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Spectrum Health offers drop-off sites and expert resources GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 20, 2021 – Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, Priority Health and Families Against Narcotics Grand...

Every day, more people die from opioid-related overdoses than from car accidents or gun violence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 72,000 Americans died from drug...

Beaumont Health is sending an urgent warning to its communities that hospitals and staff have hit critical capacity levels and health care workers are pleading for Michiganders to personally take...

Ovell Barbee to be recognized during National Diversity and Leadership Conference Grand Rapids, Mich., April 14, 2021 – Spectrum Health Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Ovell...

Collaboration emphasizes patient care and population health management among seniors DETROIT, Apr. 13, 2021 — Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health will expand its longstanding, network...

The West Michigan Vaccine Clinic at DeVos Place hopes to administer a total of 24,000 vaccinations today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Many appointments have just opened, particularly on Wednesday, so...

La Clínica de Vacunas del Oeste de Michigan en DeVos Place espera administrar un total de 24,000 vacunas hoy, mañana y el miércoles. Muchas citas acaban de abrirse, especialmente para el...

Beaumont Health is experiencing a major surge in COVID-19 patients, while very carefully allowing fully vaccinated individuals to visit their loved ones who are hospitalized with issues other than...

Value-Based Healthcare Programs Will Be Designed to Improve Patient Outcomes, Reduce Cost of Care GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. and DUBLIN – March 31, 2021– Spectrum Health and Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT)...

Longtime family medicine doctor readies for semi-retirement Dr. Mark Zook is going to miss his patients, colleagues and friends when he retires from Spectrum Health in late April. A...

United Hospital surgeon makes Greenville her adopted hometown Dr. Jusith Amparo still remembers the corn fields. And the size of the hospital and community when fellow surgeon Dr. Kevin O’Connor...

Additional non-clinical volunteers are needed to support this effort. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 30, 2021 – The West Michigan Vaccine Clinic at DeVos Place, operated by Kent County, Spectrum...

Se necesitan voluntarios no clínicos adicionales para apoyar este esfuerzo GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 30 de mayo, 2021 – La Clínica de Vacunas de West Michigan en DeVos Place, operada por el condado...

Up to 1,000 doses a day can be given at United Lifestyles location. GREENVILLE, Mich., March 29, 2021 – To accommodate more patients getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Spectrum Health United Hospital...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 28, 2021 – The West Michigan Vaccine Clinic at DeVos Place, operated by Kent County, Spectrum Health and Mercy Health in collaboration with Vaccinate West Michigan, is...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, 28 de marzo de 2021 – La Clínica de Vacunación de West Michigan (West Michigan Vaccine Clinic, WMVC) en DeVos Place operada por el Condado de Kent, Spectrum Health y...

Spectrum Health United Hospital ICU, inpatient staffs also recognized. GREENVILLE, Mich., March 24, 2021 – Spectrum Health United Hospital leadership honored staff members in its ICU and...

All Beaumont Health hospitals will begin limiting the visitation of family and friends at our hospitals, effective March 25 at 8 a.m. to protect patients, staff and community as COVID-19 cases in...

Number of cases, positivity rate and hospitalizations all increasing **Sharing on behalf of the Kent County Health Department** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 19, 2021) – The Kent County Health...

Número de casos, tasa de positividad y hospitalizaciones en aumento. ** Compartido en nombre del Departamento de Salud del Condado de Kent ** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (19 de marzo de 2021) – El...

Spectrum Health makes an impact on health through trees GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 18, 2021 – The Arbor Day Foundation has named Spectrum Health a Tree Campus Healthcare facility. This...

Beaumont Health is launching a new process today to allow community members to add their names to a COVID-19 vaccine waiting list. Patients can visit beaumont.org/savemyshot to add their name to...

Health care leaders share what health equity is, why it matters, and what it looks like in action for health care systems ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 15, 2021 – Community Grand Rounds, a...

