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Show - Page 13 !•-,-.-,.> / TT? 40P$b7 - 1 * DECEMBER 7,2006 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER JJ • -r — -r , Cvfi/Cfa' ABC News, 'subscribe to Newsweek, or read The Los Angeles Times. ^: But he still benefits from theirfindings,^^jgj Here's what they have to say about Intermountain Healthcare. \~ "'V From ABC News to Dartmouth •** Medical School to Newsweek magazine, many arc turning to Intermountain Healthcare for answers to some of medicines biggest concerns. Whether it's controlling costs, using technology to reduce errors, or ensuring excellent training for nurses, Intermountam Healthcare is among the nation's most loolced-to organizations for healdicare solutions. And who diat really benefits is you. ABC World News profiles Intermountain Healthcare. On October 17, Intermountain Healthcare was profiled by ABC World News. Their conclusion? Intcrmounrain is "not just saving lives by doing it right the first time, they're also saving money." Dartmouth Medical School praises Mayo and Intermountain. A Dartmouth Medical School study estimated Medicare could have reduced its costs by 15 percent if ail hospitals operated like the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. It projected an even larger annuaJ savings of 32 percent if all hospitals operated like Intermountain Healthcare. That's enough, by some estimates, to insure every uninsured American. dian most places in the nation.,And that Utah residents arc served well by the current healthcare market. High quality, lower costs according to Economists, Inc. An independent report by-Economists, Inc. found that healthcare markets in Utah—and specifically Intermountain Healthcare—are keeping quality high and costs lower $•Similar reports on I Intermountain Healthcare's high' f' quality, lower costs, and use of-^ J>- technology have been published. tiy;~i I---;K . --• BUSINESSWEEK ' ^U.S. NEWS & WORLD Intermountain nursing earns highest credentialing honor. Of 6,000 hospitals in America, 223 have earned the coveted Magnet status. Onlyfivesites are in Utah, and all are Intermountain: LDS, Cottonwood, Alta View, TOSH, Life Flight, and Dialysis. Magnet designates health organizations with a proven level of excellence in nursing care. Newsweek praises hospitals that use innovation. A Newsweek article highlighted Intermountain Healthcare as an organization using innovation, hard work, and imagination to improve ' care, reduce errors and lower costs. Verispan ranks Intermountain Healthcare at the top. Vcrjspan has again named % Intermountain Healthcare as one of the nation's top integrated health systems. The study examined 566 health systems. Intermountain has placed either first or second on the . listforseven consecutive years. What it all means, . i. At Intermountain Healthcare, we don't have all die answers. But, people here in Utah are receiving some of the best medical care in the country, at some of the lowest costs. And that means more than any report or award ever could. fe;'.\ , THE BOSTON GLOBE j l ^ THE LOS ANGELES t$ p ^ ' v . ECONOMISTS, pATSER FAMILY 4 &Utah has the lowest rates for individual insurance,' and,-sa •: the fourth lowest rates for families despite having the jf ^largest family, size I n ' t h e . nation. KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION; T npofttdfrvm Buunc» Week. US. New* & Wjrfd Report, the Botton Globe, .and The tot Angela TlmafJwv *rr pnviJtilforiitforvuiion*! pnrptw vnfy fatrmmMm hnot tpemwtdby or athnt-ii* afflUutiwith thn* mtttfo vvr/r/i, Intermountain Healthcare k •..-. t»i«i. V.\ti, ';iWit i.kV.i.i.-^V-kit «*•»**>«* |