CommonSpirit Forms Alliance With University of Utah Health
Catholic healthcare system CommonSpirit Health and University of Utah Health have announced a “strategic clinical alliance” under which patients at the five CommonSpirit hospitals in Utah will have access to the physicians and providers at University of Utah Health.
As a community-based partner, CommonSpirit said it would extend the University of Utah Health’s capacity to provide care to more people along the Wasatch Front.
CommonSpirit purchased the following hospitals from Steward Health Care in 2023:
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Davis
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley West
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Mountain Point
CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake
With more than 26,000 faculty and staff, University of Utah Health is the only academic healthcare system in the state of Utah and provides patient care for the people of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and much of Nevada. CommonSpirit has care sites across 24 states and five operating regions—with its Mountain Region spanning across Utah, Colorado, and Kansas—and employs more than 1,000 physicians and other providers as part of its team of approximately 16,000 employees.
“At CommonSpirit, our mission calls us to relentlessly innovate so we can provide the highest standard of compassionate care to every person, including the most vulnerable,” said Andrew Gaasch, president of the CommonSpirit Mountain Region, in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming University of Utah Health providers to our hospitals and working alongside them as we improve population health and build a path to more accessible care along the Wasatch Front and beyond.”
“We keep the patient at the center of everything we do and are proud to partner with CommonSpirit’s exceptional teams and hospitals to extend access for people in our communities and region,” said Michael L. Good, M.D., CEO of University of Utah Health and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, in a statement. “Working together, we will do what we all trained in health care to do—improve health and quality of life. We are proud to come together with the CommonSpirit providers and staff in that shared purpose. CommonSpirit’s commitment to compassionate care is inspiring, and we look forward to collaborating with such a dedicated organization.”
CommonSpirit said it has invested more than $100 million in its facilities and caregivers in Utah in the past 18 months.
