Intermountain, Microsoft, Epic partner to transform rural healthcare

Becker's Healthcare December 17, 2024
Naomi Diaz

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has formed a coalition with Microsoft, Gates Ventures, Epic and West Health to address the escalating challenges of rural healthcare, which impact 60 million Americans.

This initiative, according to a Dec. 16 news release, seeks to reverse worsening patient outcomes, rising mortality rates and the closure of hospitals that leave many rural communities without critical healthcare access.

According to the release, over the past 20 years, mortality rates for leading causes of death have tripled in rural areas. Today, 20% of rural Americans live in counties without a hospital, and 70% lack access to an oncologist. Ambulance response times average 13 minutes following 911 calls, and more than 130 rural hospitals have closed, with another...

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