Month: June 2020

Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, which together comprise Trinity Health Michigan, today announced that it will adjust staffing levels and other direct expenses to address decreased revenues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that the health system can serve its communities in the long term. “Our mission is to be a … Read more Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Address COVID-related Challenges with Changes

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. In recognition of this important date in our country’s history, Mercy Health stands in solidarity with the Black community and everyone who believes in equal opportunities for all people to prosper. Since its inception in Galveston, Texas on June 19, … Read more In Celebration of Juneteenth

After careful consideration and in alignment with government and health official guidance, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and Mercy Health have modified visitation rules at all eight Trinity Health Michigan hospitals to allow more flexibility for visits to non-COVID patients. Effective immediately the eight hospitals will allow One visitor, per patient, per day. Two visitors … Read more Mercy Health, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Ease Visitor Policies for Non-COVID Patients

Mercy Health Saint Mary’s is offering free COVID-19 testing for 1,000 residents of Grand Rapids’ Roosevelt Park Neighborhood, thanks to funding made available through the CARES Act Award. The funding will allow Clinica Santa Maria, a community benefit ministry of Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, to provide education on prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Kent County … Read more Mercy Health’s Clinica Santa Maria Providing Free COVID-19 Testing in Roosevelt Park Neighborhood

Designated locations treat patients with non-COVID symptoms; virtual care increases As Mercy Health and Mercy Health Physician Partners continue to resume normal health care services, more Mercy Health Physician Partners locations throughout the Grand Rapids and Muskegon areas re-open this week: Grand Rapids Area Mercy Health Physician Partners Caledonia Mercy Health Physician Partners Downtown Grand … Read more Mercy Health Physician Partners Re-Opens Additional Clinics

Catherine’s Health Center (Catherine’s) and Mercy Health Saint Mary’s (MHSM) have been working collaboratively on a transition of the operations of Clinica Santa Maria, a Federally Qualified Health Center within MHSM, to Catherine’s. At this time, the two parties have decided that MHSM will continue to operate Clinica and Catherine’s will pursue an alternative platform … Read more Clinica Santa Maria to Stay with Mercy Health Saint Mary’s

Mel Trotter Ministries has been awarded a grant to offer telehealth services to guests by the Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Foundation. This grant will allow the guests that stay at Mel Trotter to receive accessible medical care onsite by removing barriers that hinder them from receiving care. Services will be billed through insurance and those … Read more Saint Mary’s Foundation Provides Grant to Mel Trotter Ministries for Telehealth Services

West Michigan, June 1, 2020 — In a letter to colleagues, health system leadership wrote: Dear Colleagues, We join with all of you who are sad and angry over the death of George Floyd. This tragedy adds to a series of senseless deaths that must stop. We are also greatly troubled by the brutality and … Read more A Message from Health System Leadership