Holland Hospital News and Stories

Diabetes affects more than 25 percent of Americans ages 65 or older, according to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), if current trends continue, this percentage is projected to double for all U.S. adults (ages 18-79) by 2050. Not only is diabetes a growing disease but it is also extremely expensive. In 2016, the CMS estimates Medicare spent $42 billion more on beneficiaries with diabetes than it would have spent if they did not have the disease. The majority of people with diabetes ha...

Holland Hospital and OB/GYN Associates of Holland are partnering to offer OB/GYN services in South Haven, Michigan. Holland Hospital’s new South Haven location at 749 Phillips Street will open October 8. OB/GYN Associates of Holland will see patients at the new South Haven location on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 – 4 pm. A community open house is planned for Thursday, September 27 from 6 – 8 pm . Your hosts from OB/GYN Associates will be on hand to answer questions and provide tours of the newly remode...

Back to school not only means gathering school supplies, packing lunches and enduring the groans of homework—it also means making sure your child’s vaccinations are up to date. When it comes to immunization, there really is no question. Without proper immunization, many vaccine-preventable diseases can have dangerous consequences, from seizures and brain damage to blindness and even death—for your child, yourself and others around you both. Before you consider forgoing vaccinations, talk with your child...