Heber Valley is an award-winning 68,000 square foot critical-access hospital with a medical campus and clinics that include 21 specialties and 69 local providers.
(PRUnderground) October 25th, 2024
Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital opened its doors in 1999 and is now celebrating 25 years of patient care and service to the community.
The hospital held a celebration on Thursday afternoon for caregivers to mark the milestone and celebrate the vital services that help the community and residents live the healthiest lives possible.
Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital caregivers enjoyed music performed by the Wasatch High School Marching Band, had cupcakes and received commemorative sweatshirts and stickers designed by a local Heber designer, Jorrien Petersen, of Fell Designs.
“Over 25 years, Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital has expanded to match the growing population of the Heber Valley and Wasatch County. What started as a small 43,000 square foot hospital has become an award-winning 68,000 square foot critical-access hospital with a medical campus and clinics that include 21 medical specialties and 69 local medical providers,” said Si Hutt, president of Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital.
2023 statistics about Intermountain Heber Valley Hospital:
- 7,653 emergency room visits
- 1,190 surgeries performed
- 230 babies delivered
- 78,186 outpatient visits
- 1,988 patients received charity care worth a total of $1.5 million.
- 202 employees
- 19 licensed beds
Some significant milestones for the hospital over the last 25 years include:
2002 – During the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Heber Valley Hospital was selected as one of five Intermountain hospitals to provide care for nearby athletes and visitors.
2011 – Women’s imaging center expanded to include digital mammography and DexaScan bone density testing.
2012 – First Ladies Night Out held
2013 – $1 million raised to bring a dialysis center to the Wasatch Back
2014 – Opening of Heber Valley Dialysis Center. Physical therapy services added.
2015 – Hospital received Level IV Trauma designation.
2020 – $43 million expansion and upgrade of the hospital campus completed and includes:
- New nine-bed emergency department with two state-of-the-art trauma rooms
- New nine-bed same day surgery unit and new operating rooms
- Inpatient bed capacity increased by 16 percent.
- Negative pressure room added for patients with contagious airborne illnesses.
- New infusion center with chemotherapy and tele-oncology services for cancer patients
- Upgraded birthing rooms, new nursery, and family-centered birthing room added.
- Significantly increased the size of the Heber Valley Clinic
- New CT machine added for faster, safer, scans with higher resolution images.
- New InstaCare built and opened
- Permanent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine added
- New endoscopy suite for colonoscopies and other procedures
- New kitchen and dining room
- New inpatient pharmacy added
- New phlebotomy area
- Energy saving measures such as LED lighting installed
- Water-wise landscaping and irrigation system installed
2023 – Redesigned and renovated the hospital’s laboratory.
2024 – Tripled the size of the Intermountain Specialty Clinic.
About Intermountain Health
Headquartered in Utah with locations in six states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, medical groups with some 4,600 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plans division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs. For more information or updates, see https://intermountainhealthcare.org/news.
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