Spectrum Health Breaks Ground at New Ionia Facility

September 23, 2015

Spectrum Health will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking event on Thursday, September 24, at 10 a.m. at its newest patient care facility – the Spectrum Health Integrated Care Campus at Ionia.

The new 11,500 square foot facility is being constructed in front of the Meijer store at 2770 South State Road in Berlin Township. The primary care and outpatient center is expected to be opened in the spring of 2016. It is being designed by HKS, Inc. and is being constructed by Wolverine Building Group.

“This new facility will enable Spectrum Health to deliver high quality primary care that is close to home for those in living in the greater Ionia area,” said Christina Freese-Decker, president, Spectrum Health Hospital Group. “Spectrum Health will be filling a gap in service that currently exists geographically between two of its hospitals – Spectrum Health United Hospital and Spectrum Health Pennock Hospital.”

All of the primary care physicians at the Spectrum Health Integrated Care Campus at Ionia will be members of Spectrum Health Medical Group.

Though this is the third integrated care campus (ICC) constructed by Spectrum Health, it is the first to be operated by one of Spectrum Health’s regional hospitals. Spectrum Health Pennock will manage the operations of the services and the physicians located at the ICC. Spectrum Health constructed its first integrated care campus in 2012 at 588 E. Lakewood Boulevard in Holland. In 2014, it opened the Integrated Care Campus at East Beltline.

“This new facility will allow us to bring our primary care providers to a community where they are needed and will connect patients to the expertise available at Spectrum Health,” said Douglas Apple, MD, chief medical officer, Spectrum Health Medical Group.

An integrated care campus is designed to enhance the patient experience. Patients can avoid traveling from location to location for additional health services. Providers are located together in a state-of-the-art facility and are easily available for consultation when needed.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system, based in West Michigan, offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of 12 hospitals, including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital; 183 ambulatory and service sites; more than 3,100 physicians and advanced practice providers, including 1,100 members of the Spectrum Health Medical Group; and Priority Health, a health plan with about 653,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer, with 23,100 employees. The organization provided $283 million in community benefit during its 2015 fiscal year. Spectrum Health is the only health system in Michigan to be named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems® by Truven Health Analytics for 2015. This is the fourth time the organization has received this recognition. spectrumhealth.org