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Episode 48: The Role Advanced Practice Providers Play in Access to Quality Care Aug 19, 2019

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Chris Hyer, PA-C, executive director for advanced practice providers (APPs) at Intermountain meets with Mark Briesacher, chief physician executive to discuss the important roles APPs and APP leaders have to the healthcare system, to the industry and to patient care.

Thanks for Asking: Fostering Engaged Caregivers Aug 12, 2019

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Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison talked with two caregivers from the Memorial Clinic, Devin Reid, practice administrator, and Brandy Siniscal, practice director for Memorial Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, who shared how they've helped build a team of engaged caregivers. They also share some ideas caregivers on their team have submitted and how they encourage team members to share ideas.

Episode 48: Maybe an Apple a Day IS the Answer - How Social Factors can Improve our Communities Health Aug 07, 2019

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Health organizations are needed to show successes in focusing individually and as a public to address the health needs of those in our community. Are we addressing the economic factors when they're suboptimal for an individual or communities health? Are we doing what we can to change the problems and discriminations patients faced with? Whether we call it social determinants of health or not, we need to be addressing the factors causing negative outcomes. Utilizing the information and data gathered from the research and individual efforts around social determinants of health are needed to build healthier generations and populations and offer a better future of care.

Thanks for Asking: Performing Under Pressure Jul 30, 2019

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Mady Howard, RN, an ICU nurse at Dixie Regional Medical Center, is a former gymnast and competitor on American Ninja Warrior. She told CEO Dr. Marc Harrison about performing well under pressure and how the lessons she's learned as an athlete help her succeed as a caregiver. Marc also shares some tips he learned as a pediatric critical care physician about performing under pressure.

Episode 47: Factoring in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity into Overall Health Jun 27, 2019

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Matt Bryant, MD, Internist at Intermountain Avenues Specialty Clinic, addresses the health disparities that the LGBTQ+ community faces in a conversation with Mark Briesacher, MD, Chief Physician Executive and Anne Pendo, MD, Senior Medical Director for the Experience of Caring. They talk about the importance of improving preventive health, wellness, regular screenings for natal and surgical anatomies, access to healthcare and mental health services, and experiences with health services among LGBTQ+ individuals. Intermountain is taking initiative to create safe spaces for all patients and caregivers to open up and be comfortable to talk about and address these issues.

Thanks for Asking: How can we better serve diverse patients? Jun 26, 2019

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Two caregivers from the West Valley Clinic, Juli Escobar, medical assistant, and Ashley McDonagh, clinical practice director, joined Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison to discuss how Intermountain can better meet the needs of diverse patients, as well as how Intermountain can attract diverse caregivers.

Thanks for Asking: What should learning look like? Apr 24, 2019

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What should learning look like for Intermountain as a whole, and for individual caregivers? That's the question Kristen Bowles, a learning business partner from Intermountain's Learning Network, asked CEO Dr. Marc Harrison in this week's Thanks for Asking podcast.

Episode 46: Coming Together to Prevent Firearm Suicide Apr 08, 2019

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Firearm access is a major driver of the rural west's disproportionately high suicide rate. Putting time and distance between a person with a suicidal impulse and a highly lethal method is one of a limited number of empirically based, high-impact suicide prevention strategies.

In this episode, Mikelle Moore, Intermountain's senior vice president of Community Health, leads a conversation on reducing access to lethal means for people at-risk for suicide with Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, Morissa Henn, DrPH, Intermountain's community health program director, and Kimberly Myers, administrator for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services, Utah Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

Resources mentioned in the podcast episode.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, call the suicide prevention hotline at 1-800-273-TALK.

Thanks for Asking: Fighting Caregiver Burnout Mar 27, 2019

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Strategies to help prevent caregiver burnout was the topic of this weeks discussion with Ted Moon, MD, and Mary Helen Stricklin, RN, from Dixie Regional Medical Center and CEO Marc Harrison, MD. Mary Helen and Dr. Moon share some of their ideas, including an event called Tea for the Soul they hosted in the ICU at Dixie Regional.

Episode 45: Intellectual Property Rights for Intermountain Caregivers Mar 06, 2019

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How does Intermountain Healthcare support and reward innovative caregivers? That was the subject of a podcast discussion with Mark Briesacher, MD, Intermountain's chief physician officer, Caleb Frischknecht, Intermountain's intellectual property director, and Mark Ott, MD, medical director of Intermountain Medical Center.

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