May 6, 2022 – Fast Company magazine has recognized Intermountain Healthcare’s Primary Promise, which aims to create the nation’s model health system for children, for its 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards.
Intermountain’s Primary Promise is a multi-faceted initiative to create the nation’s model health system for children with a more than $500 million investment in children’s health.
The groundbreaking investment will be shared by Intermountain Healthcare and community philanthropic support through an emerging campaign organized by the Intermountain Foundation.
“We are entering a new era in pediatric health that will shape the next century of care for children served by Intermountain Healthcare and Primary Children’s Hospital,” said David Flood, Intermountain Foundation president and chief development officer for Intermountain Healthcare. “With generous investment from our communities, the Primary Promise initiative will help us to innovatively meet children’s increasingly complex health needs in the generations to come, simultaneously increasing access to care today without burdensome costs passed along to patients and families.”
Primary Promise represents a meaningful collaboration with our communities, said Katy Welkie, RN, MBA, chief executive officer of Primary Children’s Hospital and vice president of Intermountain Children’s Health.
“We believe this recognition is attributed to that community bond, which allows us to focus on all aspects of a child’s physical and mental wellbeing even when they’re outside the walls of our hospital,” Welkie said.
Fast Company named the Intermountain Primary Promise a finalist in the magazine’s Health category and an honorable mention in the General Excellence category. This is Intermountain’s third consecutive World Changing Ideas honor. The health system’s HerediGene Population Study was recognized in 2020, and the community COVID masking initiative – ProjectProtect – received an honor in 2021.
“One of our top priorities at Intermountain is innovation because it allows us to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare and better serve our patients and communities,” said Marc Harrison, MD, president and chief executive of Intermountain Healthcare. “When our biggest projects continue to be recognized it shows we are heading in the right direction to provide better care.”