News Releases

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 9, 2024 – Lung transplant survival rates at Corewell HealthTM in West Michigan are again among the best in the nation, according to the latest data from the Scientific...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 8, 2024 – U.S. News & World Report has recognized five specialty areas at Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in its 2024-2025 Best Children’s...

The liver transplant program at Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan consistently ranks among the highest quality liver transplant programs in Michigan and the nation, according to federal...

GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., September 23, 2024 – Online registration is now open for Corewell Health’s Community Grand Rounds: Transforming Health Care to Advance Health Equity, a free...

September 27, 2024 marks 50 years since doctors found a lump in First Lady Betty Ford’s breast. After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became a champion for the cause and an advocate...

Corewell Health Foundation Southeast Michigan is excited to announce the return of the Red Tie Ball, a fundraising event supporting The Center for Exceptional Families and development of Corewell...

GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, MI, Sept. 13, 2024 – A global health care association has recognized Corewell Health™ for its well-being initiatives, which include a division of well-being and a...

Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 9, 2024 – For the past three years, Corewell Health™ researchers have been studying the genetic code of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how it is...

Corewell Health™ is pleased to announce a major expansion and renovation to the Greenville Hospital Cancer Care Center, thanks to the generosity and major donation from the Braman family that will nearly fund the entire project.

Help our kids through a critical blood shortage by donating blood It typically takes more than 500 units of packed red blood cells and 100 units of platelets to support the children receiving...

Event Celebrates Groundbreaking of New Joan Secchia Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 15, 2024–The community came together to celebrate a monumental milestone for...

Corewell Health™ and Gift of Life Michigan, the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) serving the state of Michigan, have collaborated to...

Corewell Health and MSU look to develop AI tool to identify higher-risk patients earlier SOUTHFIELD, MI, Aug. 12, 2024 - Corewell Health™ and Michigan State University researchers are the first...

New Corewell Health™ research suggests an MRI scan can help predict whether patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (cancer confined to the entire...

The American Heart Association awards Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital with a Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Award, and recognition for its care of stroke patients...

Corewell Health™ has been recognized as a top-scoring company in the 2024 Disability Equality Index®, which is the world’s most...

Corewell Health™ William Beaumont University Hospital has been recognized...

Corewell Health Pennock Hospital offers same-day services with a new walk-in clinic. WAYLAND, Mich., July 15, 2024 – Corewell Health™ Pennock Hospital will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for...

Corewell Health has been named one of the 2024 Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount, a strategic professional services and research firm focusing on inclusive workplaces. GRAND...

Charity Golf Classic fundraising efforts will help support local youth experiencing behavioral health struggles. BIG RAPIDS and REED CITY, Mich., July 2, 2024 – Online registration is now open...

Corewell Health Big Rapids and Reed City Hospitals Auxiliary donations support patient services in Corewell Health facilities. BIG RAPIDS and REED CITY, Mich., June 19, 2024 – Corewell Health™...

The Kent County Health Department, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health-West, Cherry Health and Catherine’s Health Center are...

Corewell Health and Village of Lakeview offer residents a piece of the former 115-year-old Kelsey Hospital. LAKEVIEW, Mich., June 4, 2024 – Beginning Monday, June 10, Corewell Health™ and the...

Margaret Cooney Casey, president, Corewell Health Foundation Southeast Michigan, announced her retirement to begin June 1, 2024. Casey has led the Foundation since 2000 and helped...

Southwest Michigan area residents will soon be able to access primary care services at a new Corewell Health™ facility in Dowagiac. The opening of Corewell Health Primary Care Dowagiac...

For up to 30% of patients who are allergic to medical contrast dye or have a dye restriction because of other health conditions, they might find that it takes...

During a student-teacher basketball game March 22, beloved Oak Park Schools coach and physical education teacher, Al Kattola, collapsed due to sudden cardiac arrest. Within seconds,...

Natalie Baggio, RN, will become the new president of Corewell Health in Southwest Michigan, effective July 1. She will report to the system’s Chief Operating Officer, Darryl...

The inaugural class of Corewell Health’s Grand Valley State University Nurse Scholars Program will graduate Saturday, April 27, as part of a partnership...

Corewell Health™ and local law enforcement have teamed up once again to collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal on Friday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following...

Support the Corewell Health Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center by participating in person or virtually. Online registration is now open for the 19th...

National Blood Clot Alliance ® (NBCA) today announced that Corewell Health™ Grand Rapids Hospitals – Butterworth Hospital has been named the inaugural...

Corewell Health will welcome Lamont Yoder, RN, as the new president of Corewell Health - Southeast Michigan, effective May 6. He will be reporting to the system’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr....

