Robert Allen

Mr Robert W. Allen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Intermountain Health

Robert W. (Rob) Allen is president and CEO of Intermountain Health, a leading nonprofit health system headquartered in Utah, United States, serving across six western states. Modern Healthcare named Rob as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare in 2025, 2024, and 2023. Also in 2025, Rob was named amongst the Great Leaders in Healthcare from Becker’s Hospital Review. Rob has served in executive leadership roles at Intermountain for 30 years of his 35+ years in health leadership. Rob has helped propel Intermountain to national recognition as a leading model for innovating health and wellness solutions, expanding proactive care, simplifying healthcare, and improving affordability and accessibility to all. Prior to beginning his role as Intermountain Health’s president and CEO in November 2022, Rob served as chief operating officer for five years. Rob serves on the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on other national and local boards and councils. Rob earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Utah State University and a Bachelor of Science in operations management from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Becky, have three children and seven grandchildren.

Presentation Synopsis
HM 2 - Better Together: What Worked and What We Learned Through Integration

Rob Allen, Intermountain Health CEO, shares challenges and opportunities in bringing hospitals, clinics, and doctors together across 620,000 square miles of diverse rural and urban communities. Includes a look at aligning care process models to improve care and access, launching one integrated electronic health record, daily escalation huddles from front-line to C-suite, and 69,000 caregivers coming together around a common mission and purpose. 


HM 18 - Developing Healthcare Leaders for Tomorrow In An Era of Unprecedented Change and Opportunity

Jack Welch, former CEO at General Electric (GE), said, “If the rate of change on the outside [of an organization] exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” In this session, Rob Allen, Intermountain Health CEO, will explore ways to develop and mentor resilient, innovative, servant leaders to lead the next generation of healthcare.

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