Intermountain tops list of best systems.(Intermountain Health Care)(Brief Article)

Modern Healthcare, January, 2000 by Bellandi, Deanna

Despite the recent breakups of some high-profile healthcare systems, other systems are sticking to their strategy of integration.

One of those is Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health Care, which has been rewarded for its ability to consolidate services by being named No. 1 in a ranking of the nation's Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks.

SMG Marketing Group, a Chicago-based healthcare information and marketing company, did the third-annual ranking. The top 100 were chosen from 532 systems that SMG tracks.

Intermountain scored 90 of 100 points, beating second-place Advocate Health Care in Oak Brook, Ill., which had 85.2 points.

Last year, Advocate finished first with 83.5 points, and Intermountain was No. 15 with 71.7 points...

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