Bulletin for August 11, 2011
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| Provo Rotary president Steve Densley awards the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowsip to Steve Smoot, Hospital Administrator for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. |
Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Meetings and Events
August 18: Our own Phil Barker will speak on Wills and Trust and basic estate planning.
August 25: Roger Connors, author of The Oz Principle
September 1: - I Ask 4 Kids, speaker Illens Dort
September 15: Annual Provo Rotary Golf Party at Wasatch Mountain State park
Sept 22: United Way Report. Speaker Bill Hulterstrom
September 29: Speaker James Endrizzi of KeyBank about the current lending environment
Provo Rotary Social Schedule for 2011
September 15: Annual Club Golf Party at Wasatch Mountain State Park
December 15: Annual Club Christmas Party at Riverside Country Club
Report of the Weekly Luncheon Meeting held August 11, 2011
Today's luncheon meeting was held at the Clark Auditorium of Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. President Steve Densley conducted with Ron Roberts at the piano and Jill Moon leading the crowd in singing the Anthem and reciting the Pledge. Craig Carlile offered an invocation.
Guests included Jane Carlile, chairman of the board of the Urban South Region of Intermountain Healthcare and wife of our own Craig Carlile. Dean Jackson had his friend and former Rotarian Rick Gregory, Provo's new Chief of Police. Linda Pemberton introduced Jeff Moss, one of her colleagues at Key Bank. Also visiting was Joey Hansen.
August birthdays were celebrated for Wayne Beesley, Rick Hood, Greg Hudnall, Jeff Mathews, Ruth Riley, David Rogers, Steve Royster and President Cecil O. Samuelson.
President Steve Densley reported that the annual summer barbecue held last week at Hobble Creek Canyon was great fun enjoyed by more than fifty of us. Sometime get Dale Jackson to tell you about his scar.
Leslie Gledhill is undergoing her third ankle surgery. Get well soon, Leslie!
The annual club golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park will be held Thursday, September 15. Sign-up sheets are available at club luncheons.
Rick Hood served as sergeant.
Joey Hansen, a former member of the Provo Rotary Club, introduced the speaker, Steve Smoot, also a former member of the Provo Rotary Club and Hospital Administrator of the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Steve spoke about his ancestor, Abraham O Smoot, whose home became Utah County's first hospital in the late 1800s. The first full-service hospital in Utah Valley was opened in 1939 by the LDS Church with 55 beds and 12 basinettes. It was expanded in 1950 and then given to Intermountain Healthcare in the mid-1970s with a charge to become a model for health care. It has done so.
Steve gave the following items of interest:
*Health care is heading into crisis.
*Utah has the lowest health insurance premiums in the US.
*Intermountain Healthcare is a pioneer in electronic systems for health care.
*Utah Valley Regional Medical Center has recently partnered with Primary Children's Medical Center to provide improved pediatric care for Utah Valley children.
*Utah Valley Regional Medical Center is a level 2 trauma center with average waiting times down from 43-minutes to 20-minutes -- a national best standard.
*Utah Valley Regional Medical Center is among the top 1% in the US in treating heart disease and strokes.
*Concierge room service has recently been introduced with all patients being able to order their food from a menu. This has resulted in a significant reduction in food waste.
*Intermountain Healthcare helps with volunteer care clinics for low-income families in partnership with the United Way, LDS Church, BYU and Utah County's Mountainlands clinics.
At the conclusion of the meeting the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship was awarded to the speaker in appreciation for the partnership Provo Rotary has enjoyed with UVRMC.
