News Releases

(NILES) – The Michigan Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center recently honored Spectrum Health Lakeland nurses Lori Engler, RN, and Crystal Watson, RN, with the 2018 annual MHA Keystone...

Working cooperatively to offer behavioral health services GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 26, 2019 – In an effort to improve access to behavioral health services throughout the state, Spectrum Health...

Community members invited to create and bid on holiday decorations Big Rapids, Michigan: Holiday trees, wreaths and creative decorations of all types will be on display and up for bids at the...

Award presented annually to individuals demonstrating extraordinary volunteer service GRAND RAPIDS Mich., Sept. 24, 2019 – The Spectrum Health Foundation recently recognized Greg and Meg Willit...

The typical school sports physical may fall short in assessing heart health. Because sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes, Beaumont Health cardiologists and...

Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe has been named a top performer in the 2019 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award category by Vizient, Inc. The hospital was one of seven Vizient...

New valve could change the way patients around the world are treated for aortic valve disease Doctors at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak have implanted the world’s first Tria flexible polymer heart...

Dr. Bob Connors plans departure January 3, 2020 Grand Rapids, Mich., September 17, 2018 – Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital President Bob Connors, MD, has announced his plans to...

(STEVENSVILLE) – Ronda Holmes, activity leader at Pine Ridge: A Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, recently became a facilitator for the Virtual Dementia Tour® through Second Wind Dreams—an...

Should you avoid exercise after a heart attack? What about exercise and heart failure – should people with heart failure avoid activity? In contrast, is intense exercise the only way to a...

Individual donor brick deadline is September 30. REED CITY, Mich., September 11, 2019 – The deadline to purchase personalized bricks that will be part of the Wheatlake Wellness Path is quickly...

The new Max and Debra Ernst Heart Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak will open Sept. 30. It is dedicated to consolidating cardiac care, particularly for patients with heart failure, into a...

(ST. JOSEPH) – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the United States’ largest philanthropy focused solely on health, recently awarded a $250,000 grant in support of Community Grand Rounds:...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 8, 2019 – Spectrum Health officially opened its newest walk-in clinic today inside the recently renovated Meijer store at 5500 Clyde Park Ave SW in Wyoming. Spectrum...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 6, 2019 – Spectrum Health has been recognized as a Corporate Community Leader by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission. This year’s...

Charity Partners and Race Details Announced for America’s Largest 25K Road Race GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct 1. – The Amway River Bank Run Presented by Fifth Third Bank with Spectrum Health the...

A unique part of the expansion and renovation of the Emergency & Trauma Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, is the addition of an ultra-private patient examination room. The room will allow...

Holly Luft, RN, a supervisor in the emergency department at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital has been nominated and selected for the DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The announcement was...

Mellissa Lemire, nursing technician in the emergency department at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, was selected as the Bee Award winner by Holly Luft, RN who was named as the DAISY Award...

(NILES) – Women in Southwest Michigan have increased access to 3D mammography technology, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis, at Lakeland Hospital Niles. The technology is also available...

Spectrum Health was top enrolling site in clinical trials testing the device for detection of acute coronary syndromes GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 27, 2019 – An implantable monitoring device may...

Beaumont primary care and emergency medicine doctors say many patients see them for care that might surprise you: depression and suicidal thoughts. In fact, national data consistently shows spring...

(ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has added a new technology for men choosing radiation therapy for prostate cancer. SpaceOAR hydrogel is a protective spacer placed between the prostate...

Greenville High School senior Micah Bouman became king of the hill Saturday, beating the field and the famed Marvel Drive hill near the finish line to win the Spectrum Health Danish Dash on August 17.

Fundraiser in Chase aids patients at Susan P. Wheatlake Regional Cancer Center. REED CITY & CHASE, Mich., August 16, 2019 – Saddle up and wagons ho! The 9th annual Ride for a Cure event at D Bar...