News Releases

Updated January 11, 2022 Monoclonal antibody therapy is the first COVID-19 treatment granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for outpatient care. Spectrum...

Vaccine supply remains extremely limited Beaumont Health is prepared to open additional COVID-19 vaccination clinics and begin vaccinating eligible community members as quickly as possible as soon...

Beaumont Health more than tripled server capacity this weekend after experiencing overwhelming demand regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. Thousands of patients attempted to sign up for a...

Instamos enérgicamente a las personas que todavía estén en la Fase 1A a inscribirse inmediatamente. **Posting with permission from Vaccinate West Michigan** GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (8 de enero...

Remaining individuals in Phase 1A strongly encouraged to register immediately **Posting with permission from Vaccinate West Michigan** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 8, 2021) – Local health...

Ludington, Mich., January 7, 2020—Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital today announced Jeremy Vronko, MBA, CITAM as its new chief operating officer effective January 24, 2021. Vronko will oversee...

Beaumont Health has administered more than 15,000 vaccines at its Beaumont Service Center as of January 5, 2021. The system now has the capacity to vaccinate more than 3,200 per day. “We have...

Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital has announced its top 10 baby names for 2020. With the number of births rising each year, the Family Birth Center at Zeeland Community Hospital continues...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 22, 2020 – Spectrum Health Lakeland recently released the 2020 cancer care report from the Marie Yeager Cancer Center which outlines data collected to create more...

Effective Jan. 4, 2021, Ron Lewis will depart from his role as southwest regional market leader, president of Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital, and executive leader, radiology services,...

John Lewis, chairman of Beaumont Health’s board of directors, has announced the appointment of three physicians to the board of Michigan’s largest health system: Dr. Abed Asfour, Dr. Ashok B....

Two executive leaders will join Beaumont Health early next year. Hans Keil has been appointed senior vice president and chief information officer. Tammy Scarborough has been appointed president of...

Two family physicians have opened a new practice, Beaumont Primary Care, in downtown Royal Oak, 309 East Eleven Mile Road, next to the Beaumont Urgent Care. Dr. Anthony Brooks and Dr. Samantha...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 16, 2020 – Priority Health welcomes Praveen Thadani as the company’s new president, effective in early January. The announcement comes after a rigorous search process...

Site to serve as West Michigan’s ‘go-to’ source for credible information about the vaccine **Sharing on behalf of Kent County, Mich.** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Dec. 15, 2020) – A consortium of...

Sitio para servir como fuente de "ir a" del oeste de Michigan para obtener información creíble sobre la vacuna GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (15 de diciembre de 2020) – Un consorcio de los departamentos...

A group of Beaumont Health Care Heroes received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. All health care workers who received the vaccine are in the 1A high priority group,...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing the...

ZEELAND, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the...

Residents are encouraged to avoid traveling and gathering outside of their immediate household **Sharing on behalf of the Kent County Health Department** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (December 14, 2020)...

GRAND RAPIDS Mich., Dec. 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health announces today the Spectrum Health Irish Jig 5K race will return in 2022. The health and safety of our community are of paramount importance...

**Sharing on behalf of Michigan Health & Hospital Association** LANSING, Mich., Dec. 14, 2020–Frontline health care workers at two Michigan hospitals today were the first people in the state to...

NILES, Mich., Dec. 9, 2020– The Spectrum Health Lakeland Board of Directors recently approved a $1.34 million investment to renovate the bariatric and orthopedic units at Spectrum Health...

***Posting with permission from Michigan State University** FLINT, Mich., Dec. 8, 2020 – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 700 women die each year in the...

New Family Medicine Provider Joins Spectrum Health BELDING, Mich., December 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health Belding Family Medicine is excited to welcome Lyn Hulst, MD, to its care team. A Holland...

The Jack H. Miller Magnetoencephalography Center to be the first in West Michigan to offer MEG technology Grand Rapids, Mich., December 7, 2020 – Spectrum Health is excited to announce the...

