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New Rockford Construction VP to bring ‘new type of thinking’ to health care projects
GRAND RAPIDS — Rockford Construction Co. Inc. added an executive to oversee the company’s health care division as the Michigan State University Grand Rapids Innovation Park project, which includes the Perrigo North American headquarters relocation, gets underway.
Equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution in focus for West Michigan coalition
If the coalition coordinating COVID-19 vaccines in West Michigan gets judged for anything, Keith Hustak hopes it’s for how well the group equitably administers doses.
Top Michigan health official details COVID-19 vaccine plans as more frontline workers receive doses
More Michigan hospitals are now vaccinating health care workers as doses of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine arrive.
West Michigan hospital officials brace for COVID ‘resurgence’
Officials at large West Michigan health systems say they are now treating as many COVID-19 patients as they did back in the spring when the pandemic hit hard, brought daily routines to a halt and hospitalizations were at their peak.
Michigan ranks second-lowest for hospital payments in RAND Corp. study
Michigan ranked second-lowest in the nation for what employers and insurance carriers paid hospitals for care compared to payments hospitals received from Medicare from 2016 to 2018.
Remain vigilant: After six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Michigan health experts warn of complacency as seasons change
As the weather cools and winter approaches, health professionals warn about complacency and encourage residents and businesses to remain vigilant in the COVID-19 pandemic.
More physicians flock to telehealth options during COVID-19, Blue Cross Blue Shield reports
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reports a surge in the number of physicians now offering telehealth visits for patients.
Preparing for the surge: Hospitals look to add beds, meet staffing challenge in COVID pandemic
A line in Bronson Methodist Hospital’s emergency state filing to temporarily add 300 beds epitomizes the main challenge for boosting capacity for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients in the coming weeks.
Michigan hospitals request state approval for more than 2,500 emergency beds
Hospitals in the region plan to add hundreds of beds in anticipation of a surge of patients from the COVID-19 pandemic, MiBiz has learned.
Tandem365 looks to expand ‘innovative’ care model in West Michigan
After extending into Kalamazoo in 2019 and preparing for a Newaygo County location this spring, Tandem365 wants to grow further.