News Releases

“Clinic on Wheels” Brings Breast Screening to More Community Residents Spectrum Health Betty Ford Breast Care Services today unveiled its new mobile mammography unit. It will bring...

Mobile Unit Brings Breast Screening to More Community Residents WHAT: Spectrum Health Betty Ford Breast Care Services Mobile Mammography Unit Launch Event Spectrum Health is proud to bring the...

The Spectrum Health Medical Group is inviting the public to celebrate the completion of its new facility at 2111 12 Mile Road in Sparta. The Spectrum Health Medical Group Family Medicine offices...

Spectrum Health has taken another step in helping community members make informed health care decisions. A new blog, expanded quality information and comparison charts can now be found on the...

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital has been verified as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes the hospital’s dedication to providing...

Among the dedicated individuals who actively volunteer at Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital, every year the hospital honors one who distinguishes himself/herself by exemplifying the...

Inside the infusion therapy center at Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital, patients come and go’each with a unique story and all leaving a memory behind. But the life of one patient, who was a...

Expert Offers Tips for Intervention and Dispels Myths Nearly 30,000 children were abused or neglected in the state of Michigan in 2009. An estimated 1,700 children die annually from child abuse...

Butterworth Hospital Progressive Care Unit Earns Quality Award The Progressive Care Unit on floor 6 South at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital has received the Beacon Award for Critical Care...

Michigan Blood, formerly known as Michigan Community Blood Centers, will hold their blood drive with Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 9:30am-1:30pm on the blood bus.

Patients discharged from the hospital with congestive heart failure (CHF) often are readmitted to the hospital because it is difficult to manage their condition. A home monitoring pilot program...

Only Program in West Michigan with Three-Year Accreditation Spectrum Health Comprehensive Breast Care Program has been granted a three-year full accreditation designated by the National...

The Spectrum Health Board of Directors and Gerber Memorial Health Services (GMHS) members have each approved resolutions that would integrate GMHS into Spectrum Health. Based on the resolutions,...

Spring has arrived in northern Michigan, and with it has come the next phase of Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital’s $1.3 million exterior renovation project. Spectrum Health is continuing to...

Spectrum Health Medical Group has named Thomas J. McGraw, as its new general counsel. “This is a vital position in our organization and we are extremely pleased to have someone of Tom’s...

Middle school and high school athletes that wish to participate in school sports at Evart or Reed City schools for the 2010/2011 school year must obtain a sports physical. Spectrum Health Reed...

Patients, Visitors Urged to Take Extra Time, Check Web Site Construction on the “Fix on I-196” begins in earnest on April 12 but Spectrum Health has begun educating staff and the public on how...

Gerber Memorial Health Services (GMHS) has won designation as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in West Michigan by the Michigan Professional and Business Association. “The...

Spectrum Health Recognizes Advanced Credentials and Expertise Nurses who continue to improve their expertise and education are being celebrated this week at Spectrum Health. This Friday, March 19,...

Women with questions about personal defecatory dysfunctions who may be embarrassed to ask their health provider will have the chance this week to get answers quickly and privately during a...

Aquapheresis Safely Lowers Fluid Volume Spectrum Health physicians treating heart failure patients with significant fluid levels in their bodies are using a relatively new tool to lower those...

Karen L. Garibaldi, MD, MPH, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group effective February 28, 2010. Garibaldi, who specializes in internal medicine, will practice at the Spectrum Health Medical...

Pennock Health Services has joined Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s Partners in Children’s Health, becoming one of 29 hospitals to affiliate with the children’s hospital in an effort to...

Web Chat Provides Opportunity to Ask Your Questions About Colon Cancer March 12, 2010 It’s colon cancer awareness month and Spectrum Health is helping to spread the word that early detection...

Spectrum Health Co-Publishes Book With Local Artist WHAT: Stacy Niedzwiecki, a Rockford, Michigan artist, will be signing copies of the book “Healing Images”, a collection of her 63 nature...