Community Connections
What is it?Community Memorial Healthcenter, with the assistance of a grant from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Richmond Affiliate, provides breast health and breast self-exam education to the service area via the school systems, area churches, health fairs and Blood Pressure Clinics. Clinical…
OverviewUtah leads the nation in the abuse of prescription pain medication. In 2007, 519 people suffered drug-related deaths in Utah; of those, 317 were overdoses of prescription pain medication. Unintentional prescription pain medication overdoses were also the number one cause of injury deaths in…
What is it?The College Station Community Health Center is a collaborative effort between the hospital, Brazos Valley Community Action Agency and local physicians to create a federally qualified health center (FQHC) and a clinic that provides good, consistent medical care to women and children who…
What is it?Members of the Utah Hospital Association, in cooperation with the Utah Adverse Drug Events Work Group, recently launched the Community Med Card Initiative. The program offers providers and consumers a downloadable resource for recording medication information. The Med Card is available…
What is it?The Prairie Lakes Caring Club House is a hospital hospitality house built on the medical campus of Prairie Lakes Healthcare System. The Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation raised funds from the community to support the project. Building Trades students from Lake Area Technical Institute…
What is it?Intermountain’s LiVe Campaign is a public service campaign designed by the nonprofit hospital system for kids ages 11 to 15 and their families. The program teaches children and teens that it is cool to eat healthy and be fit. The campaign includes public service announcements, paid…
OverviewAlta View Hospital is a 72-bed acute-care hospital serving residents in Utah. The hospital is part of Intermountain Healthcare, a non-profit system of hospitals, surgery centers, doctors and clinics that serves the medical needs of residents in Utah, southeastern Idaho and other states in…
What is it?The KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Program provides a medical home to communities with the greatest need for consistent health care services. Originally housed in a converted RV, the program worked with the Ronald McDonald House Charities to obtain a van in 2004…
What is it?Since 1995, Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation and Auxiliary’s Don’t Thump Your Melon program has been promoting helmet safety and education. Helmets, purchased through a grant from Kohl’s Cares for Kids, are properly fitted and provided free of charge to those in need of one.…
What is it?In 1999, a pair of Trinity Health employees and a group of parish nurses started a free clinic in Minot to provide free basic medical care to people without health insurance. The clinic, which provides two weekly walk-in clinics on Mondays and Fridays at First Lutheran Church, is staffed…