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Spectrum Health Medical Group Opens New Holland Facility Public Open House, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Scheduled GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 9, 2012 – Spectrum Health is inviting the public to get...

Doctor Dialogue Tackles Headache Disorders Spectrum Health Medical Group Hosts Free Seminar at The Pinnacle Center GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 9, 2012 – With 300 different diagnoses of headaches,...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 4, 2012 – Ladies – let’s be honest. Have you ever experienced “leakage” when you sneeze, cough or laugh? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. One in four...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 4, 2012 – Everyone knows bariatric surgery helps people shed unwanted weight, but can it also help with diabetes and metabolic disease? Recent research seems to...

Spectrum Health and Van Andel Research Institute Play Vital Role in New Cancer Research Enter Multiyear Agreement With Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 3, 2011 –...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 2, 2012 – Almost everyone experiences a headache on occasion. For most people, they are simply an irritating nuisance. Unfortunately, some headache sufferers find...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 2, 2012 – Nikesh Ardeshna, MD, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group as a neurologist and epileptologist. Dr. Ardeshna specializes in the interpretation of...

The Spectrum Health heart transplant program reached another milestone this week when it received Medicare certification. The Center for Medicare Services (CMS), issued formal certification this...

Marilyn Gates, MD, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group as a neurosurgeon. She specializes in complex spine surgery and neurotrauma and has a special interest in the correction of adult...

Music has been credited with bringing beauty into the lives of listeners. Therapists at Spectrum Health are also finding that it can also bring hope into the lives of some patients with brain...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital will be offering an opportunity to donate blood on Tuesday, March 27th. The Michigan Blood Bus will be in Evart at Spectrum Health Evart Family Practice Clinic,...

Quality Care for Women in Northern Michigan Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is proud to announce that it has been named as the newest location to offer Betty Ford Breast Care Services, joining...

Spectrum Health Medical Group Experts Discuss Latest Developments Many people experience some form of a seizure in their lifetime. Is that seizure an indicator of epilepsy? And, if it is epilepsy,...

Leading the national trend of engaging patients and families by putting them at the center of care, Spectrum Health announces a new health care education series led by its Patient and Family...

Spectrum Health Offers Information, Screening During Awareness Month The good news is that colorectal cancer incidence rates have been declining in the United States for the past two decades. The...

Class Designed to Prevent Diabetes Before It Starts Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital now offers low cost preventative diabetes classes. This new approach to preventive health care uses...

Registering Now for April Classes Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is...

The medical staff of Spectrum Health Hospitals has elected David M. Krhovsky, MD, president, and William L. Bush, MD, vice president. Both will serve two-year terms, which began last month. The...

Having trouble sleeping? You are not alone. An estimated 40 million Americans suffer some form of sleep disorder. Join other people looking for help falling and staying asleep at this month’s...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital will be offering an opportunity to donate blood on Thursday, February 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Walk in appointments are available or you may call...

February is heart month and Spectrum Health is hosting a number of cardiovascular educational presentations to promote awareness of heart disease and prevention. A program focusing on lowering the...

David Ottenbaker, MD, has been named associate chief medical officer for Spectrum Health Medical Group (SHMG). “Dr. Ottenbaker will be responsible for providing strategic and managerial...

Spectrum Health Medical Group Hosts Free Seminar at Calvin College Spectrum Health Medical Group’s Doctor Dialogue topic for January is “Surviving Prostate Cancer: Screening and Treatment.”...

January 11 is a date Lyn Hollister will always remember. Her daughter Makenzie made history on January 11, 2011 when she became one of the first patients at the new Helen DeVos Children’s...

Class Designed to Prevent Diabetes Before It Starts Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital now offers low cost preventative diabetes classes. This new approach to preventive health care uses...

Registering Now for February Classes Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is...

Fremont, MI ‘ Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial recently enhanced its diagnostic imaging capabilities with an advanced system to help physicians reach confident diagnoses and provide a higher...

Spectrum Health Announces Top Baby Names for 2011 Sorry, Jacob and Emma. After being crowned the most popular baby names for the past two years, they have been displaced this year by Mason and...

American College of Radiology Recognizes Excellence Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in stereotactic breast biopsy as the result of a recent...

Southwest Michigan has a new pediatric subspecialty center thanks to collaboration between Lakeland Care and Spectrum Health Medical Group pediatric specialists at Helen DeVos Children’s...

Registering Now for January Classes Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is...

Class Designed to Prevent Diabetes Before It Starts Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital now offers low cost preventative diabetes classes. This new approach to preventive health care uses...

Book Signing to be Held at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital Rahn Bentley’s life changed dramatically when he became the first heart transplant recipient at the Spectrum Health Fred and Lena...

