Intermountain Podcast

Thanks for Asking: What Does Reorg Success Look Like?

Maternal Fetal Medicine and Opioid Use Disorder

Intermountain Healthcare and the Hatch Center sponsored a symposium in Washington, D.C. on November 14 where a number of healthcare leaders including Marc Harrison and Mikelle Moore discussed the social determinant of health (SDOH). Dr. Harrison and Michelle Moore had the opportunity to sit down with symposium attendee and health care policy and strategy consultant with McDermottPlus, Adaeze Enekwechi, Ph.D., to discuss the SDOH and opportunities for healthcare systems to get involved in SDOH work.

Thanks for Asking: How Can We Support Veterans?

Thanks for Asking: Increasing Preventive Care

Mark Briesacher, MD, chief physician officer, Rebekah Couper-Noles, associate chief nursing officer and Jeff McNally, MD, executive medical director for Homecare and Hospice, talk with Joel about the future of Homecare and related services for our patients and communities. Homecare has recently added new service lines to integrate more seamlessly together and with other areas of the organization as well as thinking about better ways to care for patients in the home.

Bradley Nielsen, life care manager for Homespire, talks about the benefits of the program to patients and the roles of his team with Mark Briesacher, MD, Intermountain chief physician officer and Jeff McNally, MD, executive medical director for Homecare and Hospice. Homespire is a resource for family medicine and internal medicine providers, geriatricians and other specialists, family members and loved ones to connect seniors with a service that treats the whole person.

Thanks for Asking: Healthcare Career Paths

Thanks for Asking: Expanding OB Care in Rural Areas

Forty percent of the patients cared for at Intermountain, as of 2018, are in a risk- or value-based model, which requires different workflows, different types of teams and different areas of focus. Compensating providers in ways that support both fee-for-service and value-based care models will champion their initiatives around clinical quality, safety, experience and outcomes as well as help prevent provider burnout.

Discussing the social determinants of health

Thanks for Asking: Where Will Care Be Provided in the Future?

Thanks for Asking: Standardizing Products to Cut Costs

Enlisting caregivers in improving health in our community

Thanks for Asking: Intermountain compared to Kaiser