***The following news is being shared with permission from Western Michigan University’s Western Regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC), in partnership with Spectrum Health and the...

Instead of gathering outside, community asked to send pediatric patients videos and photos The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. But, the need for community support has never been...

An additional Beaumont hospital is now limiting visitation. Beaumont Hospital, Wayne is limiting the visitation of family and friends effective 8 a.m., Friday, Nov. 27 to protect patients, staff...

Hastings, Mich., Nov. 20, 2020 – Patients visiting Spectrum Health Pennock for an outpatient COVID-19 swab test are now being seen behind the hospital in the old retail pharmacy drive-thru. The...

Our response to COVID-19 is more effective if we are united in our efforts to face this virus together. With immediate action we can help save lives and keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed,...

Accepting patients with sports-related or work-related injuries and more GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 18.2020 – To address a growing demand in northern Kent County, Spectrum Health Medical Group...

Prioritizing patients with symptoms (ST. JOSEPH) – Spectrum Health Lakeland has revised eligibility changes for those seeking a test at a Lakeland facility. We have widen the opportunities for...

Three additional Beaumont hospitals are now limiting visitation. Beaumont Hospitals in Dearborn and Farmington Hills are limiting the visitation of family and friends effective Wednesday, Nov. 18,...

New MRI machine anchors project set to be completed in Spring. BIG RAPIDS, Nov. 17, 2020 – After three years of planning and anticipation, work has begun on the $4.9 million radiology department...

Beaumont Health is moving forward with plans to sell its ambulance division, which includes Community Emergency Medical Service, Inc. (CEMS), Parastar, Inc., and Beaumont Mobile Medicine, to...

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise at an alarming rate and hospital admissions surge, Spectrum Health urges Michigan residents to comply with the new three-week emergency epidemic...

COVID-19 pandemic continues to put a strain on health system Beaumont Health’s patient volumes, operating income and non-operating income rebounded better than expected, during a pandemic,...

Beaumont researchers studied risk of exposure for frontline health care workers In mid-April the Beaumont Research Institute announced it was conducting one of the nation’s largest testing study...

GREENVILLE, Mich., December 14, 2020 – Spectrum Health United Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing the hospital’s...

Patients must be screened and make an appointment for testing GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 13, 2020 – Due to increasing demand for COVID-19 testing and a nationwide shortage of supplies, Spectrum...

Students, Staff Protected and Grateful **News release shared with permission from Kent ISD** GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 12, 2020 – Students and staff in schools throughout Kent ISD are more...

As part of Beaumont Health’s overall goal and compensation strategy to be the best place to work and practice medicine, the health system is announcing three compensation enhancements: A $1,000...

Further reduces number of people who can visit in hospitals and outpatient care sites GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 11, 2020 – As the number of cases and positivity rates of COVID-19 continue to...

Nationwide Phase 3 trial testing for safety and effectiveness of investigational vaccine Researchers at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak are now enrolling patients in a national study to test the...

New buildings to provide community with modern facilities for optimal care Grand Rapids, Mich., 11-9-2020, – Spectrum Health has purchased property that allows them to move ahead on plans to...

**Shared with permission from The National Diversity Council** HOUSTON, TX, Nov. 9, 2020 – The National Diversity Council (NDC) announced it has appointed Ovell Barbee, SPHR, Senior Vice...

UPDATE: Beginning Nov. 17 at 8 a.m., Beaumont Hospital, Taylor will be implementing the same visitor safety restrictions detailed below. | VISITING INFORMATION Beaumont hospitals in Royal Oak,...

Beaumont Health has been recognized by The Joint Commission as a 2019 Pioneers in Quality Solution Contributor in electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). Beaumont is just one of 12 hospitals...

Whirlpools donates critical medical supplies, $1 million to surgery center (ST. JOSEPH) – Over the last several decades, and most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spectrum Health Lakeland...