Healthcare Lehi hospital part of Intermountain Healthcare’s creation of national model for childrens health The pediatric population of Utah County is growing rapidly – in fact, some estimates predict that it will be equal to Salt Lake County’s by the year 2040. With this expected rise in the number of growing families, so too comes an urgent need for high-quality, comprehensive pediatric care. As part of its quest to build the nation’s model health system for children, Intermountain Healthcare will be constructing Utah’s second Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi. The planned 38-acre campus near 3300 West and 2100 North will feature five floors, 66 beds, a three-story medical office building and 468,000 total square feet. Pediatric care at the Lehi hospital will be delivered by a medical team integrated with the existing Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. Pediatric specialists at University of Utah Health will work together with Primary Children’s to bring the best pediatric care possible to the new campus.
Crews are expected to begin construction on the hospital later this year. Expected to open in 2023, the hospital will house services including: • Pediatric specialty trauma and emergency services • Pediatric and newborn intensive care units • Operating rooms and surgical services • Inpatient and outpatient behavioral and mental health services • A Safe and Healthy Families clinic • Sleep medicine services • Rehabilitation services • Specialty outpatient clinics • Imaging services Veteran Intermountain leader Lisa Paletta, RN, will serve as administrator of the Primary Children’s Lehi campus. “Our children are our community’s most valuable asset,” Paletta said. “Primary Children’s has a rich history of putting ‘The Child First and Always,’ and I’m excited to be a part of that legacy in Utah County. We’re deeply
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