Intermountain Healthcare to Build Child Healthcare System

Introduction:

Intermountain Healthcare has unveiled its plans to build the nation's model health system for children to serve the Intermountain West.

Features:

The new healthcare system is a collaboration of Intermountain Healthcare,  Primary Children's Hospital, and the University of Utah Health.

It is expected that this model health system for children will require US$500 million for projects, programs, and facilities that serve throughout the Intermountain West.

Intermountain’s plan to build the nation’s model health system for children includes three components and associated projects, programs, and facilities and will feature advancements in pediatric health research, innovation, and technology.

1. Strengthen Primary Children’s Hospital

  • In-utero treatments including groundbreaking fetal surgery will be offered by an advanced fetal care center for the first time in the Intermountain West.  
  • An enlarged and enhanced Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will give highly vulnerable newborns the highest accredited level of specialty care.  
  • An expanded cancer treatment center will provide children with revolutionary treatments in an ideal healing environment.  
  • Breakthroughs in pediatric research with the University of Utah Health at the new Primary Children’s Center for Personalised Medicine will help children with previously untreatable diseases to thrive.

2. Expand excellence in pediatric care across the Intermountain West

  • To address the growing population in Utah County, and a corresponding need for specialty pediatric care, a second Primary Children’s Hospital campus will be constructed in Lehi. The new five-story, 66-bed Primary Children’s Hospital campus will provide trauma and emergency services, behavioral health, intensive care, and surgical and clinic services not available elsewhere in Utah County.
  • The expertise of Primary Children’s Hospital throughout the Intermountain West will be expanded with the pediatric care network, through nationally-recognised telemedicine technologies, pediatric emergency clinicians in rural areas, and digital health services.

3. Innovatively target emerging children’s health needs

  • Additional mental and behavioral health services for children and teens will be added to address an urgent need with new locations, call centers, telehealth and response capabilities, and collaborations with community organisations.  
  • Children with serious conditions such as diabetes and cystic fibrosis access seamless care as they grow to adulthood will be benefitted with the teen-to-adult transition programs.
  • A coordinated Healthy Kids program will provide interventions to children experiencing traumatic events to decrease their risk for health issues later in life. This program takes into partnership with school and community groups throughout Utah.

Specifications:

Name Intermountain Healthcare
Type Construction
Budget US$500 million