Issues

UHA tracks and contributes to major issues affecting hospitals and the health of Utahns. Each topic area features news, policy updates, and stories from the field.

Happy CNA Week!

Happy CNA Week!

Happy National CNA Week! Thank you to all the Certified Nursing Assistants of the world who do so much for patients and staff every single day.

Hospital Safety Is Personal

Hospital Safety Is Personal

Why it matters Intermountain Health earned recognition as one of the nation's safest health systems in the 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, with 14 hospitals receiving an "A" grade. But the real story isn't in the numbers, it's in what those numbers represent....

Kane County Hospital Expansion: Bringing More Care Closer to Home

Kane County Hospital Expansion: Bringing More Care Closer to Home

Kane County Hospital is moving forward on a major expansion designed to bring more critical services closer to home. Leaders say the project is about more than adding space; it is about keeping patients in the community for care that too often requires long, repeated...

The 100 Deadliest Days of Summer: Simple Steps to Keep Kids Safe

The 100 Deadliest Days of Summer: Simple Steps to Keep Kids Safe

The Big Picture Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, families across Utah enter what safety experts call the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer”—a stretch when serious injuries and deaths among children often rise because kids are out of school, outside more, and around...

Where Healing Meets Movement: Inside the L.S. Skaggs Wellness Center’s Supervised Medical Gym

The Big Picture For many people living with chronic disease, disability, or recovering from a major health event, exercise can be intimidating ,or even unsafe, without the...

When Every Minute Counts: 24/7 Behavioral Health Support at Aspen Grove

The Big Picture Behavioral health crises can escalate quickly, leaving individuals and families unsure where to turn. In those moments, access to timely stabilization, detox...

Center for Change Expands Eating Disorder Care as Need Rises

The Big Picture Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening mental health conditions—not phases or lifestyle choices. In recent years, providers have seen sharp increases...

Targeting What Surgery Can’t See: How GammaTile Works

This months' The Future of Healthcare... is all about a tiny solution to fixing humongous problems: GammaTiles. The Big Picture When a surgeon removes a cancerous brain...

Mental Health Awareness Month Spotlight: New TAG Network Membership Expands Care for Children Facing Trauma and Loss

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to spotlight both the need for behavioral health support and the resources available to help people and families...

New 56-Bed Behavioral Health Center Expands Access to Care in Sandy

During Mental Health Awareness Month, Intermountain Health is expanding access to behavioral health care in the Salt Lake Valley with the opening of a new,...

Stroke Awareness Month: Recognize Symptoms, Reduce Risk, Respond Fast

The Big Picture Stroke is a medical emergency—and minutes matter. When a stroke interrupts blood flow to the brain, brain cells can begin dying within minutes, which can...

University of Utah Health Study Explores How Heat and Air Quality Affect Suicide Risk

The Big Picture Suicide rates have been steadily rising in Utah and across the U.S. since the late 1990s. While prevention efforts continue to expand, researchers are...

Bigger Space, Faster Care: Cedar City Hospital’s New Emergency Department

The Big Picture A major expansion at Intermountain Cedar City Hospital is reshaping what emergency care can look like in rural Utah—bringing more space, more capability, and...

Targeting Treatment, Supporting Patients: A Look Inside Modern Radiation Care

The Big Picture Radiation therapy can be an intimidating word, but for most people it’s part of a carefully designed, deeply human process: delivering powerful treatment...

One Year In: A New Era of Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida

The Big Picture A year after introducing a groundbreaking approach to fetal surgery for spina bifida, clinicians at Utah’s leading children’s hospitals are marking a...

Forward Thinking for Utah Healthcare

The Big Picture Utah’s hospitals and health systems are navigating a moment of rapid change. From shifting policy and economic pressures to evolving patient needs, the...

Evidence, Excellence, and Compassion: How Utah Hospitals Keep Improving Care

The Big Picture Utah hospitals and health systems are constantly looking for new ways to improve care — not just by working harder, but by working smarter. That’s why many...

National Hospital Week: Stories of Care That Don’t Happen by Chance

The Big Picture Miracles in healthcare aren’t random. They’re the result of people—highly trained, deeply compassionate teams—showing up every day with skill, patience, and...

National Hospital Week: The People Behind Utah’s Healthcare

The Big Picture Every day, decisions about healthcare—budgets, policies, and what services get funded—are made in rooms far from the bedside. But those choices shape what...

Recognizing the Nurses Who Keep Utah’s Communities Healthy

The Big Picture Nurses are the backbone of every hospital and health system — building trust with patients, providing highly skilled care, and showing up every day with...

National Nurses Week: Honoring the Heart of Healthcare

The Big Picture National Nurses Week is a moment to recognize the people who are at the center of patient care — nurses who show up in the hardest moments, carry the mission...

National Nurse Week 2026

To the nurses who work tirelessly every single day — you are the backbone of healthcare. This week is for YOU. Happy Nurses Week! #NursesWeek2026 #UtahNurses

National Stroke Awareness Month: Connecting Kids to Stroke Experts Faster

The Big Picture May is National Stroke Awareness Month—a reminder that when it comes to stroke, every minute matters. While many people think of stroke as an adult health...

University of Utah Health Opens the Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation

The Big Picture The future of healthcare isn’t happening in one lab, one company, or one hospital—it’s being built where clinicians, engineers, students, and startups can...

Rural Health in the Spotlight: What Medicaid Changes Could Mean

The Big Picture Rural health is having a rare moment in the spotlight, and with that attention comes both opportunity and uncertainty. In Utah, rural hospitals have been...

Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi Is Expanding—Here’s What’s Coming Next

The Big Picture Just two years after opening, Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital — Miller Family Campus in Lehi is already scaling up to meet surging pediatric...

University of Utah Health Breaks Ground on New AirMed Hangar

The Big Picture University of Utah Health is preparing for the next chapter of its AirMed program with a new hangar designed to strengthen one of the region’s most critical...

Building Strength, Confidence, and Community: The L.S. Skaggs Wellness Center Story

The Big Picture Utah’s healthcare system serves people with a wide range of needs — including many who want to move more and feel better, but face barriers that make a...