Blessing Health System
Recent News About Blessing Health System
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Centralized Staffing nurse earns DAISY Award
Stacey Jarrett. RN, Centralized Staffing, became the 58th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on March 25, 2021.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: HIM Partnership Council Making True Human Connections
A partnership council volunteer day has turned into an ongoing commitment to the community for members of the Health Information Management (HIM) team.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Research conducted by Blessing nurse published
Research conducted by Holly Woodruff, MSN, RN, maternal-child educator, Blessing Hospital, was recently published in The Nursing Voice, the newsletter of the American Nurses Association – Illinois.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: There is a lot of “Myles” in these wagons!
Video games may be popular, but the fascination a child has for a wagon has remained constant throughout the years. And when the wagon is filled with toys, the fun really begins! Blessing’s younger patients will be riding in style and enjoying new toys thanks to the family and friends of Myles Patrick Grant.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: New level of care available to critically ill patients at Blessing Hospital
Patients experiencing severe heart or respiratory failure, or both, have access to a new level of care at Blessing Hospital through Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation technology, or ECMO for short.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Health Keokuk Official on March 1
Keokuk Area Hospital ownership officially transferred from UnityPoint Health to Blessing Health System on March 1.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Changes to Inpatient Visiting Hours
Blessing Hospital in Quincy and Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield will be expanding visiting hours beginning Wednesday, March 3 at 8:00 am.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Chaplain Recognized for Making True Human Connections
Megan Pike, Chaplain, Blessing Hospital, became the hospital’s 28th Honey Bee Award winner during a presentation on February 18.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: ICU Nurse Honored for Creating Memory Collage for Family
Dakota Wand, RN, ICU, became the 57th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on February 9, 2021.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Saving a life: Where hope and reality collide
Andrew Romano was outside of the building in which he works, Kohl Wholesale in Quincy, enjoying just a moment of a beautiful late summer’s day. Little did he know a storm was brewing.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Pittsfield couple recovers with the help of COVID-19 outpatient treatment
For Pittsfield residents Robert and Sue Evans, a positive result from a COVID-19 test was a reason to worry.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Calcium Scoring Testing Offered in February
Calcium Scoring Testing Offered in February
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing nurse retires after 38 year career
Cathy Aschemann, RN, BSN, clinical documentation specialist, Health Information Management department, Blessing Hospital, retired on Friday, February 19, after 38 years of service.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Health System Turns to Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth to Deliver Enhanced Care to Recovering COVID+ Patients
Blessing Health System has launched a new virtual care program allowing patients diagnosed with COVID-19 to recover safely from home under the watchful eye of the Blessing care team.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Helping children develop heart healthy habits
One of the best ways to put a dent in the staggering statistics that surround heart disease is to increase the focus on prevention.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: COVID-19 Infusion Center Offers Outpatient Treatment
The COVID Infusion Center, located inside the Blessing Walk-In Clinic, is delivering an outpatient treatment that is reducing hospitalizations and decreasing symptoms among patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Health System to assume ownership of Keokuk Area Hospital
Control of Keokuk Area Hospital in southeast Iowa will be transferred from current parent company, UnityPoint Health of West Des Moines, Iowa, to Blessing Health System of Quincy, Illinois, effective March 1.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: From mushroom hunting to world travel: Celebrating a life-changing anniversary
Mary Eustace is a leader. At 74-years-old, the Pearl, IL, resident, was recently elected first vice president of the more than 5,500-member Illinois Association for Home and Community Education (HCE).
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Physicians join Blessing Health System
Kurtis Stewart, MD, surgeon, Rami Abumasmah, MD, and Osama Qubaiah, MD have joined Blessing Physician Services.
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BLESSING HEALTH SYSTEM: Blessing Hospital retains Primary Stroke Center status
Blessing Hospital has been recertified as a nationally-recognized Primary Stroke Center.