Spectrum Health West Michigan
September 28, 2022
BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan Offers More Primary Care Options To Help Reduce Patient Costs
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 28, 2022—To help minimize patient health care costs, BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan is offering more ways for patients to better align their care to personal health goals and lifestyle needs. The move comes as the health system looks to offer more value-based care options rather than a one-size-fits-all approach and […]
September 27, 2022
BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan Breaks Ground on Innovative Orthopedic and Performance Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 27, 2022 – BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan breaks ground today on its state-of-the-art Orthopedic Health & Performance Center, a 117,000 square foot building and adjacent grounds that will be home to advanced orthopedic care, an ambulatory surgery center, physical and occupational therapy, performance training spaces, orthopedic urgent care and more. […]
August 17, 2022
New BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan LGBTQIA+ patient navigator focuses on equitable care
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 17, 2022—BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan has added a new patient navigator service dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community to help individuals access the care they need and help guide them through their health care journeys. Zoey O’Brien is the newest patient navigator to join the Spectrum Health team and is working […]
July 20, 2022
BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan Breaks Ground on Downtown Grand Rapids Outpatient Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 20, 2022 – BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan breaks ground today on a 12-story, 240,000-square-foot building located across the street from Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. The new building will bring together several outpatient services, including primary care and specialty services which include heart and vascular and neurosciences clinics, West Michigan’s only […]
June 22, 2022
Spectrum Health Names Charles Gibson VP of Medical Affairs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 22, 2022 – Spectrum Health West Michigan is pleased to announce that Charles J. Gibson, MD, FACS, has been named vice president, medical affairs, Grand Rapids. Gibson, who joined Spectrum Health West Michigan in 2016, is an acute care surgeon and recent past chair of the Spectrum Health Grand Rapids department […]
May 19, 2022
Spectrum Health First in West Michigan to Debut New Single Port da Vinci Robot Technology
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 19, 2022 –Spectrum Health became the first health system in West Michigan to debut new minimally invasive robotic technology helping patients get back to their lives faster. The da Vinci Single Port (SP) allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive urologic and ENT procedures through one incision. Surgeries that previously required an […]
May 3, 2022
Spectrum Health West Michigan and CMS Energy
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 3, 2022 – As part of the BHSH System’s goal to make its facilities carbon neutral by 2040, Spectrum Health West Michigan and CMS Energy are partnering to develop a 2.35-acre solar array in Grand Rapids. The future solar array will help power the health system’s planned 80-bed subacute rehabilitation center […]
March 10, 2022
Spectrum Health has Earned 2021 Distinction Through the Tree Campus Healthcare Program For the Third Consecutive Year
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 10, 2022 – The Arbor Day Foundation has named Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital a Tree Campus Healthcare institution for showing its understanding of the vital role trees play in human health for the third consecutive year. The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its […]
February 25, 2022
Tamarac re-certified as a nationally recognized medical fitness facility
January 12, 2022
Spectrum Health Hires New Senior Vice President of Medical Group Operations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 12, 2022—Spectrum Health West Michigan has hired Kimberlee Sherbrooke, MHA, FACMPE, as senior vice president of medical group operations. Sherbrooke will begin her new role on February 28, 2022. Sherbrooke comes to Spectrum Health from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, where she has served as vice president, chief operating officer for […]
December 15, 2021
Spectrum Health honored by International Hospital Federation
June 29, 2021
Inpatient Rehabilitation Center at Blodgett marks 10 years
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 29, 2021 – The Spectrum Health Inpatient Rehabilitation Center (IRC) at Blodgett Hospital marked its 10th anniversary this month. Here are five things to know about the IRC: It opened June 28, 2011, with 12 available beds and has since expanded to 42 beds. On an average day, the IRC has […]
May 6, 2021
Spectrum Health announces new leader for southwest region
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 6, 2021 – Spectrum Health has announced Bill Hoefer, FACHE, as the new market leader for the system’s southwest region covering Allegan and Ottawa counties. Hoefer will step in as president of Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital, a 57-bed acute care hospital located in Zeeland, MI. “Spectrum Health is excited to […]
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