$3 million gift from McBrien family provides expanded space for multidisciplinary care The new Florence and Richard McBrien Pediatric Neuroscience Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak is now...

ZEELAND, Mich., March 10, 2021 – In observance National Patient Safety Awareness Week, the Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM), a nonprofit group comprised of Michigan’s largest employers and...

New York, NY — March 10, 2021 —Spectrum Health, a not-for-profit, integrated health system based in West Michigan, today announced a new partnership with TytoCare, the global health care...

Oakland University and William Beaumont Hospitals have extended their affiliation agreement through 2041. This clears the way for Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine medical...

Three Beaumont Health hospitals are featured on Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2021 and notes their top 300 out of over 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe;...

Registration is now open for May event to fight cancer. BIG RAPIDS, Mich., March 2, 2021 – Walkers, runners and cancer fighters of all ages are encouraged to register for the Spectrum Health...

Panel of experts to address ‘Living Well with Kidney Disease’ If you have high blood pressure or diabetes, you’re at risk of developing chronic kidney disease. It’s estimated 15%, or 37...

Hospital foundation donors team up with Artworks for class vouchers. BIG RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 22, 2021 – Spectrum Health Foundation Big Rapids and Reed City Hospitals has joined forces with...

Organizers hope pivot from spring to fall allows for ‘closer to normal’ event **Sharing on behalf of the Amway River Bank Run** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 17, 2021 – Amway River Bank Run...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly all organizations, including Beaumont Health’s 2020 operations and volumes. As a result, like many other health systems, Beaumont experienced...

Health system has administered more than 100,000 doses On Friday, Beaumont learned of an unexpected and significant reduction in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the state of Michigan. The...

Beaumont Health has updated COVID-19 visitation guidelines across the health system. Effective Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 a.m., visitation will be permitted for patients who do not have or are not...

**Sharing on behalf of the Kent County Health Department** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (Feb. 7, 2021) The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) notified the Kent County Health...

Health system partners with Benton Harbor health advocate and music artists Benton Harbor, Mich., February 8, 2021 – Community Grand Rounds, a program of Spectrum Health Lakeland, has teamed up...

Beaumont has the capacity to administer 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses a week, but is only receiving about 10,000 doses per week from the state With half a million eligible patients and some...

Volunteers contributing 20 hours of service or more to qualify for vaccination UPDATE: February 3, 2021 The West Michigan Vaccination Clinic and its partner organizations want to thank the...

Los voluntarios deberán contribuir con 20 horas de servicio o más a fin de calificar para la vacunación **Compartiendo en nombre del Departamento de Salud del Condado de Kent** GRAND RAPIDS,...

Beaumont Health’s Information Technology team detected and shut down unusual activity Saturday related to online COVID-19 vaccination scheduling on Beaumont’s Epic electronic medical record...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Neurosurgeon, Rafeek Woods, MD, recently joined the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) as a surgery champion on behalf of Spectrum Health Lakeland. MSSIC is...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 22 de enero de 2021– El Condado de Kent, Spectrum Health y Mercy Health, en colaboración con Vaccinate West Michigan, se han unido para crear una clínica de vacunación...

**Sharing on behalf of Kent County** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 22, 2021–-Kent County, Spectrum Health and Mercy Health, in collaboration with Vaccinate West Michigan, have come together to...

Beaumont Health is pleased to announce the following recognitions: WALLACE RECOGNIZED BY INFECTION CONTROL AND EPIDEMIOLOGY ASSOCIATION WITH AWARD Beth Wallace, MPH, senior director, Infection...

James Moses, MD, joins Spectrum Health West Michigan from Boston Medical Center GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 19, 2021 – Spectrum Health West Michigan has hired James Moses, MD, MPH, as senior vice...

Changes to facility entrance, wayfinding ST. JOSEPH, Mich. Jan. 19, 2021 – Phase II of the Pavilion project at Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center is now underway. The project features...

