Todd L. Allen BS, MD

Dr. Allen serves as the Senior Executive Medical Director for Intermountain's Healthcare Delivery Institute and Research working with Dr. Raj Srivastava and Andrew Knighton PhD where he is engaged in health policy, systems research, and teaching in Intermountain’s Advanced Training Program. He trained under the mentorship of Dr. Brent C. James and many others at Intermountain Healthcare. He is also serving as chair of the Emergency Department Development Team which supervises the work of the emergency departments across the breadth of Intermountain Healthcare’s hospitals. These roles provide a unique view into the theory and operations behind Intermountain’s clinical quality assurance and delivery model.
He formerly served as the Director of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Trauma at Intermountain Medical Center. He also serves as the emergency medicine lead for the development and implementation of Intermountain Healthcare’s next generation electronic health record.
His current research and systems focus is on the early detection and treatment of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock across healthcare systems, the intersection of health policy and economics and in particular the relationship between quality improvement efforts and the cost of healthcare services. He has authored or co-authored over 26 peer-reviewed publications and numerous other abstracts.