Catholic healthcare system CommonSpirit Well being and College of Utah Well being have introduced a “strategic scientific alliance” underneath which sufferers on the 5 CommonSpirit hospitals in Utah could have entry to the physicians and suppliers at College of Utah Well being.
As a community-based accomplice, CommonSpirit stated it will lengthen the College of Utah Well being’s capability to offer care to extra individuals alongside the Wasatch Entrance.
CommonSpirit bought the next hospitals from Steward Well being Care in 2023:
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital – Davis
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley West
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital – Mountain Level
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital – Salt Lake
With greater than 26,000 school and employees, College of Utah Well being is the one tutorial healthcare system within the state of Utah and offers affected person look after the individuals of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and far of Nevada. CommonSpirit has care websites throughout 24 states and 5 working areas—with its Mountain Area spanning throughout Utah, Colorado, and Kansas—and employs greater than 1,000 physicians and different suppliers as a part of its workforce of roughly 16,000 staff.
“At CommonSpirit, our mission calls us to relentlessly innovate so we will present the very best normal of compassionate care to each particular person, together with essentially the most weak,” stated Andrew Gaasch, president of the CommonSpirit Mountain Area, in a press release. “We stay up for welcoming College of Utah Well being suppliers to our hospitals and dealing alongside them as we enhance inhabitants well being and construct a path to extra accessible care alongside the Wasatch Entrance and past.”
“We preserve the affected person on the middle of every little thing we do and are proud to accomplice with CommonSpirit’s distinctive groups and hospitals to increase entry for individuals in our communities and area,” stated Michael L. Good, M.D., CEO of College of Utah Well being and Senior Vice President for Well being Sciences, in a press release. “Working collectively, we are going to do what all of us skilled in well being care to do—enhance well being and high quality of life. We’re proud to come back along with the CommonSpirit suppliers and employees in that shared function. CommonSpirit’s dedication to compassionate care is inspiring, and we stay up for collaborating with such a devoted group.”
CommonSpirit stated it has invested greater than $100 million in its amenities and caregivers in Utah up to now 18 months.
