Health Care News

In January 2017, Grace Health started a Mom and Baby Tobacco Free Program. This is a smoking cessation program targeted at pregnant women to improve pregnancy health and birth outcomes by helping women quit smoking during pregnancy.  Women who quit smoking are less likely to have a premature and low-birth…

Grace Health recommends that children have a yearly physical exam which is an important step in helping to keep your child healthy. To encourage parents to bring their children in for a well-child exam, children brought in during the months of July and August had their name put in a…

Peter Chang, MD, MPH Grace Health Board of Directors announced on June 14, 2017 the appointment of Peter Chang, MD, MPH as the new President/CEO of Grace Health.  He will assume responsibilities on July 1, 2017 and will succeed Dr. A.J. Jones who is retiring at the end of June…

The Battle Creek Cereal City Lions Club provided Grace Health (GH) a $5,000 legacy grant in conjunction with the International Lions Clubs Centennial Celebration. These funds are being used for the purchase of eye glass display cases. GH began providing vision/optometry services in March 2016 and added glasses on June…

Grace Health’s (GH) new downtown Battle Creek site will open Monday, June 12 – giving GH two locations in Battle Creek. Family Medicine and Behavioral Health services will be provided at the new site located at 62 E. Michigan Avenue.  To begin, GH’s downtown location will be open for walk-ins…

A.J. Jones, ND Dr. AJ Jones plans to retire from Grace Health (GH) at the end of June after more than 25 years of service. He started as the Director of Operations in April 1992 and became the President/CEO in August of that same year.  Dr. Jones has been the…

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today announced that Grace Health of Battle Creek, MI has received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long‐term, participative relationships. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care…

As of December 2016, 7,622 ambulatory sites tracked by HIMSS Analytics had reached Stage 6 on its Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (O-EMRAM). HIMSS Analytics announced Grace Health has achieved Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). HIMSS Analytics developed the Outpatient EMR Adoption Model in 2012 as…

Grace Health’s first CenteringParenting group met on December 14. CenteringParenting brings 6-8 moms, partners, support people and their same-age infants together for family-centered care for the child’s first two years of life.   Each CenteringParenting visit includes individual, well-child health assessments, developmental screenings and immunizations along with group discussions and interactive…

Bronson Battle Creek (BBC) announced plans to seek designation as a teaching hospital, an effort that will expand healthcare access, aid in the recruitment of new physicians, and support economic vitality in Battle Creek. Bronson Healthcare, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed), and Grace Health are…