Eastern Idaho boasts a wide range of services and procedures available. Over the last two decades, healthcare professions in Eastern Idaho have grown by 230%. There are 86 healthcare facilities in Eastern Idaho with 6,000 employees. Eastern Idaho is home to 2,400 medical providers. In 2019, EIRMC opened a new Burn Center - the only Burn Center in the State of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, caring for people with critical injuries. Eastern Idaho is an epicenter for research, medicine, and medical providers making healthcare one of the most sustainable clusters in Eastern Idaho.
Three institutions of higher learning; Idaho State University, Brigham Young University-Idaho and the College of Eastern Idaho, provide the research and talent to support Eastern Idaho’s growing healthcare system. All three institutions offer top degrees in Health Science and Nursing through state-of-the-art simulation labs, top faculty and industry experts, and hands-on classrooms that provide real-world real-time learning experiences.
The Eastern Idaho Healthcare Sector continues to stay on top of the release of cutting-edge technologies, offer state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, and provide new procedures and processes in order to deliver first-class health services to Eastern Idahoan.