The Corewell Health™ Center for Wellness - formerly Center for Better Health and Wellness - has moved to a spacious new building around the corner from its...

COREWELL HEALTH IS AWARDED $3.4 MILLION FROM THE CDC FOR 5-YEAR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM. Corewell Health™ received a $3.4 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

North Flight Aero Med, a joint operation between Corewell HealthTM (formerly Spectrum Health) and Munson Healthcare, has added a Sikorsky S-76 C++ helicopter to its fleet...

Corewell Health™ and Detroit Edison Public School Academy (DEPSA) today will announce the grand opening of a new school-based clinic in Detroit that will provide students with access to a...

Novel radiopharmaceutical trial could be a game-changer for patients with advanced cancer whose chemotherapy treatments have been unsuccessful GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 4, 2024 — BAMF Health, a...

Corewell Health™ in Southeast Michigan is using virtual and augmented reality technology to enable patients to “tour” their own brains and assist...

Loren B. Hamel, M.D., president, Corewell Health™ in Southwest Michigan, has announced his plan to retire on June 30, 2024. Dr. Hamel, a Berrien Springs...

Corewell Health™ is the first health system in the Midwest to successfully treat patients with an innovative technology that uses pulsed...

Corewell Health and the Village of Lakeview today announced plans to transfer ownership of the land where the former Kelsey Hospital operated to...

Today, leadership from Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, and Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services came...

La familia DeVos invierte en el futuro saludable de los niños de nuestra comunidad Hoy, líderes del Hospital de Niños Helen DeVos de Corewell Health, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation y Pine Rest...

International study looks to enroll up to 1,000 patients Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 17, 2024 – Corewell Health has treated its first patients in the SPYRAL AFFIRM Clinical Study and continues...

Participants and spectators are encouraged to dress in ‘80s attire. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 13, 2024 – Online registration is now open for Corewell Health’s 40th Irish Jig, a 5K race...

Corewell Health™ welcomed two new members to its board of directors in Southwest Michigan. Bertha King and Stephen Hempel, M.D., began three-year terms on...

This specialized unit will be the first of its kind in Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 1, 2024—Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital plans to open a pediatric medical...

Detroit, Mich., January 12, 2024 – Corewell HealthTM and Detroit Edison Public School Academy (DEPSA) today will announce the grand opening of a new school-based clinic in Detroit that will...

GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., January 11, 2024 – Today, Corewell Health™ announced changes to its board of directors, including the introduction of two new members, the appointment of a...

Students who live in Lake, Mason, or Oceana counties are invited to create a piece of artwork inspired by a favorite book. Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Pediatrics and the Reach Out and Read...

Drew Dostal, MBA, FACHE, to oversee five hospitals and one integrated care campus. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – Corewell Health™ has appointed Drew Dostal, MBA, FACHE, as the new regional market...

LAKEVIEW, Mich., Dec. 27, 2023 — The Corewell Health Foundation Greenville Hospital is thrilled to announce a nearly $31,000 Kelsey Hospital Guild donation to support adolescent behavioral...

Corewell Health™ in Southeast Michigan has compiled a list of the top baby names for 2023. By year’s end, Corewell Health will have delivered about 30,000 babies statewide, which is more than...

Population health management platform HealthEC, LLC, is notifying people nationwide of a data security event that happened earlier this year. For more information, please see HealthEC’s news release

Corewell Health™ Grand Rapids Hospitals- Butterworth Hospital has compiled a list of the top baby names for 2023.By year’s end, Corewell Health will have...

Corewell Health™ recently received $115,000 in grants from the American Cancer Society to fund transportation and lodging for cancer patients. The grants are part of $8.3 million awarded by the...

Corewell Health™ has received a $12,600 grant from the Osceola County Community Foundation to support Reed City High School’s onsite clinic for students’ behavioral health needs. The funds...

Corewell Health™ is pleased to announce Robert Fitzgerald, M.D., MBA, has been named the new president of Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital....

Henry Ford College (HFC) and Corewell Health™ have just announced a guaranteed-employment educational partnership for HFC nursing students who meet the requirements. This partnership will...

Corewell Health’s Beaumont Children’s is excited to announce the 2024 Children’s Miracle Network Child Ambassadors for Beaumont Children’s: 11-year-old Braylen Watson and 10-year-old Rylee...

Corewell Health’s President & CEO Tina Freese Decker has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in...

Donate blood this December at a Corewell Health location in West Michigan. December 4, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – Corewell Health™, in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, is...

Due to a high number of pediatric admissions and an increase in respiratory illnesses throughout the community, Corewell Health™ Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital will be limiting...

Through their partnership,46,466 free pieces of produce were distributed to Michigan families in 2023. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., – The Veggie Van™, a mobile farmers market, served 13 counties...

