Show In this issue: “We Couldn’t Survive Without This Hospital’’ Letter from the Board of Trustees The nation’s rural hospitals are closing at the rate of almost one per week IHC is committed to keeping services available in the Intermountain West Intermountain 5 Health Care (IHC) is a organization a noble mission: To provide quality care to those with a medical need regardless of their ability to pay of the communities served by IHC are the guarantors of this mission Every year we report on the progress of our mission to the owners of IHC - the residents of Utah Idaho and Wyoming who depend on IHC hospitals and clinics to be there in an hour of need We the representatives Charity Care Begins at Home The needy The homeless The uninsured Here’s how IHC is also helping them In this year’s report we decided to show IHC’s mission in stories of people helping people action Inside you’ll find real-lif- e You’ll find case histories that exemplify the spirit and progress of IHC during the past year 7 IHC is an organization that promotes health Controlling Health Care Costs: IHC Is Among the Nation’s Leaders In all its activities IHC is motivated by the fundamental belief that when one person suffers our society as a whole suffers W’e are privileged to serve our neighbors as voluntary unpaid trustees of IHC and we are grateful for the opportunity of insuring that the highest quality health care receives our in communities everyone management could slash the nation's $500 billion annual health care bill by as much as 20 available anywhere 10 Karen H Huntsman William N Jones Ten Thousand Volunteers Can’t Be Wrong J Louis Schricker Jr MD Robert H Bischoff Thomas Norma As a charitable B Stephen Ashton Penny S Brooke Deedee Corradini 15 Spencer F Eccles “I Never Thought It Could Happen to Me” 3 Free Health Screenings Save Lives Four W ho Dared to Care Achievements of IHC IHC Is Directed by Volunteers New Primary Children’s Is Best in the West rt Medical Care 6 8 E Hawkins PhD PhD D Nadauld Scott S Parker RN MS JD Merrill Gappmayer W Manford Gooch Grant David H Jeppson Lawrence S Lewin D Dee II organization IHC is a magnet for volunteers and community service State-of-the-A- as much in tion of potential health problems IHC’s pioneering work in quality Cost-Cutti- - preventing illness as in healing the sick Our focus is on keeping people well through education fitness programs and early detec- David E Salisbury JD Laurence R Smith Thales H Smith MD MD MD Gordon Sprenger Ted L Wilson MD ! 1 1 12 14 I 14 x |