Changes to facility entrance, wayfinding (ST. JOSEPH) – Phase II of the Pavilion project at Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center is now underway. The project features 80,000 square feet of...

Invites community to join in acts of service, advocacy and learning GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 15, 2021 – This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spectrum Health affirms its commitment to eliminating...

Beaumont has already administered approximately 32,000 vaccine doses and is prepared to administer as many as 50,000 doses a week if the health system receives enough vaccine from the state. On...

Providers will see patients starting Tuesday. CANADIAN LAKES, Mich., Jan. 13, 2021 – Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital Family Medicine — Canadian Lakes is reopening Tuesday, January 19 for...

Spectrum Health United Hospital nurse, environmental services tech recognized. GREENVILLE, Mich., January 12, 2021 – Spectrum Health United Hospital labor and delivery nurse Monica Gyurenk, RN,...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., January 11, 2021 – Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is excited to celebrate 10 years of the iconic blue building being a beacon of hope and a world-renowned...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 11, 2021 – Spectrum Health welcomes two new incoming board members to the Spectrum Health System Board of Directors and thanks three board members for their many years...

Appointments are required to manage limited vaccine supply GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 11, 2021 – In response to the State of Michigan expanding eligibility for vaccination, Spectrum Health today...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Jan. 11, 2021 – The Center for Better Health, established in October 2020 with funding from the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities, will continue to...

Updated January 11, 2022 Monoclonal antibody therapy is the first COVID-19 treatment granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for outpatient care. Spectrum...

Vaccine supply remains extremely limited Beaumont Health is prepared to open additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics and begin vaccinating eligible community members as quickly as possible as soon...

Beaumont Health more than tripled server capacity this weekend after experiencing overwhelming demand regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Thousands of patients attempted to sign up for a...

Instamos enérgicamente a las personas que todavía estén en la Fase 1A a inscribirse inmediatamente. **Posting with permission from Vaccinate West Michigan** GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (8 de enero...

Remaining individuals in Phase 1A strongly encouraged to register immediately **Posting with permission from Vaccinate West Michigan** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 8, 2021) – Local health...

Ludington, Mich., January 7, 2020—Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital today announced Jeremy Vronko, MBA, CITAM as its new chief operating officer effective January 24, 2021. Vronko will oversee...

Beaumont Health has administered more than 15,000 vaccines at its Beaumont Service Center as of January 5, 2021. The system now has the capacity to vaccinate more than 3,200 per day. “We have...

Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital has announced its top 10 baby names for 2020. With the number of births rising each year, the Family Birth Center at Zeeland Community Hospital continues...

Effective Jan. 4, 2021, Ron Lewis will depart from his role as southwest regional market leader, president of Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital, and executive leader, radiology services,...

John Lewis, chairman of Beaumont Health’s board of directors, has announced the appointment of three physicians to the board of Michigan’s largest health system: Dr. Abed Asfour, Dr. Ashok B....

Two executive leaders will join Beaumont Health early next year. Hans Keil has been appointed senior vice president and chief information officer. Tammy Scarborough has been appointed president of...

Two family physicians have opened a new practice, Beaumont Primary Care, in downtown Royal Oak, 309 East Eleven Mile Road, next to the Beaumont Urgent Care. Dr. Anthony Brooks and Dr. Samantha...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 16, 2020 – Priority Health welcomes Praveen Thadani as the company’s new president, effective in early January. The announcement comes after a rigorous search process...

Site to serve as West Michigan’s ‘go-to’ source for credible information about the vaccine **Sharing on behalf of Kent County, Mich.** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Dec. 15, 2020) – A consortium of...

Sitio para servir como fuente de "ir a" del oeste de Michigan para obtener información creíble sobre la vacuna GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (15 de diciembre de 2020) – Un consorcio de los departamentos...

A group of Beaumont Health Care Heroes received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. All health care workers who received the vaccine are in the 1A high priority group,...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing the...

ZEELAND, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the...

