In this podcast, Mikelle Moore, SVP and Chief Community Health Officer, engages in a conversation with Intermountain caregiver Amanda Gold about how Intermountain is supporting those who are experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemi

Thanks for Asking: How to lead during COVID-19

Mar 27th, 2020 26m 2s

Leadership lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic was the topic of a podcast discussion between Intermountain CEO Marc Harrison, MD, and General Stan McChrystal, retired four-star general and founder of the McChrystal Group, an international consul

Thanks for Asking: How huddles, non-profits, and partnerships are helping Utah kids

Mar 3rd, 2020 13m 18s

An inspiring example of how scores of people from across Intermountain and multiple other groups came together to find a way to better care for abused children was the topic of a discussion between Dinah Weldon, director of the Center for Safe

Thanks for Asking: Changing our culture of error prevention

Feb 26th, 2020 14m 12s

How Intermountain has been changing the way we view patient safety and the way we prevent errors was the topic of a discussion between Kalleen Campbell, a patient safety consultant based in St. George, and CEO Dr. Marc Harrison. Kalleen shares

Thanks for Asking: Arm-wresting and Resilience

Feb 19th, 2020 9m 37s

World arm-wrestling champion Kody Merritt, a part-time security officer at Logan Regional Hospital and a parole officer for the Utah Department of Corrections, talks with CEO Dr. Marc Harrison about things he’s learned in sport and in life abou

Improving Independence and Homecare Therapies Through Technologies

Feb 12th, 2020 27m 6s

As therapies evolve and technologies grow to promote patient self-administration and independence, Mark Briesacher, MD, chief physician executive at Intermountain Healthcare speaks with Intermountain Homecare Pharmacy Director, Mark Crosby, and

Thanks for Asking: How will the Primary Promise Campaign help local kids?

Feb 11th, 2020 12m 5s

Intermountain recently announced a campaign to build a model health system for children across the Intermountain West. Dustin Lipson, administrator of Primary Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Neal Davis, medical director for pediatric community-bas

Tan’s Treats Eases Childhood Hunger in St. George, Utah

Jan 6th, 2020 23m 15s

St. George, Utah is known for sunshine and it’s small-town atmosphere. It also has what all towns have: Kids uncertain of where their next meal will come from. Tan’s Treats is a community program designed to ease the burden of food scarcity. Pr

Episode 61: Bringing Perspective and Comfort to Serious Illness

Jan 6th, 2020 34m 17s

“We play a role in all of life’s events—of joy and of sorrow. Myjob is to make sure that however long or however short someone has that they’re living the life that they want to live.”—this quote is from Dr. Dominic Moore, pediatrician at Prima

The Opportunities of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship

Dec 24th, 2019 33m 22s

In the United States, antimicrobial resistance has brought about the rise of the post-antibiotic era. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Katherine Fleming-Dutra talks with Shannon Phillips, Eddie Stenehjem, Whitney Buckel, and Adam He

Writing a Personal Story of Leadership and Service to Others

Dec 23rd, 2019 21m 44s

Mark Briesacher, MD, chief physician executive at Intermountain Healthcare speaks with Scott Stevens, MD, medical director of the medical specialties clinical program, to talk about Dr. Stevens' path to clinical leadership. We go through Dr. St

SDoH: Improve Care Equity Through Regulations and Local Leadership

Dec 16th, 2019 33m 4s

In this podcast, Mikelle Moore, SVP and Chief Community Health Officer, is joined by Vince Ventomiglia, Chairman, Leavitt Partners Board of Managers, for a conversation around the social determinants of health, how federal regulations could pro

Getting Beyond Usability and Feelings to Love Your EHR

Dec 9th, 2019 26m 19s

Dr. Anne Pendo, senior medical director for the experience of caring in the office of patient experience, talks with Tyler Haberle, MD, an internist from St. George about taking complex scenarios in the EHR work and distill them down to get the

Finding Meaning, Motivation, and Mentors in Medicine

Dec 2nd, 2019 30m 2s

Dr. Anne Pendo, senior medical director for the experience of caring in the office of patient experience, speaks with Mike Woodruff, MD, senior medical director for the office of patient experience, to discuss his leadership journey. Find out h

Thanks for Asking: Can we reduce suicides?