Continued Strength and Quality Care Moves Spectrum Health Higher on Ranking Orthopedic Network News has ranked Spectrum Health Grand Rapids as the nation’s fourth largest provider of hip and...

Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine Opens December 5 Spectrum Health announced today the formation of a multi-specialty clinic to assess and treat high-frequency patients...

Alejandro Quiroga, MD, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group. Dr. Quiroga is a pediatric nephrologist and provides care to infants, children and adolescents with hypertension, urologic...

MCRH Honors Outstanding Performance in Patient Safety Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital was recently honored by Michigan Center for Rural Health (MCRH) who presented the hospital with four...

Hospital Recognized for Inpatient Clinical Performance and Emergency Department Transfer Performance LAKEVIEW, Mich., November 14, 2011 – Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital in Lakeview received the...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital will be offering two opportunities to donate blood on Tuesday, November 29th. The Michigan Blood Bus will be in Reed City at Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital,...

Spectrum Health Visiting Nurse Association has been named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its sixth year, the...

Spectrum Health Part of Group Receiving Recognition for Stroke Awareness Efforts Value Health Partners, a group of eight Michigan health care organizations including Spectrum Health, announced...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital invites those who wish to honor or remember a loved one to join our hospital staff and volunteers for a special tree lighting ceremony. The 4th Annual Tribute of...

Giselle Sholler, MD, Named Haworth Endowed Director of Pediatric Oncology Innovative Therapeutics as Part of the Gift to Help Kids Fight Cancer Children fighting cancer have new hope thanks to an...

Providing world class care requires an unwavering commitment to patient safety and quality. Medical staff and employees at Spectrum Health United and Kelsey hospitals are dedicated to providing...

Beginning Thursday, November 3rd, area youth will have a new resource to receive primary medical care – the Lakeview Youth Clinic. The Lakeview Youth Clinic at Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital is...

Make a Plan to Prevent Diabetes and Its Complications November is National Diabetes Month and Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is partnering with the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)...

Free Events Offer Information on Common Health Concerns Spectrum Health Medical Group is making some of its medical expertise available to the community – for free. A year-long series of...

Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is offering state certified diabetes...

Class Designed to Prevent Diabetes Before It Starts Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital now offers low cost preventative diabetes classes. This new approach to preventive health care uses...

The Spectrum Health United Memorial Board of Directors has announced Christina Freese-Decker, interim president, has been named president, Spectrum Health United Memorial, effective immediately....

Pediatric orthopedic specialist Lisa Maskill, MD, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group. She provides care on an outpatient basis at her 35 Michigan Street office and at Helen DeVos Children’

Spectrum Health Medical Group announced today that Kost Elisevich, MD, PhD, has been named co-chief of its department of neurosciences. “Kost Elisevich’s arrival is a truly significant step in...

Joe Eisenmann, PhD, has joined the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Healthy Weight Center as a pediatric obesity researcher. He will collaborate with and mentor physicians and medical students...

Extra Incentive for Screening Mammogram Appointments During The Month of October October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the mammographers at Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital will...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has selected Kent County as the recipient of a $1 million grant to develop a Community Transformation Implementation Plan. The grant is part of the...

Spectrum Health Reed City Rehab and Nursing Center has reaffirmed its commitment to improving quality of life by completing the first major milestone of The Path to Mastery™: The Art of Creating...

Spectrum Health announced today that it has become the second institution in the U.S. accredited by Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) for percutaneous coronary intervention. ACE is...

Safe Kids Greater Grand Rapids, a program of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, is celebrating child passenger safety week with informational events designed to help parents keep kids safe in the...

Spectrum Health is hosting a series of joint, back and neck pain seminars. Participants can learn about patient-focused treatment options that can relieve pain and help restore a healthy, active...

The Spectrum Health Foundation honored volunteer and philanthropist Ethie Haworth as the 2011 recipient of its Art of Giving Award. The honor was presented at the foundation’s annual celebration...

Fifth Annual Free Cancer Screening on October 21st Recognizing the growing need for the uninsured and underinsured to have access to cancer screenings, a collaborative partnership was formed five...

Spectrum Health United Memorial (United and Kelsey hospitals) was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care...

Registering Now for October Classes Reed City, Michigan: Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed...

Flu Vaccine Available Throughout Community Spectrum Health wants you and your family to avoid the flu this year. The Spectrum Health Continuing Care Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) has begun...

Spectrum Health Hospice Debunks Common Myths Spectrum Health Hospice knows that most people don’t think about hospice care until they or a loved one is in need of this special health service....

All clear. The bomb squad has given the all clear on the suspicious package at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. Barclay Avenue is open and all hospital activities are returning to normal. At...

