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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: BPS Provider Receives "Who's Your Angel?" Recognition
Patient Libbey Southward submitted a nomination form recognizing Dr. Pam Friye, BPS Clinic Physician, OB/GYN, with a Blessing Foundation Who’s Your Angel award.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Express Clinic opens January 4 replacing Flu-Like Illness Screening Center
Accessing routine medical care gets more convenient when Blessing Physician Services opens a new drive through health clinic in Quincy at 8 am, Monday, January 4.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: COVID vaccine arrives at Blessing Health System for caregivers
Blessing Health System received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, December 23, and began vaccinating front line employees, including Emergency Center physician and Chief of Medicine, Dr. Chris Solaro.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: RN Receives "Who's Your Angel?" Recognition
Amy St. Clair, Blessing Hospital RN Outpatient Care Coordinator, submitted a nomination form recognizing fellow employee, Ben Thompson with a Who’s Your Angel award. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Ben received his “Who’s Your Angel” certificate and angel wing pin from the Blessing Foundation, during a departmental staff meeting.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing program helps people put the “C” in CNA
The first “class” of employees has completed the Blessing Hospital Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Training Course.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Hospital earns top grade for patient safety in latest national report
Blessing Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ from the Leapfrog Group in the group’s fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade report.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Pandemic (and a phone call) lead nurse back to Blessing
My name is Chavanna Johnson. I graduated from Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences in 2011. I have worked in long term care, the hospital and clinic settings, and on the insurance side of healthcare since graduation.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Tappe Makes Final Cancer Crush Donation To Blessing Foundation
Luke Tappe, the brain and heart behind the successful Community Cancer Crush fundraiser for seven years has made the 2020 and final donation to the patients of the Blessing Cancer Center.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Hospital offers women another birthing option and a new level of safety during pregnancy
Beginning December 9, 2020, pregnant women who have given birth by Cesarean Section (C-Section) previously are now candidates to have a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) at Blessed Beginnings, the obstetric department of Blessing Hospital.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Health System expands access to COVID-19 outpatient treatment
Beginning Monday, November 30, 2020, a new process at Blessing Health System will facilitate access to the COVID-19 outpatient drug Bamlanivimab.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Raising Awareness and Dollars by Breaking Boards
The students, families and staff of Legacy Martial Arts in Quincy recently presented a check for $1,406 to the Blessing Foundation to help the Blessing Breast Center raise awareness of breast cancer and address the unmet needs of its patients.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Respiratory Therapists define excellence
Two Blessing Hospital respiratory therapists were nominated for the department’s annual Respiratory Care Excellence award during the observance of National Respiratory Care Week 2020.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: These calls are never simple
Blessing Health System’s COVID-19 Hotline nurses make calls to those who have pending COVID-19 tests and share the test results.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Hannibal Clinic Research Center selected to join Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 treatment study
Hannibal Clinic’s Research Center has been approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative, to participate in an outpatient COVID-19 treatment research trial.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Heart & Vascular Center Performs Department's First Three "WATCHMAN" Procedures
Under the leadership of Blessing Physician Services cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Dr. John Hammock, members of the Blessing Heart & Vascular Center team performed the health system’s first three “WATCHMAN” procedures on Wednesday, October 28.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Life changing events lead nurse to new mission
When you meet Jessica Nuebel for the first time, you could think that her 2017 breast cancer diagnosis was the driving force behind her decision to change jobs after more than 17 years, from a Blessing Hospital obstetrics and gynecology nurse to the navigator for patients of the Blessing Breast Center.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: UnityPoint Health, Blessing Health System announce transition of Keokuk hospital
Over the past several months, UnityPoint Health and Blessing Health System have been in talks to discuss the long-term health care needs of Keokuk and the surrounding area.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Man Praises Program that Saved his Life
Steve Goodman received a phone call in February 2020.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Quincy healthcare providers join forces to raise money for breast cancer patients
A team of Quincy healthcare providers, all men, have come together for a critical mission: To raise $5,000 by October 31, to donate to the American Cancer Society breast cancer services.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Hospital opens three new floors of Moorman Pavilion
Dozens of new single bed rooms are now available to patients of Blessing Hospital as three new floors in Moorman Pavilion opened the week of October 12.