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Prescription Take Back Now Available at Metro Village Family Fare
March 7, 2019Those unused prescriptions sitting in your medicine cabinet are much more dangerous than you may think. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study... Read story
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Metro Health Among the Nation’s Best and Brightest Places to Work
January 23, 2019The rest of the country is catching on to what West Michigan already knows: Metro Health – University of Michigan is a great place to work. That not-so-well-kept secret is out, now that National Association for Business Resources (NABR) has named... Read story
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New Partnership Provides Medical Route to a Healthier Lifestyle
January 16, 2019West Michigan residents who have resolved to lose weight in 2019 have a new ally in their quest for a healthier life. Metro Health – University of Michigan Health is collaborating with Kentwood-based Grand Health Partners to offer a... Read story
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More Choice and Access to Health Care for Michigan Children
December 19, 2018Children and their families will have better access to the care they need, where they need it, as Metro Health – University of Michigan Health makes strategic additions to pediatric services. With three new pediatricians, a number of new pediatric... Read story
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Healing Our Heroes: Sepsis education yields immediate results at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans
December 14, 2018Urgent, complex and challenging medical cases enter into the emergency department at Metro Health – University of Michigan Health every day. Emergency Department Nurse Leona Kwekel says, some cases are so severe, she never forgets them. She... Read story
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Metro Health – University of Michigan Health Offers New Breakthrough Treatment for Emphysema
December 11, 2018In a breakthrough for patients suffering from severe COPD or Emphysema, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health has become one of the first Michigan health systems to offer a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope for better... Read story
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Metro Health – University of Michigan Health Named CHIME Health Care’s “Most Wired” Seven Years in a Row
December 11, 2018For the seventh consecutive year, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health has been recognized as one of CHIME Health Care’s Most Wired Hospitals in the country. Of the 13 Michigan hospitals that made the list, Metro Health is the only one... Read story
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Metro Health – University of Michigan Health adds key leadership positions
November 21, 2018Metro Health – University of Michigan Health, the first health system in West Michigan to appoint a physician CEO, is adding to its accomplished senior leadership with two executive vice presidents joining the team. Dr. Rakesh (Raki) Pai has been... Read story
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Investments in women’s health care add access and options
November 21, 2018With new doctors and a comprehensive women’s health center soon to open, Metro Health – University of Michigan Health is working to ensure women in West Michigan have access to care through every phase of their lives. Three OB/GYNs transitioned... Read story
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Dr. Peter Hahn chosen as new President & CEO
August 20, 2018Metro Health — University of Michigan Health has become the region’s first physician-led healthcare system following the selection of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Peter Hahn as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Hahn begins in the new... Read story