Mark Briesacher, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Physician Executive

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

@marklewismd @TotalHealthConf We (wife is cancer survivor) felt let go of and on our own, like so many others. Is the answer more primary care post cancer or something else?

[Eddie Stenehjem @E_Stenehjem]

13 @Intermountain hospitals have been given the Human Rights Campaign designation of 2022 “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader”. It's a good start, but we have much more work to do.

[Eddie Stenehjem @E_Stenehjem]

Among adults hospitalized with symptoms similar to COVID-19, unvaccinated people who had COVID-19 recently were 5 times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than people who were recently fully vaccinated. @Intermountain @Research_Inter

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

Today, after careful evaluation of federal requirements from the Biden Administration, Intermountain Healthcare announced a COVID-19 vaccine requirement and exemption process for all caregivers and those who work in our facilities.

More: https://t.co/Zi8rhN4TiG

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

@DrSamuelBrown, I look forward to your leadership in service to people, science, and our learning journey at @Intermountain.

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

Adding my gratitude for Dr. Carroll's steadfast leadership and commitment to people and his community. Thank you!

[Shannon Connor Phillips (she/her/hers) @scphillipsmd]

Thank you Dr. Carroll for bringing specifics to the impact of this pandemic on healthcare and caring for our communities. #COVIDVaccination @Intermountain

[Marc Harrison MD @MarcHarrisonMD]

What a fun conversation with Dr. Good from the @UUtah and Governor Leavitt at the @siliconslopes event yesterday. Something special is happening here in #Utah. It’s truly becoming the cradle of transformation and modernization.
https://t.co/lXR0MNLbmQ

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

Intermountain Healthcare and @SCLHealth, two leading nonprofit healthcare organizations, have signed a Letter of Intent to merge and create a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities in Utah, Idaho, (1/

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

Vaccination protects more than just you. Do you know someone who's being treated for cancer or is in remission? Do you know someone who's had a transplant or has a compromised immune system? Their bodies can't develop the antibodies to protect themselves. (1/

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

COVID-19 vaccines continue to demonstrate strong protection against serious illness and death. In the last month, vaccinated Utahns were 5.1 times less likely to die from COVID-19 than those who haven't protected themselves through vaccination (source: @UtahDepOfHealth)

[KSL 5 TV @KSL5TV]

“I can tell you that when we lost a child last week, a teenager, it was absolutely devastating on the staff here,” said Dr. Andrew Pavia, chief of infectious diseases at @primarychildren. #KSLTV

@jedboal
https://t.co/IPHWGYflqb

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

"This has rapidly become a pandemic of the rapidly ill, people with weakened immune systems, and the unvaccinated" - @MarcHarrisonMD, CEO of Intermountain Healthcare 1/4

[Eddie Stenehjem @E_Stenehjem]

Great info @Intermountain!

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

Sam, thank you and all our critical care, medicine, and ED teams. If you're not sure about getting vaccinated, stay curious and get answers to your questions. You don't want to join the 3.4 million COVID survivors with lasting health problems.

[Samuel Brown @DrSamuelBrown]

The COVID patients keep coming. I've never seen us so full in the summer (except in prior COVID surges), and it's all the hospitals that are filling up again. If you're not fully vaccinated and you're not wearing a mask then you're putting yourself and others in danger.

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

@E_Stenehjem @Intermountain @tventoIDmd @jvilletti @stephanieshealy @SKThroneberry Outstanding ideas, outcomes and leadership from @Intermountain infectious disease colleagues. Helps us care for people where they are, improve outcomes, and support community and rural health.

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

“The more important thing is to get a vaccine. It doesn’t matter which one. Just get it,” said Dixie Harris, MD, a pulmonologist at Intermountain Healthcare. “Any vaccine is better than no vaccine, according to the data I’m seeing.”

More: https://t.co/Se3Ib1HJR0

[Mark Briesacher, MD @MarkBriesacher]

@Intermountain Grateful for the questions today. Let's stay strong with masking, social distancing and hand washing as we push forward on vaccination.

[Intermountain Health @Intermountain]

Watch our conversation with
@MarkBriesacher
around how the state of Utah is doing with COVID-19, our vaccine distribution plan, and the positive outlook with our declining rate of positivity.

https://t.co/RDHX58cNU3

[Glen Beeby @GlenBeebyNews]

.@Intermountain is helping lead ground breaking research on impacts of blood thinning medication in preventing severe cases of COVID-19. Utahns aged 40-80 who have recently been infected with COVID-19 are encouraged to take part.
https://t.co/SE3fTS4Bnw

[Florian Krammer @florian_krammer]

For everybody worried about the 'British' strain, I recommend @kakape's article in Science. I think there is just not enough data to draw firm conclusions. But given the spike of cases over the last days in the UK, add'l measures are probably a good idea. https://t.co/UQ7qKvzF8m