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Memorial Medical Center plans to merge with Spectrum Health

May 10, 2013
Memorial Medical Center in Ludington signed a letter of intent Friday morning to join Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids. Read More

Alliance for Health OK’s $24M in hospital construction projects

April 19, 2013
The Alliance for Health has given its endorsement to two proposed major construction projects at Spectrum Health facilities in Grand Rapids and a major expansion project at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services needed to accommodate seasonal spikes in young patients. Read More

Priority Health publishes blue book with prices for services

April 18, 2013
Priority Health plans to become the first health care plan in Michigan to publish specific localized health care costs and quality information — by procedure, facility and physician — for its members. Read More

West Michigan hospitals make list of 100 Great Hospitals in America

April 16, 2013
Two West Michigan hospitals have been named to the 2013 list of 100 Great Hospitals in America by Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

Spectrum Health performs bone marrow transplants

April 16, 2013
West Michigan adults who need a blood or marrow transplant (BMT) to help them fight cancer can now receive treatment nearer to home, according to an announcement by Spectrum Health. Read More

Spectrum Health reaches for Lariat 'lasso' to prevent strokes

April 2, 2013
Cardiologists at Spectrum Health’s Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center are the first in West Michigan to perform a minimally invasive procedure to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which can be a source of blood clots leading to stroke in older patients with atrial fibrillation. Read More

Is the health care arms race bankrupting families?

April 2, 2013
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This is in reference to the $24 million planned to be spent on two new buildings at Spectrum Health and Pine Rest (“Spectrum Health and Pine Rest plan $24.2M in construction,” March 27, grbj.com). Read More

Spectrum Health and Pine Rest plan $24.2M in construction

March 27, 2013
Two proposed major construction projects at Spectrum Health facilities in Grand Rapids and an expansion project at Pine Rest Christian Hospital are on the agenda Monday at an Alliance for Health public hearing. Read More

Priority Health links to Michigan Health Connect

March 14, 2013
Priority Health has become the first major health care insurer in Michigan to join the state’s largest health information exchange service, Michigan Health Connect. Read More

Spectrum Health performs first lung transplant in West Michigan

February 18, 2013
Spectrum Health has announced that surgeons have performed the first lung transplant in West Michigan on Joseph Steponski, 59, at the Spectrum Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center. Read More