News Releases

In honor of National Cancer Survivors Day®, Spectrum Health is inviting all survivors, including those recently diagnosed and in treatment, friends and family, to a celebration at Spectrum Health...

Top Award Honors Best of Health Care Sector Efforts Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital has been awarded the Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Award. It is the most prestigious...

Sandra A. Rempel, PhD, has been named Spectrum Health’s new vice president of research. She assumes her new role today. “We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Rempel,” said Matt Van Vranken,...

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability. Depending on where in the brain it...

Memorial Medical Center (MMC) today signed a letter of intent to join Spectrum Health. While non-binding, the letter of intent establishes that MMC will work exclusively with Spectrum Health to...

Rockford High School students have won the top prize in the 2013 Value Health Partners Stroke Prevention Student Video Competition. The students submitted their video to Spectrum Health, a member...

Available at Three Locations in West Michigan As the summer season finally approaches, Spectrum Health is reminding people that sun exposure comes with some risk. Skin cancer is the most common...

Recognized for Initiating Environmental Stewardship Program Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital has received the “Partner Recognition” Award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading...

“Formally Acknowledged for Pollution Prevention Program” Spectrum Health United Hospital was awarded the 2013 “Partner for Change” Award by Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading...

The Spectrum Health System Board of Directors, Mecosta County Medical Center (MCMC) Board of Trustees and Mecosta County Board of Commissioners have approved resolutions allowing MCMC to join...

Spectrum Health is playing an important role in the international hunt for effective treatments for advanced renal cell (kidney) cancer. Argos Therapeutics recently enrolled its first patients in the

Spectrum Health will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking event on Wednesday, April 17, at 4 p.m. on the site of the future Beltline Integrated Care Center (BICC) on the southeast corner of East...

Priority Health is laying the groundwork to become the first health plan in Michigan to publish specific, regionalized health care costs and quality information by procedure, facility and...

Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital has been named one of “100 Great Hospitals in America” by Becker’s Hospital Review. Butterworth Hospital was one of six Michigan hospitals to earn the...

Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital’s Foundation teamed up with Big Rapids Radio Network’s Y-102FM for a special two day, on-air fundraising event. Station personalities interviewed nearly 35...

Patient and Visitor Info Posted on Website Construction efforts for The Rapid’s SilverLine Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has begun and may affect some patients’ travel times to Spectrum...

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital First in Country to Complete Clinical Trial A Spectrum Health clinical trial has found that fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) has resulted in the improvement...

The majority of adults experience some type of spine or joint pain in their lives. Spectrum Health is hosting its annual orthopedic seminar series to address specific spine and joint pain, and to...

Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital in Lakeview, Michigan was recently named one of the HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States. “We are proud of the efforts of...

West Michigan adults who need a blood or marrow transplant (BMT) to help them in their fight against cancer can now receive treatment nearer to home. The new Spectrum Health Adult BMT Program...

Cardiologists at Spectrum Health’s Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center were the first in West Michigan to perform a minimally invasive procedure to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which can...

ames M. Tucci, MD, MMM, has been named chief clinical systems integration and improvement officer, Spectrum Health System. Dr. Tucci will assume this newly created position for the organization on...

Spectrum Health Expert Explains Nutritional Benefits You may have noticed chia seeds popping up at your local grocery store. Yes, these are the same seeds that grow on the pottery in the perennial...

Area teens are planning a special event to celebrate National Kick Butts Day, a national anti-tobacco advocacy day, on Wednesday, March 20. Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) students from four area...

New technology recently introduced at Spectrum Health provides high-resolution guidance during surgical procedures, helping surgeons to safely and accurately remove tumors from high-risk...