The pulmonology and lung surgery programs at Intermountain Medical Center have been recognized for excellent clinical care by US News & World Report.
Both programs have been designated as “high performing” programs in the most recent rankings of America’s Best Hospitals by US News & World Report.
The U.S. News rankings and ratings compare more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. The U.S. News methodologies in most areas of care are based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, technology, patient experience, patient safety, quality of nursing, and reputation.
What makes Intermountain Medical Center’s Pulmonology service so effective? The pulmonology and lung surgery programs are known for its singular focus on excellent patient care – treating some of the most complex pulmonary patients, often with other complications – combined with a research program that focuses on clinical outcomes.
The service’s clinical expertise is bolstered by a robust research focus, a patient-centered culture, and collaboration with Intermountain Medical Center’s other high-acuity services, including cardiology, thrombosis, thoracic surgery, oncology, and radiology.
As a result, the hospital’s high-acuity patients are evaluated thoroughly and quickly by multi-disciplinary teams who focus on the overall care of each patient, not just on a singular disease.
Other strengths of the Intermountain Medical Center Pulmonary program:
- The program’s clinicians include nationally respected leaders in clinical outcomes research who often collaborate with colleagues in hospitals around the nation.
- The service has implemented digital pneumonia protocols designed to quickly identify patients with pneumonia and treat them with the best evidence-based guidelines.
- The integrated lung cancer screening program (a collaborative effort between oncology, radiology, and pulmonary) boasts excellent outcomes and excellent efficiency by following protocols to ensure that only patients who’d benefit from lung cancer screening are screened and counseled appropriately.
- The program is a leader in pulmonary hypertension diagnosis and treatment.
- The service sponsors a sub-specialized diffuse parenchymal lung disease program, in which clinicians excel at diagnosing and treating a variety of interstitial lung diseases.
- The service’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease program offers some of the best outcome rates in the nation.
- Intermountain Medical Center’s pulmonary function testing laboratory is a national leader in clinical quality and has developed electronic decision-support tools to enhance the diagnoses of COPD patients.
The Pulmonology team is constantly developing new ways to improve and deliver care. Innovations include advances in telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring and research on how air quality affects patients, whether indoor air quality monitors help reduce symptoms for high-risk patients during inversions, and using electronic medical records to identify and treat high-risk patients.
The Pulmonology team is constantly developing new ways to improve and deliver care. Innovations include advances in telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring and research on how air quality affects patients, whether indoor air quality monitors help reduce symptoms for high-risk patients during inversions, and using electronic medical records to identify and treat high-risk patients.
“The commitment of our clinicians to our patients is at the center of all we do — including our research and teaching,” said Peter Crossno, MD. “We also help train medical students, residents, and pulmonary and critical care fellows so we can share our expertise to train the next generation of physicians.”
