Healthcare & Wellness

Jeffrey Mosher was on the road Wednesday June 19th, as he visited the effort by Sparrow and the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office sponsoring a community-wide Drug Disposal Day to follow on the super-successful drop-off event held last fall.

Jeffrey Mosher was on the road Friday June 14th, visiting Help ‘ID the Missing’ Free Event that Returns to Ingham County. The Michigan State Police (MSP), Sparrow Forensic Pathology, Office of the Medical Examiner, Sparrow Hospital, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), joined forces Noon to 5 p.m. that day.

LANSING, MI – A past Sparrow Physician of the Year and the longtime mayor of Ionia have been appointed to the Sparrow Health System Board of Directors.

Ifkiter Ahmad, M.D., and Dan Balice will serve three-year terms on the 14-member board that governs Sparrow’s Community Hospitals, Physician practices, outpatient facilities, and services such as home care, the Michigan Athletic Club, and Physicians Health Plan. A separate board oversees Sparrow Hospital, the flagship of Sparrow Health System.

Since its inception, The Dapper Dads Challenge and Fashion Show, hosted by Women Working Wonders (W3) and the Sparrow Foundation, has raised more than $4.1 million in support of women's health!

We need your help to keep the momentum going strong in 2019!  Join me, along with other local community leaders and professionals to raise money in support of the physical and psychological health of women in mid-Michigan!

Lansing, Mich. – More than 40 mid-Michigan business leaders and professionals are competing in the 10th annual Dapper Dads challenge. Hosted by the Sparrow Foundation and the Women Working Wonders committee, Dapper Dads is an online competition in which the public votes for their favorite candidates, concluding with a charity fashion show event on Thursday June 6 where the top voted men hit the runway.

Jeffrey Mosher speaks with Karen Grannemann, CCM, CEO & General Manager, University Club of MSU, Lansing, MI about Dapper Dads' info.

LANSING, MI – The Obstetric Anesthesia team at Sparrow Hospital has joined only 40 distinguished institutions nationwide – including Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and Tufts -- in receiving the Center of Excellence designation from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP).

The award is a reflection of evidence-based Patient care and meeting the highest quality Patient safety standards.

LANSING, MI – James F. Dover will become president and CEO of Sparrow Health System, effective June 17, 2019.

Dover comes to Sparrow from the Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), headquartered in Springfield, Ill. He most recently served as President and CEO of the HSHS Southern Illinois Division, comprised of five hospitals and affiliated medical and cardiovascular groups.

Gap exists in Americans’ knowledge of certain basic dental terms

OAK BROOK, Ill. — May 15, 2019 — Consider checking your dental IQ before your next visit to the dentist. A new Adult’s Oral Health & Well-Being Survey indicates that a significant portion of the American population is not familiar with certain key dental terms. This unfamiliarity may lead to unease in the dental chair during discussions with your oral health care professional. The Delta Dental national survey finds that the majority of adults are not versed in bruxism (81%), caries (75%) and prophylaxis (64%).

Sparrow RNICU once again is jumping with Kangaroo-A-Thon to promote skin-to-skin with babies

Never heard of a Kangaroo-A-Thon? Sparrow’s award-winning Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) is holding a Kangaroo-A-Thon to promote kangaroo care, or skin-to-skin. It’s a way to encourage parents to hold babies skin-to-skin for as long and as often as possible.