Intermountain Healthcare changes name, emphasis on staying healthy

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has changed its name to Intermountain Health. The change took effect Jan. 23.

The name change reflects “an added emphasis on keeping people healthy, as well as continuing to provide world-class medical care at its hospitals and clinics,” according to news release from the company. 

In September, the 33-hospital organization announced the name change and that it would take effect in 2023. That announcement came about one{mprestriction ids="1,3"} month after the health system announced the departure of president and CEO Dr. Marc Harrison, who became president and CEO of the health system in 2016. He accepted a role to run a healthcare platform business for New York-based General Catalyst. Lydia Jumonville, who served as president and CEO of Broomfield, Colorado-based SCL Health before the organization merged with Intermountain Health in April, served as interim president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare until Rob Allen was selected as the health system’s permanent leader in November.

Now that the name change is official, Intermountain Health has updated its logo to reflect the new name, the company said.

“The name change is effective immediately, but the updated look will gradually be phased in over the next several years,” Intermountain Health added in its release. “Some of the more noticeable early changes will occur on Intermountain Health’s websites and with digital tools available to patients and the community.”

“Intermountain Health’s mission of ‘helping people live the healthiest lives possible’ remains the same, and the health system will continue to champion preventative care and wellness, addressing social determinants of health and medical innovations,” Intermountain said. “The name change and updated logo are just a small part of an overall commitment to an increased emphasis on whole-health focused initiatives and to be a partner in health, while staying true to Intermountain Health’s rich foundation of providing extraordinary care for the communities it serves.”

Intermountain has locations in seven states and additional operations across the western U.S. It is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics and medical groups with over 3,900 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plans division called SelectHealth with more than 1 million members, and other health services.{/mprestriction}