Nov 26th, 2019 15m 15s

Can a health system influence the number of suicides in the community and should they? Those were the questions discussed by Morrissa Henn, DrPH, a community health program director for Intermountain, and CEO Dr. Marc Harrison.

The Total Patient Experience Includes Language

Nov 18th, 2019 35m 30s

Mark Briesacher, chief physician executive, talks with Natasha Ovuoba, equity and inclusion consultant, and Carlos Martinez-Morales, language services and cultural competency manager, about what Intermountain is doing to support cultural compet

A Veterans Day look at the unique health needs of military veterans

Nov 6th, 2019 24m 9s

In honor of Veterans Day, Mikelle Moore, Intermountain's senior vice president and chief community health officer spoke with two members of Intermountain's Military Caregiver Resource Group, Mike Busdicker and Jim Lamadrid, about their thoughts

Thanks for Asking: Does Tele-oncology Work?

Oct 17th, 2019 10m 55s

Is Intermountain's tele-oncology program working and are patients getting good care? That's what CEO Dr. Marc Harrison asked Dr. Derrick Haslem, associate medical director for the Oncology Clinical Program, on this podcast. Hint: the answer was

Antibiotic Stewardship is Everyone's Responsibility

Oct 9th, 2019 42m 16s

All caregivers have a role to play in preventing antimicrobial resistance. Pew Charitable Trusts' David Hyun and Rachel Zetts talk with Shannon Phillips, Eddie Stenehjem, and Adam Hersh about antibiotic stewardship. Intermountain has worked to

Thanks for Asking: What’s HerediGene?

Oct 9th, 2019 13m 13s

HerediGene, Intermountain’s groundbreaking five-year DNA study to find new links between genetics and disease, was the topic of the latest Thanks for Asking podcast with CEO Marc Harrison, MD. Marc asked Lincoln Nadauld, MD, PhD, Intermountain’

Thanks for Asking: Getting Active

Oct 1st, 2019 9m 41s

Skye Moench had a promising career as a tax accountant working at prominent accounting firm when she decided to give it all up and become a professional athlete. She recently won first place in the Ironman Europe Championship and is soon headed

Winding up Women in Medicine Month, a Conversation About How Partnerships Between Leaders Can Foster Better Patient Care and Provider Experience

Sep 27th, 2019 25m 35s

Dr. Anne Pendo sits down with Dr. Liz O’Brien, Senior Medical Director of Obstetrics and Neonatal Operations, and Allison Showalter, Advance Practice Provider Director of Neonatology, to discuss how they’ve come together as a leadership team to

Thanks for Asking: The Role of Rural Homecare

Sep 25th, 2019 9m 47s

What role does Homecare play in the future or Intermountain Healthcare, particularly Homecare in rural areas? That’s the topic Cyntea Anderson, RN, an Intermountain Homecare nurse in rural Millard County, discussed with CEO Dr. Marc Harrison. C

Episode 51: As part of Women in Medicine Month, how improving technology motivates one physician

Sep 20th, 2019 17m 58s

As part of September's Women in Medicine series, Dr. Anne Pendo sits down with Dr. Tamara Moores Todd, an emergency medicine physician who in her role as a Medical Director in Care Transformation, works closely with emergency medicine, trauma,

Thanks for Asking: Board Diversity

Sep 18th, 2019 9m 51s

The role of governance in helping to both support and drive diversity at Intermountain Healthcare was the topic of a discussion between CEO dr. Marc Harrison and Janice Ugaki, the Chair and Co-founder of Firmseek and a member of Intermountain's