Awards

February 16, 2021
Tina Freese Decker Named to Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women Leaders List
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 16, 2021 – Spectrum Health is proud to announce that President & CEO Tina Freese Decker was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2021’s Top 25 Women Leaders. This is the second consecutive year Freese Decker has been named to this list. These high achievers are developing policy, leading change […]
January 12, 2021
Compassionate care honored with DAISY and BEE Awards
December 14, 2020
Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital Recognized with an ‘A’ for Safety
December 14, 2020
Spectrum Health United Hospital Recognized with an ‘A’ for Safety
October 15, 2020
DAISY Award Recognizes Compassionate Care

October 12, 2020
Corp! Magazine Recognizes Spectrum Health Chief Diversity Officer Ovell Barbee
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 12, 2020 – Corp! Magazine recently recognized Spectrum Health’s Ovell Barbee with its Diversity Business Leader Award for his efforts to improve diversity and inclusion programs and to battle systemic and institutional racism. Barbee is a senior vice president for human resources and was appointed as Spectrum Health’s first chief diversity […]

October 6, 2020
Spectrum Health Named Among the Nation’s Most Wired Health Organizations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 6, 2020 – Spectrum Health West Michigan (SHWM) has earned the highest marks in Michigan in the 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition in three patient areas and Spectrum Health Lakeland has been recognized in two. The annual recognition is bestowed by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). […]
August 24, 2020
Compassionate care honored with DAISY and BEE Awards
August 11, 2020
Gerber Memorial’s quit tobacco program gets top statewide award

July 21, 2020
Spectrum Health Hospitals Nationally Recognized Among the Best Maternity Care Hospitals by Newsweek
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 21, 2020 – Spectrum Health Butterworth and United Hospitals were named to Newsweek’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Best Maternity Care Hospitals is part of […]

June 23, 2020
Spectrum Health Named Best Places to Work in IT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 23, 2020 – Spectrum Health was named among the 100 Best Places to Work in IT in the nation by IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld. Winners were chosen based on benefits, staffing, culture, training and career development in addition to employee feedback. Organizations were further evaluated based on size. Spectrum Health […]

June 4, 2020
Spectrum Health Named One of Nation’s Best in Revenue Management by HFMA
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 4, 2020 –Spectrum Health is among 23 health providers in the nation recognized for the quality of their revenue cycle management. It is the only organization in Michigan to earn this distinction. The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) announced Spectrum Health as one of the 2020 winners of the MAP Award for […]