News Releases

On October 1, Gynecologic Oncology of West Michigan will become part of Spectrum Health Medical Group. The office, comprised of the practices of Gordon O. Downey, MD, FACOG, FACS and Charles R....

In conjunction with ArtPrize® 2014, Spectrum Health will celebrate art in a different way, by adding a twist of “green”. Employees of the large health system are participating by making art...

Steve Heacock, senior vice president of public affairs at Spectrum Health, is a speaker this week at the 2014 World Leisure Congress. The international event promotes the research and development...

Spectrum Health Hospital Group was recently recognized as one of the Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies™ in Michigan for 2014 by Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA). MBPA...

Spectrum Health and Munson Healthcare officials today signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore a potential collaboration between Aero Med’s operations in Big Rapids and North Flight EMS...

Like pieces of a puzzle, everything finally came together for Nathaniel Bailey. Darlene Bailey, a nursing home aide, had been raising her nephew, Nathaniel, since he was a baby. His health seemed...

Cancer care goes beyond just fighting the disease. Spectrum Health has earned STAR Program® Certification for providing quality care to cancer patients after their initial treatment. The award...

A Spectrum Health system senior vice president has assumed additional areas of responsibility. Roger Jansen, PhD, senior vice president/chief human resource officer, has assumed the additional...

$125,000 gift likely to be completed two years early Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital’s volunteers achieved another milestone this week in their support of continuous improvement in the...

Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Foundation held its 8th annual Benefit Ball on Saturday, August 9 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Ludington. More than 200 attendees enjoyed champagne, cocktails...

Marks completion of expansion launched in 2012 A new two-suite endoscopy facility, funded primarily by employee contributions, opens this week in the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital surgery...

Consortium of Michigan Health Providers to Coordinate Cancer patients throughout West Michigan will now have greater access to new and unique clinical trials. Eleven hospitals and health care...

Forty-nine Spectrum Health practices have been designated patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) for 2014 by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The designation period runs from July 1, 2014...

John MacKeigan, MD, former Spectrum Health executive dies of cancer Dr. John MacKeigan, former executive vice president and chief medical officer for Spectrum Health, died Sunday night after a...

Report Also Lists Seven Specialties as High Performing Five of Spectrum Health’s medical specialties have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report in its Best Hospitals...

The medical practice of Kerry Simon, MD, an office with deep community roots, will become part of Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital (SHLH) effective July 14. As with other family practices that...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 14, 2014 – Patients who live, work or travel northeast of Grand Rapids now have a new center for care that unites many medical services under one roof. Spectrum Health...

Spectrum Health is pleased to announce two leadership transitions. A veteran executive and physician leader are taking on new roles in the organization. Tina Freese-Decker has accepted the...

We cruise into warmer weather just in time for muscle cars to roll into the parking lot at 750 Fuller Avenue NE, Grand Rapids. Spectrum Health Continuing Care will hold the 8th Annual Car Show for...

Move aims to improve access to primary care in Oceana County Two of Oceana County’s family practice offices have united under the banner of Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, effective July 1....

The Art at Rest 2014 auction succeeded in raising more than $11,000 from 122 bidders at Lincoln Hills Sunday. The organizing committee of hospital volunteers reported Monday on the results of the...

Spectrum Health’s blood and marrow transplant (BMT) program has received internationally-recognized accreditation by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT). Blood and...

Community invited to the Grand Opening Ceremony Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Hospital is pleased to invite the community to the Grand Opening Ceremony of its new emergency department (ED). The...

Formally Acknowledged for Environmentally Preferable Practices Spectrum Health United Hospital and Kelsey Hospital were awarded the 2014 “Greenhealth Partner for Change” Award by Practice...

Spectrum Health is the first health system in Michigan and among the first in the nation to successfully implant a recently FDA-approved device that uses electric stimulation of the brain to treat...