Intermountain Health

Calcium scans cut statin use without changing heart outcomes in CorCal trial

Ran the trial across its Canyons and Desert regions

To decide who needs a statin, doctors feed age, cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking status into a calculator called the pooled cohort equations. The CorCal Outcomes trial tested a different input: a CT scan that measures calcium deposits in the coronary arteries, a direct sign that plaque is already there.

Updated 2 days ago

Intermountain breaks ground on Nevada's first stand-alone children's hospital

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Building and operating the hospital; committed to covering two-thirds of project cost

Nevada's first stand-alone children's hospital broke ground on October 26 in southwest Las Vegas. The Felicia and Ben Horowitz Children's Hospital, an Intermountain Health project costing more than $1 billion, will occupy a 33-acre site at UNLV's Harry Reid Research and Technology Park and open with 180 inpatient beds in 2030.

Updated Oct 31

Salt Lake City planners push back on Intermountain hospital design over pedestrian access

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Seeking conditional use and design review approval for a four-building campus

Salt Lake City planners say Intermountain Health's latest design for a downtown hospital falls short of the ground-floor shops and public access the company promised in a 2024 development agreement. The Planning Commission reviewed the four-building campus on Oct. 28 and took no vote.

Updated Oct 30