Utah launches new agency for correctional health services
Boram Kim | Jul 12, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: Lisa Nichols, Intermountain Healthcare
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 15, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: Brian Shiozawa, MD, University of Utah Health
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 15, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: Rep. Ken Ivory, Utah Legislature
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 15, 2023 | Utah
What They're Watching: Liz Close, PhD, Utah Nurses Association
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 15, 2023 | Utah
We had the opportunity to catch up with Utah Nurses Association Executive Director Liz Close, PhD, at the 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference earlier this year. Saying that Utah loses close to a third of recently graduated nurses within two years of them entering the field, Close
What They're Watching: Dulce Diez, Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2023 | Utah
According to Dulce Diez, director of the Office of Health Equity at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), access to healthcare is the biggest issue in Utah. We caught up with Diez at our recent 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference to hear about the
What They're Watching: Angela Page, Annie Taylor Dee School of Nursing
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2023 | Utah
During this "What They're Watching" interview at our recent Utah State of Reform conference,, Angela Page, a faculty member at the Annie Taylor Dee School of Nursing, told us about the work underway to improve coordination between Utah schools and the healthcare system. Page works on school-based health services in
What They're Watching: John Poelman, One Utah Health Collaborative
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2023 | Utah
John Poelman is the director of innovation for the One Utah Health Collaborative—a consortium of stakeholders whose goal is to promote value-based care in Utah. During the recent 2023 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference, Poelman told us about what he'll be focused on in Utah's healthcare space in
What They're Watching: Rep. Raymond Ward, Utah Legislature
Alex Nelson, Eli Kirshbaum | May 31, 2023 | Utah
Through his work in the Utah Legislature, Republican Rep. Raymond Ward (R - Bountiful) is primarily focused on increasing health data interoperability in the state. In this "What They're Watching" interview, Ward outlined his work on this front and how he plans to pursue the issue during the interim. A
Utah policy experts discuss lessons learned during COVID pandemic and strategies for rebuilding trust in public health
Boram Kim | May 25, 2023 | Utah
The 2023 Utah State of Reform Conference in Salt Lake City last month brought together a panel of local health policy experts to discuss how to reestablish trust between Utahns and state and federal public health agencies. A survey published in March in the journal Health Affairs revealed