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

committed to bringing high-quality pediatric care to this growing area, and I look forward to working in this community that I call home.”

The new Primary Children’s Hospital campus was announced in January as part of Intermountain Healthcare’s unprecedented $500 million plan to create a national model for children’s health that will enhance the well-being of children in Utah and surrounding states for generations to come.

The model health system for children will include Intermountain’s extensive network of clinics and hospitals, Primary Children’s Hospital and its partnership with University of Utah Health, and community groups and organizations that help children. It will feature advancements in pediatric health research, innovation, community health outreach and state-of-the-art technology.

“This effort comes at a critical time, as the number of children served by Intermountain Healthcare continues to rapidly grow, and their needs continue to change and become more complex,” said Katy Welkie, CEO of Primary Children’s Hospital and vice president of Intermountain’s Children’s Health.

“To address the growing need for health issues facing children, we must create a new model of pediatric care that will cater to the unique challenges that we see across our large geographic area,” Welkie said. “In building the nation’s model health system for children, we are positioning Utah as the home for the nation’s healthiest kids.”

Intermountain Healthcare has committed to funding half of the $500 million or more needed to complete the plan, and it has commissioned the Intermountain Foundation to seek the remaining funding through philanthropic support. This represents the largest commitment to the care and health of the region’s children since Primary Children’s was envisioned in the early 1900s.

Plans to create the model inspired a $50 million gift to the Intermountain Foundation from Gail Miller and the Miller family – the largest single gift the Miller family has given to any organization.

Gail Miller is owner and board chair of Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, which includes the Utah Jazz, and chair of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees.

“Intermountain Healthcare’s plan is impactful and innovative, and will improve our collective health through a finite focus on children,” Miller said. “Our family is committed to enriching lives and doing good in our communities. We understand from personal experience how important it is to have the highest quality healthcare available to address the needs of children. Our family absolutely recognized the need to be involved in this historic model health system.”

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