Change-Ups: Grooters joins Bradley Company
Kyle Grooters has joined Bradley Company as an adviser within the brokerage department. Grooters brings several years of sales experience to the team. Prior to joining Bradley Company, Grooters worked with Robert Grooters Development Co. where he focused on leasing and land acquisitions among several clients generating millions in lease and sales transactions. Prior to this, he served as a commercial real estate adviser with Icon Realty Group Commercial and RE/MAX Commercial, selling over $4.31 million of commercial property, and generating nearly $1 million in lease transactions.
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Jimmy Crusoe, advisory and tax senior;
Delayed care and surge in coronavirus cases overwhelms Michigan hospitals for a third round
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Medical staff work inside Spectrum Health s Emergency Room, near the outdoor coronavirus (COVID-19) triage screening area, at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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In the COVID-19 unit at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, every day is what nurse Deena Smith describes as “go, go, go constantly.”
As Michigan endures a coronavirus surge that outpaces any other state, medical staff are on their third round of being overwhelmed.
“I do feel like it’s been a little bit more hectic this time, just because it seems like we just have more people with this wave that are sicker,” Smith said. “It can also be that, you know, this is going into the third time that we’ve done this and we are exhausted, we are beat down.”
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GRAND RAPIDS West Michigan health systems say they are preparing for the already growing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to surge even further.
Michigan is leading the nation in coronavirus cases. While the surge is happening everywhere, a map included in a recent Michigan Department of Health and Human Services briefing shows the majority of cases are in the Detroit area and nearby southeast Michigan.
Hospitals in West Michigan say they are expanding intensive care units, preparing for the possibility the trend could travel west.
“I am a little worried that we might follow suit with (Detroit), Dr. Darryl Elmouchi, the president of Spectrum Health West Michigan, told WOOD-TV 8. The east side’s spring break was about a week earlier than ours on average.
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Spectrum Health and Medtronic plc entered an agreement with the goal of improving outcomes for Spectrum Health patients while reducing the cost of care.
The two organizations will explore the creation of value-based health care programs to support the adoption and appropriate use of medical technologies and therapies at Spectrum Health.
Spectrum and Medtronic will use data and near real-time analytics to design programs intended to help standardize care, reduce clinical variation and deliver greater personalization of care by applying the right medical technologies and therapies to patients who may benefit most.
“The agreement with Medtronic aligns with Spectrum Health’s vision of personalized health made simple, affordable and exceptional,” said Dr. Darryl Elmouchi, M.D., president of Spectrum Health West Michigan. “Now, more than ever, in an era when health systems are dealing with the impact of COVID-19, prioritiz
Myths and facts about the COVID vaccine shot as Michigan opens access to all
Updated Apr 03, 2021;
Posted Apr 03, 2021
People come and go from DeVos Place in Grand Rapids on Monday, March 29, 2021 to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. West Michigan Vaccine Clinic is anticipating providing 12,000 vaccines on Monday in the busiest day yet. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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But many are skeptical about coronavirus vaccines, especially since it was developed in record time.
Myth: The vaccine will give you COVID-19.
Fact: None of the vaccines used in the U.S. involve injection of the virus itself, and it is impossible to get COVID-19 from any of the three vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration.