Month: August 2020

FOR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL Mercy Health Muskegon recognizes the importance of high-quality CPR competence, performance, and delivery in saving more lives. That’s why the Resuscitation Quality Improvement® program (RQI®), co-developed by the American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical and delivered by RQI Partners, was implemented at Mercy Health Muskegon in July 2017 … Read more Mercy Health Muskegon Awarded RQI Lighthouse Designation

Saint Mary’s also received recognition for quick intervention protocols that reduce death and disability from stroke For the sixth consecutive year, Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, a member of Trinity Health, has received the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award. It has also received the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Award and … Read more Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Receives Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award for Sixth Year in a Row

By Scott Opperman, Director of Mission Integration John Lewis, one of six civil rights leaders who organized the 1963 March on Washington, once said: “Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?” That got me thinking … Read more Reflection: Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Founders’ Day

Mercy Health Muskegon and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor have recently earned Stewardship Center of Excellence (CoE) designations from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Hospitals receiving this designation have created stewardship programs led by ID-trained physicians and pharmacists that advance science in Antimicrobial Resistance and have achieved standards aligned with evidence-based national guidelines … Read more Mercy Health Muskegon and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Receive IDSA Center of Excellence Designations

Richard Beckerson was discharged home this week after a long, but successful healing journey.  Back in April, Mr. Beckerson became one of the first COVID-19 patients in Michigan to receive an experimental treatment using plasma from a person who had recovered from COVID-19 in an effort to treat the virus. With his family’s support, Mr. Beckerson … Read more With Help from Family and St. Joe’s Team, Triumphant COVID Plasma Patient Goes Home