Search Tag: Intermountain Healtcare

ICU Management

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2015 10 Sep

As time is critical in the treatment of stroke patients, Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare has adopted an innovative teleservices platform called Telestroke. The aim is to test patients for the cause of a stroke and diagnose them for a specific medication within 3.5 to 4.5 hours after a stroke occurs, according to an article in HJnews.com . Telestroke...Read more

Executive Health Management

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2015 19 Jun

Leaders at Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, Utah) discussed their organisation's efforts in population health hotspotting during a recent HealthLeaders Media LIVE event. Intermountain has made a concerted effort — from use of analytics to clinical redesign — to improve patient care and reduce high utilisation. In 2011, a New Yorker article...Read more