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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 15, 2020 – Priority Health President & CEO Joan Budden today announced her plans to retire, effective January 1, 2021. “Knowing the company is in a strong position...

Holland, MI, July 14, 2020—Spectrum Health Medical Group and Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital are pleased to welcome Chad Faber, DO, to the medical staff. Dr. Faber has joined Spectrum...

(ST. JOSEPH) – The Board of Directors of Spectrum Health Lakeland approved an expanded strategy to address racial and ethnic health equity in southwest Michigan communities during a special...

Join for fitness and fun August 21 through August 23. GREENVILLE, Mich., June 12, 2020 – Runners and walkers can still get their Dane on this August by participating in a virtual Spectrum Health...

Health equity funding will increase by 40% to total more than $100 million over 10 years Grand Rapids, Mich., June 12, 2020 – Spectrum Health announced today it plans to accelerate and expand...

10th Annual Fundraiser helps patients at Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center. REED CITY & CHASE, Mich., June 8, 2020 – Cancer can be relentless. But event organizers of the Ride for a Cure...

Only health provider in Michigan to earn distinction Grand Rapids, Mich., June 4, 2020 –Spectrum Health is among 23 health providers in the nation recognized for the quality of their revenue...

FREMONT, Mich., June 4, 2020 – Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial is now offering a new health and wellness coaching program with a certified health professional to help people improve their...

The following statement is made on behalf of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Last week, our nation looked on as a law enforcement officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota killed George Floyd...

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today announced the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau will be awarding a $351,175 grant to Lakeland Regional Health system to support telehealth services,...

EVART & TUSTIN, Mich., June 3, 2020 – Osceola County patients can once again utilize Spectrum Health Evart Family Medicine and Spectrum Health Tustin Family Medicine for their health needs when...

BELDING, Mich., June 2, 2020 – Belding area patients can once again utilize Spectrum Health Belding Family Medicine for their outpatient lab and X-ray needs when the family clinic reopens June...

Shelby native to focus on empowering staff, connecting with community FREMONT, Mich., July 2, 2020 – Nick Strait’s first day as chief nursing officer at Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial on...

Funds to Support Art and Wellness Pop-Up Kiosk (ST. JOSEPH) – The Michigan Health Endowment Fund has awarded Spectrum Health Lakeland with a $55,474 grant in support of a pop-up art and wellness...

Beaumont Health is ending partnership plans with Akron, Ohio based Summa Health. The two organizations had been working over the last year to create a partnership, signed a definitive agreement in...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland was recently awarded the 2020 Progress Sitefinity Website of the Year Award for Health Care. Since its inception in 2011, the awards recognize websites...

Providers will see patients in Lakeview starting Monday. LAKEVIEW, Mich., May 27, 2020 – Spectrum Health Lakeview Family Medicine is reopening June 1 as restrictions related to COVID-19 continue...

Mobile unit is designed to meet COVID-19 safety guidelines GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 27, 2020 – Spectrum Health is ready to provide mammograms in the era of COVID-19 in the safest way possible....

Two-tiered test improves accuracy (ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is among the first health systems in the state to begin offering COVID-19 antibody testing to the general public. The...

Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is taking additional steps to care for the community and keep patients and team members safe by opening a COVID-19 triage tent as an extension of its emergency...

Two-tiered test improves accuracy Grand Rapids, Mich., May 21, 2020 – Spectrum Health is among the first health systems in the state to begin offering COVID-19 antibody testing to the general...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland offers financial aid options to provide people with the care they need, regardless of ability to pay. This support has been a long-standing practice of...

Hospital designated as a Level IV trauma facility. LAKEVIEW, Mich., May 19, 2020 – Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital emergency department staff have been recognized for their work with trauma...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 13, 2020 –Spectrum Health offers financial aid options to provide people with the care they need, regardless of ability to pay. This support has been a long-standing...

Spectrum Health shares expertise from infection prevention and occupational health to help businesses adapt to a new work environment GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 13, 2020 – Spectrum Health is...

Final fundraising effort focused on taking advantage of matching gift. HASTINGS, Mich., May 12, 2020 – The excitement continues to build as the new $12 million, 19,000 square-foot Spectrum...

Fremont, Mich., May 12, 2020 – Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial will hold its May support group meetings virtually as a way to continue supporting patients and their families while promoting...

Second Beaumont Urgent Care opens in Warren With the COVID-19 pandemic and Gov. Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order, Beaumont Urgent Care is now offering virtual urgent care visits. This...

Critical care nurses discuss their careers during COVID-19 pandemic The nurses in Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital’s Critical Care Unit are caring for patients who are critically ill with...

Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal is joining Beaumont Health today as chief of Cardiovascular Surgery for the Beaumont Medical Group. He also will be the physician chief of the Heart and Vascular Clinical Care...

In honor of Mother’s Day, EAM announces annual Hospital Maternity Care Awards NOVI, MICHIGAN, May 10, 2020 – In honor of Mother’s Day, The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM), a nonprofit...

Photos and videos to be shared on Spectrum Health social media. LUDINGTON, Mich., May 6, 2020 – Luminary bags with special messages of support and gratitude will light up the night outside...

