COMMUNITY IMPACT

Utah’s hospitals are more than healthcare providers—they’re essential partners in building strong communities. Explore stories and initiatives highlighting how hospitals support public health, economic development, and the well-being of Utah’s residents.

Holy Cross Hospital – Davis Opens County’s First Pediatric Unit

Holy Cross Hospital – Davis Opens County’s First Pediatric Unit

Why it matters Before now, getting a child admitted for hospital-level pediatric care meant leaving Davis County entirely. The new unit lets kids get that same level of care while staying near home and family. By the numbers 8 beds in the new unit 24/7 staffing by...

More Than Images: The People Behind Radiology at CommonSpirit Health

More Than Images: The People Behind Radiology at CommonSpirit Health

The Big Picture Radiology is much more than taking pictures. At CommonSpirit Health, radiology teams help doctors see what is happening inside the body so they can make a diagnosis and plan a patient’s care. In that sense, they are the eyes of the hospital. What’s...

Menopausal Zest: An East Asian Medicine Perspective on Midlife

The Big Picture Menopause is a major life transition, but it can also be a time to reconnect with your energy, priorities, and sense of self. In this video, University of Utah researcher and licensed acupuncturist Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD, LAc, explores how East Asian...

Menopause care should help women move from surviving to thriving

Menopause care should help women move from surviving to thriving

The Big Picture Menopause is a normal life transition, but that doesn’t mean women should have to navigate it without support. Too often, silence and gaps in care leave women unsure what is happening in their bodies—and leave clinicians without the preparation to...

Menopause Care: From Suffering in Silence to Thriving

The Big Picture Menopause is a normal life transition, but suffering through it should not be considered inevitable. For many women, the transition begins with...

Changing the Conversation About Menopause

The Big Picture The conversation about menopause is changing. More women are speaking openly about symptoms that have long been dismissed as “just part of aging”—and asking...

Closing the Menopause Care Gap at University of Utah Health

The Big Picture Better menopause care starts with listening to women about what they need. For Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, an assistant professor in the University of Utah...

New cancer support group blends therapy with meaning & connection

CommonSpirit Holy Cross- Jordan Valley Cancer Center is launching a free support group rooted in logotherapy, the approach pioneered by psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. Why it...

U of U Health Plans New Redwood Health Center in Salt Lake City’s Power District

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University of Utah Health’s Impact Reaches Beyond Patient Care

The Big Picture University of Utah Health’s role reaches well beyond the care delivered in a clinic or hospital. Across Utah, the Mountain West and beyond, its work also...

Behind the Charts: A Day in the Life of CommonSpirit’s Marta Lopez

The Big Picture Behind every patient chart is a team helping keep health information organized and protected. For Marta Lopez, HIM manager at CommonSpirit Holy Cross...

At CommonSpirit, Human Kindness Is Part of Every Patient’s Care

The Big Picture At CommonSpirit hospitals, human kindness is more than a guiding idea—it’s part of how people experience care. Dena Eckardt says the close-knit culture at...

Gear Up Before You Go: New Partnership Puts Rider Safety First

The Big Picture A new powersports vehicle opens the door to adventure. A new partnership aims to make sure protective gear is part of that adventure from the very first...

Project Hope CommonSpirit: It’s Okay to Ask for Help

The Big Picture The people who care for patients carry work that doesn't end when the shift does. CommonSpirit Health is treating that as a reason to invest in the mental...

Go inside rural Utah’s first behavioral health center

It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week, and access to care matters in every community. Last week, we shared the ribbon cutting for Castleview Hospital’s new behavioral health...

Thought-Controlled “LUKE Arm” Moves From the Lab Into Everyday Life

The Big Picture A University of Utah-led research team is taking a major step toward turning science fiction into everyday reality. For the first time, a participant is...

Intermountain Health Unveils Plans for West Valley City Medical Campus

The Big Picture Intermountain Health is transforming the nine-story Fairbourne Building in West Valley City into a major medical campus designed to bring more care closer to...

Castleview Hospital celebrates a historic first for rural behavioral health care

Castleview Hospital and the Price community celebrated Utah’s first inpatient behavioral health center in a rural community during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday attended...

Driving Rural Healthcare Forward: Roger Marett’s Legacy of Service

The Big Picture For more than three decades, Roger Marett has helped transform access to healthcare in northeastern Utah. As vice president of physician services at Uintah...

Lynn Bleil Honored for Transformative Leadership in Rural Healthcare

The Big Picture Lynn Bleil has been honored with the Utah Hospital Association’s Rural Trustee Award, recognizing years of leadership that helped strengthen healthcare...

Beyond the Boardroom: Honoring Mark Davis’s Legacy of Service

The Big Picture For more than two decades, Mark Davis has helped shape University of Utah Health through steady leadership, thoughtful questions and a deep commitment to the...

Bringing Utah to Washington: Congressman Mike Kennedy on the Future of Rural Healthcare

The Big Picture During a recent Utah Hospital Association conference, Congressman Mike Kennedy brought a clear message to healthcare leaders: Washington should work for...

Leading Rural Healthcare Forward: Clayton Holt’s Impact on San Juan Health

The Big Picture For more than a decade, Clayton Holt has helped transform San Juan Health into a stronger, more stable healthcare system serving Monticello and communities...

Same Service, Different Setting: Understanding Site-Neutral Payments

The Big Picture Hospitals and independent medical facilities may provide some of the same services—such as surgery, lab work and imaging—but they are built for fundamentally...

Utah Hospital Fall Leadership Conference 2026

"This is our annual conference, and it's really big conference. We we give out awards for executives and for board members, for people doing extremely extraordinary things."...

A Day in the Life: How Hospital Nutrition Helps Patients Heal

The Big Picture A day in the life of Kelsey Proctor is about much more than meals. As Market Director of Food and Clinical Nutrition Services for CommonSpirit Health’s Utah...

Utah’s First Robot-Assisted Shoulder Replacement Offers New Hope for Patients

The Big Picture Utah patients now have access to a new option for shoulder replacement surgery. CommonSpirit’s Holy Cross Hospital – Davis has performed the state’s first...

St. George Family Shares Helmet Safety Message After Son Survives Bike Crash

The Big Picture A St. George family is sharing a powerful reminder about the importance of helmets after their 8-year-old son, Zach Winward, survived a serious bicycle crash...

Intermountain Medical Center Brings Advanced MRI Technology to Utah Patients

The Big Picture Intermountain Medical Center in Murray is the first hospital in Utah — and only the second in the United States — to use GE HealthCare’s SIGNA Sprint Elite...