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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 June 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...

A collaborative group of West Michigan health care leaders is seeking to improve and promote advanced care planning in the region. The group is working to ensure that patients are educated and...

Seth Wolk, MD, MHSA, has joined the Spectrum Health Medical Group as department chief, surgical specialties. Dr. Wolk has special interests in patient safety and quality of care, interdisciplinary...

May is Stroke Awareness Month. Do you know your stroke facts? Stroke can be fatal. It’s the No. 4 cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. Stroke can happen to anyone...

A helmet is the single most effective safety device available to reduce head injury and death from bicycle crashes. So why doesn’t every child wear one? Safe Kids Greater Grand Rapids is trying...

Spectrum Health Medical Group Hosts Free Seminar at The Pinnacle Center Are fluctuating hormone levels keeping you from a good night’s sleep? Are your loved ones sometimes on edge when they are...

Comprehensive Care for Pediatric, Adult Epilepsy Patients Spectrum Health’s comprehensive epilepsy program has been designated a Level 4 epilepsy center by the National Association of Epilepsy...

Working with Partners to Promote Organ Donor Awareness The West Michigan Sports Commission (WMSC) and Spectrum Health announced today that Spectrum Health will serve as the presenting sponsor of...

An annual study released this week by Thomson Reuters recognized Spectrum Health United Hospital as being among the 100 best hospitals in the country based on measures of overall organization...

Spectrum Health is hosting a series of joint and back pain seminars. Participants will learn about patient-focused treatment options to relieve pain and restore a healthy, active lifestyle....

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, vice president, hospital finance, Spectrum Health Hospital Group, has been named the new President & CEO of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)....

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...