Intermountain Podcast

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 pandemic. Mikelle shares examples of how Intermountain is aiming to partner with community organizations to provide support to individuals in need.

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 consulting and leadership development firm.

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 and Healthy Families at Primary Children's Hospital, and CEO Dr. Marc Harrison. They also discussed ways Intermountain and community partners are providing the best possible care for kids experiencing their "worst day ever."   

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 how recent restructuring and Marc's leadership have strengthened our culture of safety and quality.

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 about resiliency and perseverance.  

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 Intermountain Homecare Pharmacy Manager, Wes Nance, to talk about pharmacy service offered in the home environment. Intermountain Homecare Pharmacy is improving access, safety, and quality by employing a three-step approach to patient care they call, "And, Yes, and Yet."

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-based care, talk with CEO Dr. Marc Harrison about what's planned and how it will improve care for children and families.  

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. Providing nutrition for kids helps them grow healthy and strong, and keeps them focused on learning when they are in the classroom. Listen to the podcast to learn how it developed from a small, two-person operation to become a local non-profit.

"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 Primary Children's Hospital and associate medical director for palliative care, homecare and hospice for Intermountain Healthcare, in a recent podcast with Dr. Mark Briesacher, chief physician executive. Dr. Moore talks about attending to the physical, psychosocial and spiritual aspects of chronic, serious and end-stage illnesses. Because he's also a professional musician and, a bit of a philosopher, the conversation runs deep and speaks to how medicine can blend science with creativity, emotion and humanization—and how any healthcare professional can approach this with patients and families. 

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 Hersh about the challenges and opportunities we face with a multidisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship. Intermountain has built an urgent care initiative with the help of a $1.8m contract with the CDC. If you're curious about antimicrobial stewardship, and want to learn more about how we are partnering with the University of Utah and the CDC to improve antibiotic prescribing, this episode is for you.