Residents are encouraged to avoid traveling and gathering outside of their immediate household **Sharing on behalf of the Kent County Health Department** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (December 14, 2020)...

GRAND RAPIDS Mich., Dec. 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health announces today the Spectrum Health Irish Jig 5K race will return in 2022. The health and safety of our community are of paramount importance...

**Sharing on behalf of Michigan Health & Hospital Association** LANSING, Mich., Dec. 14, 2020–Frontline health care workers at two Michigan hospitals today were the first people in the state to...

NILES, Mich., Dec. 9, 2020– The Spectrum Health Lakeland Board of Directors recently approved a $1.34 million investment to renovate the bariatric and orthopedic units at Spectrum Health...

***Posting with permission from Michigan State University** FLINT, Mich., Dec. 8, 2020 – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 700 women die each year in the...

New Family Medicine Provider Joins Spectrum Health BELDING, Mich., December 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health Belding Family Medicine is excited to welcome Lyn Hulst, MD, to its care team. A Holland...

The Jack H. Miller Magnetoencephalography Center to be the first in West Michigan to offer MEG technology Grand Rapids, Mich., December 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health is excited to announce the...

***The following news is being shared with permission from Western Michigan University’s Western Regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC), in partnership with Spectrum Health and the...

Instead of gathering outside, community asked to send pediatric patients videos and photos The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. But, the need for community support has never been...

An additional Beaumont hospital is now limiting visitation. Beaumont Hospital, Wayne is limiting the visitation of family and friends effective 8 a.m., Friday, Nov. 27 to protect patients, staff...

Hastings, Mich., Nov. 20, 2020 – Patients visiting Spectrum Health Pennock for an outpatient COVID-19 swab test are now being seen behind the hospital in the old retail pharmacy drive-thru. The...

Our response to COVID-19 is more effective if we are united in our efforts to face this virus together. With immediate action we can help save lives and keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed,...

Accepting patients with sports-related or work-related injuries and more GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 18.2020 – To address a growing demand in northern Kent County, Spectrum Health Medical Group...

Prioritizing patients with symptoms (ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has revised eligibility changes for those seeking a test at a Lakeland facility. We have widen the opportunities for...

New MRI machine anchors project set to be completed in Spring. BIG RAPIDS, Nov. 17, 2020 – After three years of planning and anticipation, work has begun on the $4.9 million radiology department...

Beaumont Health is moving forward with plans to sell its ambulance division, which includes Community Emergency Medical Service, Inc. (CEMS), Parastar, Inc., and Beaumont Mobile Medicine, to...

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise at an alarming rate and hospital admissions surge, Spectrum Health urges Michigan residents to comply with the new three-week emergency epidemic...

COVID-19 pandemic continues to put a strain on health system Beaumont Health’s patient volumes, operating income and non-operating income rebounded better than expected, during a pandemic,...

Beaumont researchers studied risk of exposure for frontline health care workers In mid-April the Beaumont Research Institute announced it was conducting one of the nation’s largest testing study...

GREENVILLE, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health United Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing the hospital’s...

Patients must be screened and make an appointment for testing GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 13, 2020 – Due to increasing demand for COVID-19 testing and a nationwide shortage of supplies, Spectrum...

Students, Staff Protected and Grateful **News release shared with permission from Kent ISD** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 12, 2020 – Students and staff in schools throughout Kent ISD are more...

As part of Beaumont Health’s overall goal and compensation strategy to be the best place to work and practice medicine, the health system is announcing three compensation enhancements: A $1,000...

Further reduces number of people who can visit in hospitals and outpatient care sites GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 11, 2020 – As the number of cases and positivity rates of COVID-19 continue to...

Nationwide Phase 3 trial testing for safety and effectiveness of investigational vaccine Researchers at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak are now enrolling patients in a national study to test the...

New buildings to provide community with modern facilities for optimal care Grand Rapids, Mich., 11-9-2020, – Spectrum Health has purchased property that allows them to move ahead on plans to...