Spectrum Health System, commonly known as Spectrum Health, was a not-for-profit, integrated, managed care health care organization based in West Michigan.[2] It merged with Beaumont Health of Metro Detroit in 2022 to form Corewell Health. Spectrum Health"s subsidiaries included hospitals, treatment facilities, urgent care facilities, as well as physician practices that served the western Michigan area.[3] Priority Health was a subsidiary health plan with one million members. Spectrum Health was the largest employer in West Michigan at the time of the merger with 31,000 staff, 4,200 physicians and advanced practice providers, including 1,600 members of the Spectrum Health Medical Group, and 3,200 volunteers.[4]
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| Company type | Not-for-profit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | Sept. 19, 1997 |
| Defunct | 2022 |
| Fate | Merged with Beaumont Health to form Corewell Health |
| Headquarters | , US |
Area served | West Michigan |
Key people | Tina Freese-Decker, President & CEO; Julie Fream, Chair. |
| Revenue | $6.9 Billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 39,000 total (2018)[1] |
| Website | SpectrumHealth.org |
History
editSpectrum Health was formally incorporated on September 19, 1997, after a high-profile legal battle, combining Butterworth Health System of Grand Rapids and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center of East Grand Rapids,[5] making it the largest health care organization in West Michigan. In August 2000, Richard C. Breon was hired to lead the organization as CEO, and sought to form an integrated health care system.[6]
In 2012, Spectrum Health System was recognized as one of the Top 50 Integrated Health Care Networks in the United States by IMS Health.[7]
In July 2018, Tina Freese-Decker was named CEO to succeed Richard Breon.[8]
In October 2018 Spectrum closed on a merger with Lakeland Health, a health system in southwest Michigan consisting of 3 hospitals, 450 providers, and 4,000 employees. Spectrum Health Lakeland operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Spectrum Health and had two governing boards.
Merger with Beaumont Health
editIn June 2021, Spectrum Health announced plans to merge with Beaumont Health.[9] In 2022 Beaumont and Spectrum announced their merger was effective on February 1, 2022, because the federal government determined this would not violate antitrust regulations. The new system was temporarily called BHSH Health, with Spectrum Health CEO Tina Freese Decker as the head and with both existing headquarters operating.[10] Corewell Health, was later made the name of the health system.
Locations
editHospitals
editSpectrum Health had facilities in numerous communities in western Michigan:[3]
| Hospital | Location | Beds | Trauma center[11] | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen DeVos Children"s Hospital | Grand Rapids | 241 | Level I Pediatric | 1970 | Affiliated with Michigan State University |
| Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital | Grand Rapids | 852 | Level I | 1875 | Founding member of Spectrum Health |
| Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital | East Grand Rapids | 248 | Level III | 1914 | Founding member of Spectrum Health |
| Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Health Services | Fremont | 25 | Level IV | 1918 | Merged with Spectrum in 2010 |
| Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital | Reed City | 64 | Level IV | 1884 | Merged with Spectrum in 2010 |
| Spectrum Health United Hospital | Greenville | 88 | Level IV | 1915 | Merged with Spectrum in 2003 |
| Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital | Zeeland | 55 | Level III | 1921 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2011 |
| Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital | Ludington | 49 | Level IV | 1967 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2013 |
| Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital | Big Rapids | 49 | Level IV | 1878 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2013 |
| Spectrum Health Pennock | Hastings | 25 | Level IV | 1923 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2015 |
| Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center | Saint Joseph | 296 | Level III | 1899 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2018 |
| Spectrum Health Lakeland Niles Hospital | Niles | 89 | Level IV | 1899 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2018 |
| Spectrum Health Lakeland Watervliet Hospital | Watervliet | 49 | Level IV | 1899 | Merged with Spectrum Health in 2018 |
Other facilities and services
editSpectrum Health Continuing Care is West Michigan"s largest provider of post-acute services, including rehabilitative, long-term acute, home and residential care. Spectrum Health has an air ambulance helicopter service, called Aeromed, that transports patients between accident scenes as well as between hospitals and the airport.[12][13] Spectrum Health Visiting Nurses Association provides home care services in the West Michigan area.[14]
The Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion is an outpatient cancer center located in the Grand Rapids Medical Mile. It was developed to bring all cancer research and patient service delivery under one roof in the Spectrum Health System.
As of 2019 the organization has leased space in 26 places to house administrative employees. In 2019 it announced it would centralize its staff, totaling 1,200, into a single building in Downtown Grand Rapids.[15] The plans call for it to have eight stories.[16] The organization planned to spend $100 million. The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) of Grand Rapids approved Spectrum"s plan in October 2021.[17]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Facts & Figures". Spectrum Health System. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ "Corporate Social Responsibility". Spectrum Health. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Spectrum Health Hospitals". Archived from the original on December 31, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Spectrum Health System. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "Spectrum Health History 1991–2000". Retrieved October 18, 2009.
- ^ Finnigan, Andrea (October 17, 2017). "Spectrum Health President & CEO Richard Breon Announces Retirement". Spectrum Health Newsroom. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "2012 IMS Top 100 IHNs" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ "Spectrum Health Names Tina Freese Decker as New President and CEO". Spectrum Health. July 17, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health expect to merge this year". June 17, 2021.
- ^ Reindl, JC; Shamus, Kristen Jordan (January 31, 2022). "Beaumont, Spectrum set to launch Michigan"s biggest health system Tuesday". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Michigan Designated Trauma Facilities" (PDF). State of Michigan. September 21, 2021.
- ^ Spectrum Health - Aero Med
- ^ "Grand Rapids Helicopter Crash". Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ "Visiting Nurse Association".
- ^ "Spectrum Health to construct new downtown building, consolidate office space". MLive. October 9, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Spectrum Health plans large, 8-story office building for downtown Grand Rapids". Mlive. April 7, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson, Christa (October 13, 2021). "Spectrum Health HQ project clears another hurdle in Grand Rapids". WOOD-TV. Retrieved December 23, 2021.