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Visitor Policy During Flu Season

Increase in Flu Cases Limits Visitors

As in many parts of the United States, residents of southwest Michigan are experiencing an increase in the flu. To help protect the health of our patients, we are asking community members to follow a revised visitation policy for our hospitals. Community members are asked to please stay home and not visit loved ones at the hospital if:

  • You are currently sick and/or contagious. If you have, or have recently had a fever, runny nose, cough, body aches, you may be contagious.
  • You are not an immediate family member of a hospitalized patient.
  • You are less than 18 years old.

If you are sick, please visit your doctor, a walk-in clinic, or our Emergency Department. It is not too late to have a flu shot to protect yourself and your family.

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Community Grand Rounds: Black Maternal and Infant Health Panel Discussion

Learn how communities and health systems can come together to find solutions for inequities related to Black maternal and infant health, including breastfeeding support.

Community Grand Rounds: Black Maternal and Infant Health Summit

Why do we need to bring awareness to Black Breastfeeding and the inequities in maternal and infant health? Watch to learn about the historical and current experiences and policies that make it difficult to create equitable birth outcomes.

Matters of the Heart short film

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Health, Housing and Healing: A Community Grand Rounds Event

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Community Grand Rounds - Battling Structural Racism

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Community Food Network: A Leg Up on Life

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Weathering and Health Inequity: Letting the Epigenome Out of the Bottle Without Losing Sight of the Structural Origins of Population Health

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Interview with Bechara Choucair, MD: Advancing Health? It's About the Mind, Body, and Community

Dr. Choucair shares how his organization is working to improve conditions for health and equity

Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Structural Competency and Institutional Discrimination

Dr. David Williams discusses institutional discrimination, individual discrimination, and structural competency.

Interview with David Williams, MPH, PhD: Recognizing and Preventing Implicit Bias

Dr. David Williams discusses his research on ways to recognize and prevent implicit bias.

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