American Fork Hospital

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American Fork Hospital
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American Fork Hospital
Geography
Location170 North 1100 East
American Fork, Utah, United States
Coordinates 40°22′50″N111°46′02″W / 40.380433°N 111.76717°W / 40.380433; -111.76717 Coordinates: 40°22′50″N111°46′02″W / 40.380433°N 111.76717°W / 40.380433; -111.76717
Organization
Care system Private
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type General
History
Opened1937
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Website Official website
Lists Hospitals in Utah

American Fork Hospital is a hospital located in American Fork, Utah, United States, is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and is a service of Intermountain Healthcare, a nonprofit health care system serving the Intermountain West. Hospital services include a 27-suite women's center that features single-room birthing and a 17-bed emergency department. [1]

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In 2021, American Fork Hospital opened a newborn intensive care unit. The facility has 20 individual rooms and can help babies born as early as 32 weeks after conception. 2,500 to 3,000 babies per year are born at American Fork Hospital. [2]

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References

  1. "Intermountain American Fork Hospital". Intermountain Healthcare . Retrieved 26 Oct 2014.
  2. Bartlett, Ian (15 November 2021). "New newborn ICU at Intermountain American Fork Hospital helps premature babies in Utah County survive and thrive". GoodThings Utah. Retrieved 16 February 2022.