Metro Health

Description

Metro Health Hospital is a 208bed general acutecare osteopathic teaching hospital that serves more than 130000 patients in Kent County and the surrounding Grand Rapids area Metro Health Hospital offers a broad range of expert services including an outstanding emergency department with shorter wait times awardwinning and certified inpatient and outpatient services nationallyrecognized intensive care and rehabilitation services a robust wellness and community education program and more

In addition to these expert services are conveniences such as easy access right off the highway convenient streetlevel parking and integrated stateoftheart electronic medical record EMR technology The Hospital is also LEEDcertified ensuring that we provide the best healthcare experience for our patients and a healthy environment for the community

Metro Health Hospitals work is supported by the Metro Health Hospital Foundation a charitable organization dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the West Michigan community through philanthropy

Metros Mission
Improve the health and wellbeing of our communities

The Vision
Provide safe quality health care that is personalized accessible and affordable

Our Values
1 Strive for excellence

2 Treat others with integrity respect and compassion

3 Demonstrate a commitment to our universe the environment the community
the organization and one another

History

A Rich Osteopathic Heritage
The story of Metro Health dates back to 1942 when it was originally known as Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital It was formed by a small group of osteopathic physicians who committed their personal resources to build a hospital dedicated to the principles of holistic and patientcentered care

In 1957 the hospital relocated to 1919 Boston SE and by the late 1970s it had grown from 28 beds to more than 200 In 1985 the name changed to Metropolitan Hospital to reflect its role as a fullservice multispecialty hospital serving a growing region In October of 2005 the hospital became Metro Health Hospital anticipating the move to Metro Health Village in Wyoming MI The advanced stateoftheart medical center opened on September 30 2007 and is setting new standards of health care delivery in a less institutional more therapeutic environment

Much has changed since 1942 including the hospitals name and location but it is that which is unchanged that has made the success of this organization possible the unwavering commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients and our community