Salt Lake City health system Intermountain is to invest $12m into the Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health, which examines the non-medical factors impacting on a person's health, such as transport, food, housing and domestic violence. The funding will be split between the Ogden and St George programmes in Utah, which will receive $2m three years, for each, per year. The projects aim to improve people's health and to reduce costs by screening patients for their needs and co-ordinating solutions for them.
Salt Lake City health system Intermountain is to invest $12m into the Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health, which examines the non-medical factors impacting on a person's health, such as transport, food, housing and domestic violence. The funding will be split between the Ogden and St George programmes in Utah, which will receive $2m each, per year, for three years. The projects aim to improve people's health and to reduce costs by screening patients for their needs and co-ordinating solutions for them.