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Medical laboratory testing enters new era at Blessing Health

Patients and their Blessing Health providers will be getting vital lab results even faster after the recent completion of a four-year makeover of the Blessing Hospital laboratory, the largest multiphase renovation project the hospital has undertaken in a decade.

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Blessing Hospital organ and tissue donation efforts earn national recognition

For the second year in a row, Blessing Hospital and its Life Team have been awarded Platinum recognition from the federal Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network for “saving and healing lives by encouraging their employees and communities to register as organ, eye and tissue donors” through the National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign.

Blessing Foundation

About The Blessing FoundationFounded in 1983, The Blessing Foundation raises, maintains and disburses charitably donated funds for the benefit of the Blessing Health System, which includes Blessing Hospital, Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing &…

Heard of sepsis? If not, please read this. It could save a life.

The Weigand family of Warsaw, IL, lived a nightmare. The nightmare had a name. Sepsis.

Medical mystery ends with good news for Hannibal man

David Griffith was enjoying retirement. He exercised regularly, maintained a healthy diet and never had to take a prescription medication in his life.

Advance Directives

What is an advance directive? It is a document that you complete to be used in a situation when you can’t speak for yourself and make your own decisions regarding the healthcare you want.  An Advance Directive can do two things: (1) name…

Maternity unit nurse earns latest DAISY award

Lexy Michl Orr, RN, Blessed Beginnings became the 70th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on March 24, 2022.

Blessing Educational Support

Blessing's Educational Assistance ProgramsNursing is ever-evolving and changing, requiring nurses to grow and expand their knowledge to deliver safe, high-quality patient care. Blessing has a commitment to education and invests in its nurses and…

How a family made mom’s wish come true

The opening sentence of the obituary shared the facts, “Iris Audry Newman Schoonover, 96, of Liberty, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side October 15, 2022.”