Valley West Community Hospital history

1952 A Hospital is Born Established as Utah’s ‘JUAB COUNTY HOSPITAL’ in March of 1952 with 11 patient rooms, 1 Surgical Suite, and Clinic.

On December 27, 1975, Kishwaukee Community Hospital opened on Bethany Road in DeKalb, and DeKalb Public Hospital closed.

1980 Fountain Green New Fountain Green Utah Clinic established to better meet the needs of the area.

1984 Lead by Experience Rural Health Management Corporation enters contract for management and under the direction of Gaylord Swim and Mark Stoddard CEO, tentatively becomes CVMC.

2000 Fountain Green Grows Fountain Green Clinic moves into a new facility better equipped to care for patient needs.

2001 Growing for Your Needs CVMC moves to a new hospital and clinic facility in Nephi Utah.

2004 Critical Access CVMC is established as a critical access hospital (C.A.H.)

The opening of the new hospital marked the start of a decade of rapid expansion for KishHealth System. Thus, a replacement Kishwaukee Community Hospital was built on the Bethany Road campus 32 years after the first building opened, on October 2, 2007.

2009 Clear as Can Be Ophthalmology Clinic and Cataract Surgery now at CVMC through Sightpath Medical and Excel Eye Center.

2010 Talk it Out Central Valley Medical Center establishes Counseling Services for first time, further expanding the specialty skill set within the region at CVMC.

2011 Another Growth Spurt A second building addition of 25,000 square-feet at CVMC included 2 new OR Surgery Suites for Orthopedic Specialties and 2 new Hospital Patient Observation Rooms.

2012 Down to the Bone Diagnostic Imaging Department incorporated DEXA Scanning Capabilities to measure bone mineral density (BDM).

2013 TOP 20 Named to the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in Rural Healthcare nationwide.

2015 A Closer Look CVMC gets new CT Scanner with 128 slice scan capabilities.

On the Kishwaukee Hospital campus in the spring of 2017, the system broke ground on the new $46 million Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Health & Wellness Center.