Holland Hospital News and Stories

Fabulous chefs, locally prepared food, top notch auction items and a fun-filled room with more than 600 guests created the perfect environment for a record-setting Culinary Cabaret event on March 7.  Attendees, event partners, and local restaurants helped to raise $174,215 for the Holland Community Health Center, surpassing last year’s fund raiser by more than $13,000.  “We are so fortunate to have so many individuals, corporations and organizations that understand the health care needs within...

Make your own trail mix for an afternoon energy boost. Use ¼ cup almonds or walnuts, 1 Tbs sunflower seeds, 2 Tbs dried fruit, ½ cup pretzels.

While many Michigan residents enjoy casinos, the lottery, internet gambling or other games of chance for recreation, a growing number of people find they have a serious gambling addiction. An estimated 300,000 residents or 4% of the Michigan population will have a gambling problem sometime in their lifetimes, often resulting in dire consequences for their finances, work and family relationships. In March, the state officially recognizes Problem Gambling Week and funds have been set aside to help people ...

Employees who completed our Meijer Gift Card Incentive: $20 Meijer Gift cards have been mailed to 548 employees who completed our Gift Card requirements for the 2012/2013 Healthy You! program. Look for yours in the mail.

Now that much of the heavy exterior construction work for the new Spine & Orthopedics floor is done, patient units that were temporarily relocated are returning to their customary places. The move-back begins TODAY as Intensive Care and Telemetry patients are transferred to the refurbished ICU/TU wing on the main level. Other moves will follow in the next few weeks. 2-West, which has been sharing space with 3- West, will complete its move back to the second floor when patients are transferred on Febr...

Holland Hospital first introduced the Lakeshore area to robotic-assisted surgery in 2007. Now, the hospital has upgraded to the latest advanced surgical robot, the da Vinci Si. Our new da Vinci model replaces the prior robot and offers additional technological capabilities with significant patient benefits. It will be used by our specially trained surgeons for a variety of surgical procedures including urological, gynecological and general surgeries. Robotic-assisted surgery enhances the surgeon's abili...

Holland Hospital has set a new record for our best door-to-balloon time for treating heart attack patients: 25 minutes! “Door-to-balloon” refers to the time from when a heart attack patient enters our doors to when blood flow to the heart is restored by performing a minimally invasive procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. According to Todd Knight, Director of Invasive/Interventional Procedures and the Catheterization Laboratory, Holland Hospital has established clear protocols in ...

Less than one week after being selected an America’s 100 Best hospital by Healthgrades, Holland Hospital has been honored again.  Yesterday, Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) named Holland Hospital as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals.  This is the eighth consecutive year the Hospital has received this top honor.  We are the only hospital in West Michigan to have received both the Truven Health Analytics 100 Top Hospitals and the Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospit...

Excellent patient care is just one of the many requirements to receive the PACE award for Nursing Excellence. When Jen Yoder, BSN, 3-West, received the PACE packet, the criteria validated her feeling that she was already performing at a high level. “I felt like I was giving good patient care and once I got the packet for PACE, I realized I was doing all the things required,” she said. Jen has been a nurse at Holland Hospital for 10 years, with a specialty certification in Pediatrics. When asked how she r...

Holland Hospital announced today that it has achieved a place on Healthgrades America’s 100 Best hospitals list.  To be recognized with this distinction, hospitals must have had risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates that were among the lowest 5% in the nation for a minimum of four years.  “We are delighted to add this exciting distinction to the list of accolades earned in our pursuit of clinical quality excellence,” said Dale Sowders, Holland Hospital President and CEO.  “Congra...