Recognized nationally as one of 38 organizations as leader in creating inclusive workplace GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 20, 2023 – Corewell Health™ was named to professional services and research...

Virgin Pulse company Welltok, Inc. has notified people across the country of a national data security event caused by the MoveIT vulnerability. For more information on this situation, please see...

Beaumont Children’s is preparing to light the night for its littlest patients with its beloved holiday tradition, "Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams," Dec. 8-23 at...

Corewell Health in West Michigan and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine are funding nearly $1.4 million in new research grants that will...

Community members are invited to support Corewell Health Hospice & Palliative Care, formerly Caring Circle, by purchasing a luminary now through Monday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. Donors may choose to personalize each luminary...

Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, part of Corewell Health™, earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023 from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards...

Corewell Health™ Lakeland Hospitals - St. Joseph Hospital and Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - Niles Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023 from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog....

Corewell Health™ hospitals in Big Rapids, Greenville, Ludington and Zeeland earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2023 from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence...

Corewell Health™ is pleased to welcome Thomas A. Schwann, M.D., MBA, as the new chief of cardiovascular surgery for Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan. “We are proud and honored to give Dr....

Corewell Health’s Beaumont Children's, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, is announcing the many ways people in Southeast Michigan can make a positive difference in children’s lives in...

Corewell Health™ Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center invites community members, patients and their families to celebrate the center’s 10-year anniversary...

Southwest Michigan area residents can access gastroenterology services at a new Corewell Health™ facility, Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals...

Event proceeds benefit Corewell Health’s Beaumont Children’s, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Get ready to tune in to the annual 104.3 WOMC Turn Up the Miracles Radiothon presented by...

Corewell Health™ and Berrien County Sheriff Department have teamed up once again to collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal on...

A new Corewell Health study suggests that men who have longer prostatic urethras, the part of the urethra that travels through the prostate, may be at a higher...

Newsweek magazine’s 2024 America's Best Nursing Homes lists 4 Corewell Health Facilities in the top 20. Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., October 6, 2023 – Newsweek magazine released its...

General surgeon Andrew Vaughan, D.O., joined the medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Dr. Vaughan will see patients alongside several board-certified surgeons...

Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death among older Black Americans, a trend that is expected to increase exponentially during the next five to 10 years. To address the growing...

Corewell Health™ has earned high marks in the 2023 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Digital Health Most Wired survey, a...

The National Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded three grants to Corewell Health’s Betty Ford Breast Care Services to enhance services for underserved...

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) announced financial support for programs at Corewell Health’s Beaumont Children’s. More than $2 million dollars in grants have been issued to...

Corewell Health™ has become the first and only health system in Michigan to implant a device intended to improve upper body mobility in patients who have...

Corewell Health recently received a $17,100 grant from the Community Foundation for Mason County to support its youth behavioral health telemedicine program...

Corewell Health in Greenville provides virtual behavioral health support to students Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 2, 2023 – Corewell Health in Greenville is now offering virtual behavior health...

Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan has signed a letter of intent to extend its agreement with NorthStar Anesthesia to provide anesthesia services for patients. The health...

New Michigan State University and Corewell Health research shows that in-home, enhanced prenatal services provided by community health workers, nurses and...

Board-certified endocrinologist, Inderpreet Madahar, M.D., will join Corewell Health’s medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Dr. Madahar will see patients...

Award based on patient safety, equity of care and other factors GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept 22, 2023 – Corewell Health’s Grand Rapids hospitals — Spectrum Health Butterworth and Blodgett have...

Hospital named a top performer for quality and safety by Vizient. ZEELAND, Mich., September 22, 2023 – Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital has been recognized as a top performer in the 2023 Bernard...

Family nurse practitioner Andrea Edgerly, N.P., has joined the Corewell Health™ medical staff in Southwest Michigan. Edgerly is accepting new patients at...

Alexandra Vroom, CNM, has joined Corewell Health™ in Southwest Michigan. Vroom will see patients alongside three physicians and four other advanced...

Corewell Health was named to professional services and research firm Seramount’s 2023 Top 75 Companies for Executive Women list. This recognition celebrates...

The anniversary capsule includes artifacts from the last 100 years. HASTINGS, Mich., Sept. 18, 2023 – Corewell Health™ Pennock Hospital (Pennock Hospital) completed its summer-long 100th...

West Michigan ACO earns highest overall quality score Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., Sept., 14, 2023 – The Beaumont ACO and West Michigan ACO improved patient care and generated $38.9...

Recently, 20 local high school students in Southwest Michigan graduated from the Corewell Health™ 2023 GROWTH internship program. The GROWTH internship...