Grand Rapids Business Journal

A ground-breaking stroke procedure was performed recently in West Michigan using a newly approved technological device.

The Cardiovascular Network of West Michigan has a new surgical team leader. 

“Nobody in health care is fine,” said Dr. James Fahner, one of the leaders in physician well-being at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Two Kalamazoo organizations were among those selected to receive funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Advancing Maternal Health Equity grant program. 

Healthgrades this week released its 2023 top hospitals in 18 specialty areas, and several West Michigan hospitals made the list.

A local rehabilitation hospital recently welcomed a former Purdue University leader to its human resources team. 

On Jan. 6, the first heart catheterization procedure was performed outside of a hospital in Michigan.

In an effort to find creative ways to tackle talent shortages in the health care field, Trinity Health leaders are preparing to roll out virtual nursing capabilities at its hospitals statewide in which patients would be interacting with on-screen nurses.

Two West Michigan entities are working together to support the next generation of mental health caregivers.

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) Van Andel Institute is contributing $1.3 million to a $6.6 million U.K. trial to determine the ability of a drug to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease. 

A local senior placement service added three new partners and expanded to provide services in two new locations. 

A local children's hospital appointed a leader to address burnout and provide support for hospital caregivers. 

A medical manufacturer has completed its goal of carbon reduction two years ahead of its set deadline.

Corewell Health's new Center for Transformation and Innovation may have started out as a traditional office building, but the pandemic has changed the way the health system plans to use the real estate on a daily basis.

Two Lansing hospitals said they are lessening restrictions for visitors of COVID-19 positive patients. 

A children’s health nonprofit earned recognition for its charitable work.

A local hospice care provider is looking to expand its pet visitation program.

After years in “survival mode,” West Michigan’s health care providers are hoping for a break.

Access Health and RIP Medical Debt (RIP) have formally entered into a partnership that will last two years, with the goal of engaging West Michigan hospitals for RIP to acquire and abolish their qualifying medical debts, create local solutions for medical debt and help increase awareness of health plan options and identify barriers to affordable coverage.

One year after opening, an MSU development is gaining steam as it tries to build a hub for medical tech companies in downtown Grand Rapids.

A medical device manufacturer reached a sustainability milestone sooner than planned.

A nonprofit health plan provider expanded its reach by adding a new health system under its umbrella. 

A Kalamazoo-based medical technology company developed a product for foot and ankle surgeries.

An accreditation by the Commission on Cancer established a local health care system as a trusted source of quality cancer care. 

Trinity Health soon will offer employees the option to be paid by the day, a bold new effort by the major health care system to attract and retain employees and provide its workforce with needed financial stability.