state departments of health Food & Drug Administration Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Spencer F Ecdes Chairman & CEO First Security Corporation W Manford Gooch MD Pathologist & Pediatrician Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Scott S-- Parker President Intermountain Health Care Salt Lake City Grant E Hawkins Internist Sandy Utah MD Karen H Huntsman Vice President and Director Huntsman Chemical Corporation Salt Lake City Laurence R Smith MD Familv Practitioner David E Salisbury President VanCott Bagiev Cornwall & Ogden McCarthy Salt Lake City Utah Thales H Smith MD Pediatrician Provo Utah Chairman Professional Standards Committee David H Jeppson Executive Vice President Intermountain Health Care Salt Lake City Gordon Sprenger CEO Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis Minn Chairman Investment Committee and Lawrence S Ltwin President LewinICF Stephen D Nadauld Washington D C Chairman Information College Ogden Utah Committee Systems L Warner Richard President Warner President Weber State Robin H H Wilson Consultant Owner Rick Enterprises & & New York & California ALPS Salt Lake City Chairman Personnel Committee Compensation Subcommittee 'Miim greatly appreciate the time and effort generously donated by the following former trustees of Intermountain Health Care: h E Blackham ley H Brady E Christensen Roy John A Dixon MD L James Ellsworth We a” Henry B Eyring Gardner Robert H Garff Kern C Robert C Hammond Jeffrey R Holland Henry A Huish Jon M Huntsman B Z Kastler 0 C Madsen Sister Diane Moeller FSPA Dallin H Oaks JD Chase N Peterson MD Warren E Pugh Orlande A Rivera PhD Luana G Searle Dorothy E Wells Robert FWeyher Ted L Wilson charter trustee :v r L S’ In June IHC kicked off a public service ad- vertising campaign that f encourages people to live healthier lives The cam '- and the US Health Care Financing Administration are just a few of the numerous organizations — governmental and private — that review aspects of the opera- tion of Intermountain Health Care and its hospitals “We are reviewed by scores of groups with literally tens of thousands of rules and regulations” says Jones Some groups review quality of care issues while others focus on financial accounting and still others scrutinize the detailed operations of specialized services such as Life Flight the helicopter and airplane ambulance service iMMLwmiwiaaMBj paign’s spots cover everything from prenatal care to keeping your heart healthy to recognizing the warning signs if your teenager is in trouble Each spot is sponsored by an individual IHC hospital |