By 1953 through request of the board of directors, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assumed ownership of Utah Valley Hospital.

Utah Valley Hospital became the first fully staffed 24-hour emergency center south of Salt Lake City by 1970.

The expansion was partly funded by grants from Gail Miller, then owner of the Utah Jazz, and businessman Todd Pedersen, founder of Vivint.

It also opened the Utah Valley Hospital Primary Children's Network campus to offer pediatric care for patients and their families, closer to home for some than the main Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City.

[5] Offered programs include the Utah Valley Heart Center, the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Cancer Services.