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Holland Hospital

hospital in Michigan, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ16892394 ↗
Source-derived summary

Holland Hospital is a non-profit hospital headquartered in Holland, Michigan. Holland Hospital includes 191-bed supported by additional satellite facilities in the surrounding communities throughout Ottawa and Allegan counties along the West Michigan lakeshore.

Overview

Holland Hospital was founded in 1917 in the home of a local doctor named Dr. Henry Kremers. The hospital provides care through its main campus and a network of clinics and partner organizations, including the Holland Hospital Medical Group, the Bone & Joint Center, Western Michigan Urological Associates, and the Holland Physician Hospital Organization.

Awards

Since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced its star rating system in 2016, Holland Hospital has consistently received a 5-star rating, making it the only hospital in West Michigan to earn this designation every year since the program’s inception. Organizations like Healthgrades have routinely ranked Holland Hospital as a leader in Michigan and nationwide for delivering outstanding patient experiences and excellence in surgical and joint replacement services, and more.

Facilities and Services

The hospital’s main campus includes inpatient units, surgical suites, diagnostic imaging, the Boven Birth Center, emergency services, cardiology and vascular services, and more. Additional locations across the West Michigan lakeshore provide primary care, walk-in care, urgent care, physical therapy, imaging, lab, and specialty services. Holland Hospital’s medical group includes both primary and specialty care practices.

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The public source identifies “Holland Hospital” as hospital in Michigan, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Holland, Hospital and hospital.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Holland, Hospital and hospital providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16892394. Authority coordinates are 42.774, -86.114. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Holland Hospital” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.