Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital at the Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi, Utah, is enhancing pediatric healthcare in the Intermountain West, allowing families to access a full-service children's hospital closer to home.

The new children’s hospital, which provides nearly all the services available at the Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, is designed to serve family and community needs in Utah County, one of the five fastest growing areas of the country, known as “Silicon Slopes.” 

With Primary Children’s guiding philosophy of “The Child First and Always,” the Miller Family Campus expansion is a critical element of Primary Promise, a comprehensive initiative to build the nation’s model healthcare system for children.  

After more than three years of construction and decades of planning – as well as tremendous community and philanthropic support – the hospital “symbolizes the most significant boost in children’s healthcare delivery since Primary Children’s Hospital opened 102 years ago,” said Katy Welkie, chief executive officer of Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital and vice president of Intermountain Children’s Health, during the Miller Campus dedication in February 2024. 

The new campus includes an outpatient center, trauma center, medical office building, and the five-story, 66-bed, 486,000-square-foot children's hospital with an inpatient behavioral health unit; a 19-bay emergency department; a NICU and PICU; five operating suites; and an oncology and infusion center.

“Mental health care is integrated into the campus,” says Moses Waindi, AIA, a technical director and principal at Page, the architect of record. “It has the state’s first walk-in pediatric behavioral health facility and dedicated behavioral health exam rooms. Depending on the diagnosis, behavioral health patients might be cared for as outpatients, kept for observation, or admitted to the 12-bed behavioral unit, which includes an outdoor roof terrace among other therapy spaces. There is also a Safe and Healthy Families program on both children’s campuses.”

Intermountain Healthcare says medical staff will be fully integrated with the pediatric specialists at University of Utah Health, who will work collaboratively with Primary Children’s. 

“Intermountain Health been recognized as one of the most wired, innovative health systems in the country,” says Waindi. “It has been a tremendous honor for Page to partner with Intermountain on the development of this campus.”

The community has rallied around the children’s hospital, with residents involved in discussions about its design from the beginning. Primary Children’s is also installing a community garden/park and an all-abilities playground. The hospital and its amenities have attracted new housing and families to the area. “This also has a positive impact on retention of staff members,” Waindi adds. “You can see the passion and that people here really care about the hospital’s mission.”

Page would like to thank partners VCBO Architecture and Jacobson Engineering Services for their collaboration on Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi.