Intermountain to build Transformation Center with $20 million philanthropic gift
Intermountain Healthcare is set to begin building a Transformation Center with a $20 million gift from Utah businessman and philanthropist Kem C. Gardner.
Intermountain executives said the new center will be home for institutes that train healthcare leaders working on transforming the way care is provided across the country and around the world, with the goal of achieving the highest clinical quality at the lowest sustainable cost.
The Intermountain Transformation Center will be designed to serve as a base for Intermountain’s efforts to transform healthcare in ways that are patient-focused and consistently strive for the best clinical outcomes at sustainable costs, Intermountain executives said in a statement.
Among the initiatives that will take place there are the Intermountain Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, which will be led by Chief Quality Officer Brent James, MD. Intermountain CEO Charles Sorenson, MD, who will soon be retiring, will spearhead the Intermountain Healthcare Leadership Institute. What’s more, the health system has some 1,500 active research studies in more than 20 clinical areas that will participate.
Construction of the 120,000-square-foot Transformation Center will begin in 2017 on the Intermountain Medical Center campus in Murray, with the four-story construction scheduled for completion in 2018.
Gardner has served on Intermountain boards for 34 years and was chairman of the Intermountain Board from 2007-2012. He currently chairs the Intermountain Foundation Board.
“I’m making this gift because Intermountain Healthcare has expertise of great importance to the world,” Gardner said in a statement. “The programs housed in the Transformation Center will do so much to improve the health and care available to people in Utah and around the world. It is also my hope that this gift will inspire others to contribute.”
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