A HealthBeat Special Series

Innovate

Spectrum Health invents health solutions and delivers inspired care.

Patient Story

‘I am a mystery’

With courage and smiles, Addison Post battles an extraordinarily rare condition.

Rethinking the female catheter

Nurse shares her innovative idea and excitement about new product that's all about dignity and reducing infections.

Patient Story

Less pain, more gain

Spectrum Health athletic trainers help large companies cut down on work-related injuries, boosting productivity and profits.

Patient Story

Quick trip from video visit to OR

Peter Cramer wanted to put off medical assistance for severe pain―until a friend referred him to a Spectrum Health video visit. A few hours later, he was in surgery.

Patient Story

The heart of a (3-time) survivor

A new solution for his faulty artificial valve has David Walker ready to hunt another season.

Patient Story

Back in God’s country

After becoming the first person in the U.S. to get a new heart device, a Canadian Lakes woman returns to the woods she loves.  

Patient Story

Pill-sized pacemaker: ‘It’s mind-boggling’

An 86-year-old man becomes the first to get the revolutionary new device in West Michigan.

Comfort counts

A new device could make scanning procedures better for radiology technicians and patients of size.

Patient Story

‘You can do this’

Yoga brings peace of mind and body to cancer patients.

Patient Story

From miracle baby to medical pioneer

Jonathan Koster gets a custom-designed titanium jaw, one of the first in the world.

Patient Story

Ready for her close-up

When medical needs separated a newborn preemie from her mother, video technology bridged the 60-mile gap.

Patient Story

The harmony of Baby Levi’s heart

Even though a heart may beat only briefly, it's a sound that echoes into eternity for those it touched.