Denitza Blagev said Intermountain Medical Center’s focus on research and positive outcomes for its patients is what sets the Murray facility’s respiratory care apart from other hospitals in Utah.
“We‘re a leader in terms of innovating,” said Blagev, director of Intermountain’s Schmidt Chest Clinic. “We‘re always trying to figure out novel areas for improvement.”
A recent national report indicates Intermountain is, indeed, superior in that area: the hospital was ranked 48th in the country for pulmonology — a medical specialty focusing on the respiratory system — in U.S. News & World Report’s 28th annual best hospital rankings released late Monday.