On July 14, 1986 the North Avenue Women’s Center (now Grace Health) opened its doors for the first time to provide women’s health services in our community. What started as seed faith money from W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a small number of staff providing care for just over 900 patients…
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On June 25, 2016, Grace Health located in Battle Creek, Michigan was awarded PCMH (Patient-Centered Medical Home) recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home Program for 2016 – 2019. “NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health…
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June 3, 2016 marked the first anniversary of CenteringPregnancy at Grace Health. With CenteringPregnancy, women meet with their healthcare provider and other women with similar due dates throughout their pregnancy. This first group included 9 women who were due around November. The women spent 2 hours with their nurse midwife…
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Two of Grace Health’s certified nurse midwives, Bethany Gonzalez, CNM and Heather Foulke, CNM, recently completed Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training in Kalamazoo at Western Medical School for Family Practice. Sonya Datta-Sandhu, CNM and Kerrie Tollerud, CNM completed this training a month ago in Chicago at University of…
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Grace Health and the Kalamazoo Chapter of American Sewing Guild are partnering to provide sleepers for Grace Health’s newborns. On Tuesday, April 12, we will be cutting fabric and assembling kits with directions for sewing safe sleepers. Everyone is invited to drop in and spend an hour or two,…
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Two of Grace Health’s certified nurse midwives, Sonya Datta-Sandhu, CNM and Kerrie Tollerud, CNM, recently completed Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) training in Chicago at University of Illinois Family Practice Residency Program. ALSO® is an evidence-based multi-disciplinary training program that prepares maternity health care providers to better manage obstetric…
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Did you know that tooth decay is the most chronic childhood disease among U.S. children? It is even more prevalent than asthma! Many parents question when to start bringing their children to the dentist. It is recommended that children visit the dentist as soon as their first teeth erupt by…
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Grace Health’s 2nd CenteringPregnancy Reunion was held on Wednesday, February 10. This is the 2nd group of women and their spouse/support person to use CenteringPrengancy for their prenatal care since it began at Grace Health on June 3, 2015. The Reunion gave staff the opportunity to reconnect with the women…
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Each year Grace Health provides its patients with a survey in order to evaluate services provided and make needed corrections. Between October 26, 2015 and November 6, 2015, a total of 1,488 surveys were completed by Grace Health patients. The results are in. Here is what our patients said: Family…
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Grace Health had its first CenteringPregnancy Reunion on December 30, 2015. This is the first group to use CenteringPregnancy at Grace Health for their prenatal care. During their pregnancy, women with similar due dates and their spouse/support person meet as a group with their health care provider to share questions,…
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