Intermountain Medical Center is the largest hospital in Intermountain West and Intermountain Healthcare's new flagship. Located in Murray, Utah on the 100-acre site in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley, the Intermountain Medical Center serves as the premier adult referral center for the surrounding six states and over 75 agencies regional health care. It has 452 beds and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Rehabilitation Facilities. The Intermountain Medical Center opened in October 2007, and some premature babies were Life Flighted to the hospital on the first day for better treatment and care.
The Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah Hospital are bound to rank # 1 on top of nearly 60 hospitals across the state, according to US News & amp; World Report Ranking 2015-2016 "Best Hospital".
The Intermountain Medical Center has a Level I trauma center, a hospital-traumatized 15th-rate hospital, critical I-level hospitals, heart and lung hospitals for advanced heart and respiratory care, women and newborn hospitals, home pain cancer care, medical education and research facilities, and doctor's office. It is also a new base for Intermountain's Life Flight. The new medical center replaces LDS Hospital as the flagship hospital of Intermountain Healthcare. The new site also replaces Cottonwood Hospital, although the Orthopedic Specialist Hospital (TOSH) continues to operate from the Cottonwood site.
Educational facilities and medical research and clinics will also be built on campus, as well as the doctor's office space. Intermountain Medical Center is an educational hospital, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Utah and several local nursing colleges.
Five Intermountain Medical Center buildings include:
- Jon & amp; Karen Huntsman Cancer Center - A high-tech facility offering a range of oncology treatment services for cancer patients.
- J.L. Sorenson Heart & amp; Lung Center - Provides advanced specialized services for heart and circulatory systems for inpatients as well as outpatients.
- George S. & amp; Dolores Dorà ©  © Eccles, Outpatient Center - Provides quick and convenient access to routine outpatient diagnosis, care and surgery on the same day.
- J.L. Sorenson Patient Tower/Roy W. & amp; Elizabeth E. Simmons Trauma & amp; Emergency Center - In-patient critical care hospital level 15 with approximately 208 acute hospitalizations.
- Carolyn Barnes Gardner Woman & amp; Newborn Center - Provides a commitment to care for women and infants who will continue to play an important role in safeguarding infant mortality and morbidity in this region among the lowest in the country.
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