Joseph R. Horton has been appointed senior vice president of Intermountain Healthcare, where he'll oversee all of Intermountain's hospital operations.
Joseph N. Mott will replace Horton as chief executive officer at Primary Children's Medical Center.
Horton has been at Primary Children's since 1986 and has been the CEO there since 1994. Before that, he was chief operating officer of Cottonwood Hospital.
He received a master's degree in hospital administration from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah. He has served as chairman of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions and as a member of the Medical Care Advisory Committee for the Medicaid program.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and past president of the Utah chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse.
Mott has worked for Intermountain Healthcare since 1985. He was named chief operating officer of Primary Children's in 2003 and has worked at the hospital for 15 years.
Mott received a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in economics from BYU. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.