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How Debbie Schulte found the way back to her family
Jayne Pieper cries when she tells this story. Her tears have purpose. Jayne and her mother want everyone to know how Blessing Health board certified neurosurgeon John Olson changed their lives.
Art by Quincy Artists Guild on display at Blessing Hospital
Art by the Quincy Artists Guild will be on display throughout the month of March in the main lobby of the Blessing Hospital 11th Street Campus. The Guild’s annual show at the Hospital features two dimensional works by both amateur and professional members. These works are predominantly watercolor, oil paintings and photography.
Blessing cardiologist retires
Eliot Nissenbaum, DO, FACC, FCCP, invasive cardiologist, Blessing Health, retires July 12, 2024, after 10 years of service to Tri-State patients.
Blessing Health System launches major electronic health record upgrade
Blessing Health System has launched an 18-month project to bring a new electronic health record (EHR) to its patients and providers.
New heart procedure reduces stroke risk and fear
Talk with Jim Waterkotte for a while and you know he is one of a kind. But not in every way. Jim had taken a blood thinner for 10 years. So do as many as three million people each year in the United States. Jim took the blood thinner to control life-threatening clotting associated with his heart’s abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (Afib).
Donate Life - Shari Edwards
Donate Life - Shari Edwards' Story
My husband and father of three, Martin Edwards, died following a cardiac event/auto accident at the age of 55. We made the decision to donate his bones, tissues, skin, and corneas. To date, 64…
Here’s what happens when two experts in body work meet
Tom Hilbing knows how to fix a body – a vehicle body. In 1967 he joined Hilbing Autobody in Quincy and spent over 50 years making people’s vehicles look like new after an accident.
Two Blessing Employees Retire
Blessing Health System employees Debbie Giesing and Terri Bugh retire on June 6, 2025, representing 36 years of service.
Blessing Celebrates World Patient Safety Day
September 17, 2021, is World Patient Safety Day. Safety is something you expect and deserve as a patient - or the loved one of a patient - and it is something on which every member of Blessing’s care teams - from Quincy to Hannibal and Pittsfield to Keokuk - focus 24/7/365.
One nurse’s journey to the bedside: “I wish I would have done it earlier”
Bev Armstrong’s path to a nursing career began late in life, with the arrival of her granddaughter. Born in Keokuk, Iowa, with a hematoma, the baby was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit in Iowa City.