Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain Healthcare
The American Hospital Association has announced Intermountain Healthcare President and CEO Marc Harrison, MD, as the recipient of the 2019 TRUST Award.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, US, June 4, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation has announced Intermountain Healthcare’s President and CEO Marc Harrison, MD, as the recipient of the 2019 TRUST Award.
The prestigious national award is awarded to individuals who have exhibited visionary leadership in the healthcare field and symbolize AHA’s vision of helping to contribute to a society of healthy communities where each individual reaches their highest potential for health.
In announcing the award, the AHA highlighted the major strides under Dr. Harrison’s leadership in delivering value-based care, and the innovations Intermountain is making to help people stay healthy.
“On behalf of Intermountain, we want to thank the American Hospital Association for this award that recognizes our caregivers’ outstanding service to our patients and communities,” said Dr. Harrison. “The innovations we’re making in healthcare wouldn’t be possible without the hard work and forward thinking of our caregivers.”
Recently, Intermountain led the establishment of the Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health, a collaboration designed to proactively address factors affecting community health such as chronic hunger, affordable housing, joblessness and personal safety.
Dr. Harrison also spearheaded Civica Rx, the first of its kind, Utah-based not-for-profit generic drug company which aims to lower costs and avoid shortages of generic drugs for hospitals around the country.
“Dr. Harrison is a national and international thought leader on transformation and innovation,” said AHA chair-elect Melinda Estes, MD, president and CEO of Saint Luke’s Health System and chair of the AHA Center for Health Innovation Leadership Council. “He is leading bold new approaches that are improving the quality of healthcare and making it more accessible and affordable.”
“Dr. Harrison’s outstanding work as a physician, health system leader, and health care innovator exemplifies the visionary leadership that the TRUST Award recognizes,” said Jay Bhatt, DO, AHA’s senior vice president and chief medical officer. During challenging times in our field, he is building strategic partnerships and leading initiatives that are redefining value-based care and improving the health of individuals and communities.”
Dr. Harrison’s many honors include Modern Healthcare magazine naming him one of 2018’s Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders. Modern Healthcare also recently listed Dr. Harrison as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Health Care and Fortune magazine ranked him 26th on its World’s Greatest Leaders list.
Dr. Harrison was named Intermountain’s president and CEO in October of 2016.
Intermountain is a not-for-profit system of 24 hospitals, 160 clinics, 38,000 caregivers, a Medical Group with 2,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians, a health insurance company called SelectHealth, and other health services. Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes and sustainable costs.
For more information visit intermountainhealthcare.org
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DENVER—Late Tuesday, the Trump administration released a plan to “ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals.” The document appears designed to clear the way for rapid expansion of mining across the West, including in and around national treasures like the Grand Canyon and Bears Ears National Monument. The Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Policy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn:
“Today, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt gave his friends in the mining industry an express lane to blasting and scraping America’s public lands at the expense of the West’s water and wildlife. The administration’s plan lays the groundwork for removing protections around the Grand Canyon, putting the canyon at risk of uranium contamination that could last decades. It explains why President Trump was so eager to shrink Bears Ears National Monument—so uranium companies can carve roads through sacred ancestral tribal lands.
“David Bernhardt worked for companies like Rosemont Copper and Ur-Energy. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler lobbied on behalf of the uranium company Energy Fuels Resources. Today, those clients got their money’s worth.”
Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got Their Wish. [New York Times]
Seeking to shrink Bears Ears, uranium firm met with Interior before review [Roll Call]
Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears National Monument [Washington Post]
Interior Department renews highly controversial mining leases near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
Is uranium mining near the Grand Canyon safe? The answer may be in the water [Arizona Republic]
Uranium-mine cleanup on Navajo Reservation could take 100 years [Arizona Republic]
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CER Reacts to the New Bedford Charter Expansion Failure
Washington, D.C. — Jeanne Allen, the founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform (CER), issued the following statement:
"We and our colleagues around the country have watched with great interest as the Mayor and parents of New Bedford, Massachusetts sought to create a new innovative partnership that would allow a neighborhood traditional school to become another campus of the outstanding Alma del Mar charter school that consistently ranks among the top schools in the state. The leadership of that highly sought after charter, its approach and the proximity to kids in that neighborhood would have made for an incredible service to the community. But when faced with approving the plan, the state legislature listened not to the community but to the leaders of vested interest groups who opposed the plan because they’d no longer be in charge of the school. The state legislature missed a critical opportunity to serve the citizens of New Bedford. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s proposal for Alma Del Mar was a valiant attempt at expanding great education to students whose do not have that option in their neighborhood.
“The only silver lining for students is that Alma Del Mar charter has been approved to expand by almost 600 students by lottery over the next couple of years, but the opportunity for students from a neighborhood to enjoy a similar quality is no longer possible.
“The irony should be lost on no one - critics argue charters should admit everyone in an attendance zone rather than by lottery but scuttled a plan to do just that. It shows you that their arguments are simply red herrings, and not honest concerns. For nearly 25 years, charter schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have demonstrated important new approaches to successful education - and those who stand in their way do so without regard for students and families.”
As a non-partisan, nonprofit organization, CER does not endorse candidates or take political positions but will always recognize and applaud those who advance sound education policies, no matter what their affiliation.
Founded in 1993, the Center for Education Reform aims to expand educational opportunities that lead to improved economic outcomes for all Americans — particularly our youth — ensuring that conditions are ripe for innovation, freedom and flexibility throughout U.S. education.
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