Death rates also vary by region with worse outcomes in the South and West GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 8, 2020 – A new study led by Spectrum Health physician researchers shows that minority children...

GREENVILLE, Mich., May 7, 2020 – Outpatient lab services are once again available at Spectrum Health United Hospital. In late March lab services were temporarily moved from inside United...

Photos and videos to be shared on Spectrum Health social media. FREMONT, Mich., May 7, 2020 – Luminary bags with special messages of support and affection will light up the night outside...

LUDINGTON, Michigan, May 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital has been awarded an A-rating in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. “Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is...

These health care heroes shine especially bright during COVID-19 pandemic GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 6, 2020 – In recognition of National Nurses Day (May 6) and National Nurses Week (May 6-12),...

Photos and videos to be shared on Spectrum Health social media. GREENVILLE, Mich., May 6, 2020 – Luminary bags with special messages of support and affection will light up the night outside of...

Photos and videos to be shared on Spectrum Health social media. BIG RAPIDS, Mich., May 6, 2020 – Luminary bags with special messages of support and affection will light up the night outside of...

ZEELAND, Mich., May 6, 2020 – Luminary bags with special messages of support and affection will light up the night outside of hospitals, homes and in neighborhoods Tuesday to mark Florence...

Big Rapids, Reed City services move from temporary locations. BIG RAPIDS & REED CITY, Mich., May 5, 2020 – Outpatient lab services are once again available within Spectrum Health Big Rapids and...

Beaumont researchers hopeful medications can reduce severity of COVID-19 and save lives Researchers at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak have begun enrolling patients in a new clinical study aimed at...

Hospital will open in phases, serving both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients Beaumont Hospital, Wayne will reopen Tuesday, May 5 at 8:00 a.m. to serve both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. The...

Hospital will open in phases, serving both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients Beaumont Hospital, Wayne plans to reopen soon to serve both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients after receiving...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph received an “A” grade and Lakeland Hospital Niles received a "B" grade in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national...

Reassures patients that clinics and hospitals are safe (ST. JOSEPH) – While COVID-19 has become the focal point of everyone’s life in recent weeks, there are many patients suffering from other...

ZEELAND, April 30, 2020 – Six Spectrum Health West Michigan hospitals have been awarded ‘As’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital, Spectrum...

GREENVILLE, April 30, 2020 – For the fifth consecutive year, Spectrum Health United Hospital has earned an ‘A’ grade from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety. The designation recognizes...

BIG RAPIDS, April 30, 2020 –Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital has earned an ‘A’ grade from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety. The designation recognizes efforts and outcomes by...

GRAND RAPIDS, April 30, 2020 – Six Spectrum Health West Michigan hospitals have been awarded ‘As’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital,...

Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital is home to the Serious Contagious Disease Unit. Normally, this unit is used to care for medical and surgical patients however in times of significant need such...

(STEVENSVILLE) – Spectrum Health Lakeland is pleased to welcome pediatrician, Thomas Schomaker, DO, to the medical staff. Dr. Schomaker is seeing patients alongside a team of physicians,...

More resources and revised state guidelines allow for more individuals to be tested Grand Rapids, Mich., April 27, 2020 – Spectrum Health announced that new COVID-19 testing equipment and...

More than $15,000 donated to support frontline medical professionals battling COVID-19 at Spectrum Health Lakeland BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – The volunteer corps of the 2020 KitchenAid Senior PGA...

Beaumont Health has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ambulance division, which includes Community Emergency Medical Service, Inc. (CEMS), Parastar, Inc., and Beaumont Mobile Medicine, to...

Masks will be collected for care facilities, home health workers, community partners GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 21, 2020 – Thanks to the generous and ongoing donations of handmade face masks...

CEO will take a 70% pay cut, other executives will take pay cut up to 45%; Beaumont has proudly cared for more COVID-19 patients than any other system in Michigan The financial consequences of the...

Reduced revenue and increased expenses require cost reductions GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 17, 2020 – Spectrum Health today announced steps it will be taking to respond to the financial impact of...

Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is providing a weekly update regarding activities and current happenings related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local plans are in place to receive and care for...

LUDINGTON, Mich., April 17, 2020–Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is providing a weekly update regarding activities and current happenings related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage you to...

Local dentist holds donation drive April 21-22 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 17, 2020 — Local Board-Certified Dentist, Dr. Kathi Wilson, of the Center for Sleep Apnea and TMJ in Cascade, is...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. April 17, 2020 – In order to help in the fight against COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation has worked rapidly since the pandemic began to obtain several shipments of medical...

During the pandemic, seven Beaumont hospital Emergency Centers and its freestanding Emergency Center in Canton remain open 24/7 to care for non-COVID-19-related medical emergencies and trauma...

Beaumont Hospital, Wayne is important to Beaumont Health and is not permanently closing. Rumors to that effect are false. Yesterday, the few remaining patients at Wayne were safely discharged home...

Virtual visits made possible through ingenuity and donated equipment Grand Rapids, Mich., April 14, 2020 – When visitor restrictions impacted intensive care unit (ICU) patients and families at...

