Grand Rapids Business Journal
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The Leapfrog Group released its spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, and Michigan moved up in the rankings.
Michigan ranked 10th in the country for highest percentage of A-grade hospitals, improving from last fall’s ranking of 14th.
The independent grading system assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. based on their ability to protect patients from avoidable errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
Seventy-nine hospitals were graded in Michigan for the spring 2021 term. Michigan scored a record number of A-ranked hospitals with 35 facilities earning the top mark. Twenty-seven hospitals earned a B, 16 earned a C and one earned a D. There were no F-ranked hospitals.
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Hospital systems hosting drug take-back sites
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Two local hospital systems are holding separate drug take-back events to encourage the community to dispose of unwanted medications.
Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, Priority Health and Families Against Narcotics Grand Rapids Chapter have teamed up once again to collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Spectrum Health Healthier Communities (Widdicomb Building), 665 Seward Ave. NW, and Spectrum Health Medical Group South Pavilion, 80 68
th Street SE, both in Grand Rapids.
The same day, the city of Wyoming and Metro Health-University of Michigan Health will help households across their community dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications safely and properly.
8 West Michigan frontline workers honored for going ‘above and beyond’
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI West Michigan Works! has named eight people as winners of an annual award to recognize workers who go “above and beyond” and show integrity, passion and commitment for their jobs.
West Michigan Works! on Monday, April 19 announced the winners of the Beverly A. Drake Essential Service Awards.
The winners were recognized at the Economic Club of Grand Rapids annual meeting this month, held virtually this year, and given a $100 Meijer gift card. Carol Lyman, senior administrative assistant, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Kent County coronavirus hospitalization numbers nearing fall peak
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Hospitals in West Michigan are handling COVID-19-related patient loads nearing the fall peak. (MLive file photo)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI As the latest surge in coronavirus cases continues across Michigan, hospitals in West Michigan are handling virus-related patient loads nearing the fall peak.
Spectrum Health, as of Monday, April 19, reported 314 coronavirus patients in its network of 14 hospitals. The number is not far below the 358 patients at Spectrum Health hospitals during a surge last fall.
The recent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations doesn’t appear to have reached its current peak in West Michigan, according to Spectrum Health officials.