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Living with Diabetes: Five Tips for a Healthier Holiday Season

If you have diabetes, and particularly if you suffer from a chronic wound, it’s important to eat mindfully and follow your treatment protocols. For smoother sailing, here are five helpful holiday tips for diabetics.

Family Medicine Services

Whether you or a family member need care for a sudden illness or chronic condition or you just need a checkup, the family medicine specialists at Blessing provide compassionate care in a welcoming environment. Family Medicine Services at…

Emergency Center physician joins Blessing Hospital

Seth Thibodeau, DO, has joined the Blessing Hospital Emergency Center medical staff.

Doctor joins Blessing Foundation board

Jason Kvitle, OD, Family EyeCare and Contact Lens Center, has joined the Blessing Foundation Board of Trustees.

Blessing Health Diabetes Support Group meeting on March 27

“March into Fitness” is the topic of the Blessing Health Diabetes Support Group meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 12:30 pm at the Blessing Resource Center, 420 N. 34th Street, Quincy.

CNA earns recognition

Brooklyn Vaughn, certified nursing assistant, 6 South/Women and Children, Blessing Hospital, became the hospital’s 32nd Honey Bee Award winner during a presentation on July 6.

Psych tech earns Honey Bee award

Dain Duffy, psychiatric tech II, Adolescent Psychiatric Services, received Blessing Hospital’s 43rd Honey Bee award during a presentation on May 23, 2022.

Blessing nurse earns national certification in diabetes care and education

Dawn Crabtree, BSN, RN, Blessing Diabetes Center, has earned Certified Diabetes Care and Educational Specialist (CDCES) status from the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

State-of-the-art testing system now online in Blessing Hospital Laboratory

Blessing Hospital has purchased and installed a “BioFire®” testing system in its laboratory. BioFire® allows for in-house testing of twenty-one common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens in less than an hour. The BioFire® platform has received FDA approval for COVID-19 testing and Blessing Hospital Laboratory will implement the test immediately upon receipt of the test kits from the company.