Resources include web page in Spanish and materials in five additional languages **Updated Feb. 19, 2021 Grand Rapids, Mich., April 13, 2020 – Spectrum Health today announced it has updated its...

Los recursos incluyen una página web en español y materiales en cinco idiomas adicionales Grand Rapids, Mich., 13 de abril de 2020 – Spectrum Health hoy anunció que ha actualizado su sitio...

New study aims to determine the total population with COVID-19 antibodies across a health system, identify potential convalescent plasma donors, better understand disease transmission and...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan has significantly impacted Beaumont Health’s operations. As the number of coronavirus cases rose in March, it has materially impacted operating and...

Beaumont Health's Research Institute is launching America's largest serological testing study to help answer many questions surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and potentially help treat patients...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 8, 2020 – Kendra Peot and Missy Rykse, nurse managers in the emergency departments at Spectrum Health Butterworth and Blodgett hospitals, took time from their busy...

HASTINGS, Mich., April 8, 2020 – Spectrum Health Pennock recently erected a triage tent as an extension of the emergency department to screen and treat patients with symptoms indicative of...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 7, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, community members, donors, and organizations throughout Southwest Michigan have come together in support of those serving...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE 2-step process created by Beaumont aims to protect staff, extend N95 usage and conserve resources With the...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE As the coronavirus continues to infect thousands in Michigan, Beaumont Health CEO John Fox urges the state of...

Action in response to COVID-19 outbreak GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 4, 2020 – Spectrum Health is taking steps to conserve its supply of personal protection equipment (PPE), including N95 masks,...

Urgent Care available for immediate, non-emergency needs HASTINGS, April 2, 2020— Spectrum Health Pennock Urgent Care remains open amid the COVID-19 crisis to help those seeking care. If you...

Partners with Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan to Accommodate Families GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 2, 2020 – As part of Spectrum Health’s contingency planning to prepare for an...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 2, 2020 – Studies have shown domestic violence rates rise with times of stress similar to what workplaces, schools, and communities around the country are facing during...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 1, 2020 – Spectrum Health is consolidating donation sites for medical supplies beginning April 1. As the volume of donations have decreased, and to continue to keep...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 2020 – The American Heart Association is presenting the Richard M. DeVos Award for Medical Excellence as part of the 2020 Grand Rapids Virtual Heart Ball. The award is...

Includes appointments, elective surgeries and non-urgent care **This release is now out of date. For the most up to date information on cancellations, visit the...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Four metropolitan Detroit hospital systems and a leading research university today announced a collaboration to...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich., March 26, 2020 – A male patient in his 80s, who tested positive for COVID-19, passed away earlier today at Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital. “On behalf of Spectrum Health...

Providers available via virtual visits so patients can stay in their homes GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 26, 2020—Spectrum Health is closing all walk-in clinics in West Michigan and encouraging...

FREMONT, Mich., March 26, 2020—Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial is taking additional steps to care for the community and keep patients and team members safe by opening a COVID-19 triage tent as...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Beaumont Health hospitals are seeing high volumes of COVID-19 patients. As of 4 p.m., March 26, Beaumont is...

GREENVILLE and LAKEVIEW, Mich., March 25, 2020—Spectrum Health United and Kelsey Hospitals are taking additional steps to care for the community and keep patients and team members safe by...

GRAND RAPIDS and WYOMING, Mich., March 25, 2020 – Metro Health – University of Michigan Health and Spectrum Health have revised their adult Intensive Care Unit visitor restrictions. As of...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Additional drop-off site at Van Buren Twp. opens tomorrow To better accommodate the processing of community donations

St. Joseph, Mich., March 25, 2020 – In response to the outpouring of community inquiries and offers of support, Spectrum Health Lakeland has established a drop-off donation site at Lakeland at...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 24, 2020 – Grand Valley State University and Spectrum Health are working together to serve the needs of our community during this unprecedented public health...

HASTINGS, Mich., March 24, 2020—Spectrum Health Pennock is taking additional preparation steps to care for the community and keep patients and team members safe. Starting March 24, 2020, you...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Health system advocates for coordinated statewide effort to care for COVID-19 patients Across its eight...

BIG RAPIDS and REED CITY, Mich., March 23, 2020—Spectrum Health Big Rapids and Reed City Hospitals are taking additional steps to care for the community and keep patients and team members safe...

Drop-off locations opening tomorrow at noon for community donations The donation sites have been updated as of 4.1.2020: https://www.spectrumhealth.org/covid19/giving-opportunities Grand Rapids,...

Greenville services move to protect hospital patient safety. GREENVILLE, Mich., March 23, 2020 – As Spectrum Health continues to make changes to protect all hospital patients in the face of...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 21, 2020 – A male patient in his 70s, who tested positive for COVID-19, passed away earlier today at a Spectrum Health hospital in West Michigan. “On behalf of...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Centralized drop-off site at Beaumont Service Center will support Beaumont physicians, nurses and staff across...

HASTINGS, Mich., March 20, 2020 – Spectrum Health Pennock announced it will be temporarily consolidating primary care locations to help limit potential exposure to COVID-19 for patients and team...