Spectrum Health’s Grand Rapids hospitals were recently named a 2011 recipient of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle. As a...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital will be offering an opportunity to donate blood on Thursday, September 22nd. Michigan Blood will be collecting blood donations at Spectrum Health Reed City...

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grants $4.5 million to Support Expanded Program The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has committed a $4.5 million grant to Strong Beginnings to continue reducing infant mortality...

Patients with Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease Being Recruited Spectrum Health is participating in a clinical trial evaluating the use of a patient’s own stem cells in preventing leg...

Specialists Available Each Saturday Morning High school football season officially starts tonight in West Michigan, offering both fun and some health risks to student athletes. Despite safety...

Sachin Kunde, MD, MPH, joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group as a pediatric gastroenterologist. Dr. Kunde treats children in his office located at 35 Michigan Street NE and at Helen DeVos...

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services has joined Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s Partners in Children’s Health, becoming one of 31 hospitals to affiliate with the children’s...

Additional Outpatient Pharmacy Available Along Medical Mile The Spectrum Health Medical Group and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital have a new home for several pediatric specialty practices and...

Fremont, Michigan ‘ Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology...

Patients Sought with Severe Aortic Stenosis for Non-Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Spectrum Health is participating in a clinical trial to evaluate a transcatheter alternative to open-heart...

Otsego Memorial Hospital (OMH) in Gaylord has joined Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s Partners in Children’s Health becoming one of 31 hospitals to affiliate with the children’s hospital....

Convenient Site Consolidates Medical Services Spectrum Health will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking event on Tuesday, August 2, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the site of its future medical services...

Patients receiving care at Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital are sitting a little more comfortably these days. Ten new Staxi® Medical Transport Chairs were purchased with $10,000 donated to the...

Web-based Abriiz engages children, parents and doctors to manage chronic condition Ideomed today announced it has created Abriiz, a new product to help children, parents and doctors manage...

Recognized as the top health care provider in Grand Rapids Spectrum Health received recognition in three categories today in U.S. News Media & World Report’s 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings,...

Heat Tips from Spectrum Health Spectrum Health has some quick health tips to deal with this week’s soaring temperatures and stifling humidity. “Everyone needs to be on the alert this week,”...

Betty Ford did much for the women of our nation by bringing attention to the need for education and early detection. Her legacy of promoting breast care services lives on and is saving lives Make...

FREMONT, Mich., August 10, 2011- From January to June 2011, adolescents from all over Newaygo County had the opportunity to participate in a weight-loss focused, Adolescent Obesity Pilot program...

Elias J. Neujahr has been named vice president, operations, Spectrum Health Medical Group and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. In this new role, Neujahr will have responsibility for medical...

Spectrum Health is pleased to announce an executive appointment in its organization. Tina Freese-Decker has been named interim president, Spectrum Health United Memorial. She is responsible for...

New course offering will expand elective opportunities for students attending the School of Health, Science and Technology Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) today announced a partnership with...

Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital is inviting the public to the grand reopening of its newly renovated gift shop, The Window Shop. The enlarged 1400-square foot space offers an improved layout to...

Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners and Spectrum Health are working together to increase the number of family medicine physicians by opening the Spectrum Health Family Medicine Residency...

Did you know that donations of blood often slow down during the summer months when people are busy with vacations and outdoor activities? Giving blood just isn’t at the top of our “things to do”

Bob Connors, MD, president, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and practicing pediatric surgeon, received the 2011 Chairman’s Medal from the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).The award...

Chronic conditions such as asthma don’t have to prevent children from participating in summer camp, thanks to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s asthma camp. Located at Camp Tall Turf in...

Only System in Michigan to Receive This Honor Spectrum Health was named one of the 10 top health systems in an annual study analyzing national health care quality and safety performance. This was...

Value Health Partners, a group of eight Michigan health care organizations includingSpectrum Health, announced the winners of their first Stroke Prevention Student Video Competition. The...

The Epilepsy Foundation announced this week that it has elected Brien J. Smith, MD, as chair of its board of directors. Smith is chief of neurology for the Spectrum Health Medical Group. “Brien...

All Proceeds to Benefit Free Preventative Care Projects The 7th Annual Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital 5K Run will take place on Saturday, August 13th, 2011. The annual race has been moved up...

A visit to outpatient services with mom wasn’t exactly at the top of the list of how four-year old Peyton Jung of Evart wanted to spend her day. But all that changed when she saw the three...

A young child’s life was dramatically improved thanks to an interventional cardiology procedure performed at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Grayson Jonker was born with multiple pulmonary...

Imagine you have been diagnosed with cancer and need daily treatments over the next six to eight weeks. Your family does not live in the area, and your spouse does not feel comfortable driving in...

Registering Now for June Classes Whether you are newly diagnosed or have had diabetes for some time, we can help you improve your health and your life. Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital is...