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Palliative Care

Palliative care helps people at any stage of illness. This type of care is focused on controlling the symptoms of the illness, providing comfort and increasing someone’s quality of life. Palliative Care …

Blessing RN Receives International DAISY Award

Jen Stephenson, RN, Blessing Hospital, became the 25th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award.

Canfield to assume leadership of Blessing Health

Brian Canfield, MHA, MBA, MA, FACHE will become President/Chief Executive Officer, Blessing Health, upon the October 6, 2023 retirement of Maureen Kahn.

This gardener wears a lab coat (sometimes)

April 14 is National Gardening Day. What do you get when you mix a love for the land with a passion for helping people? You get Sara Martin, APRN-FNP, Nurse Practitioner, in Blessing’s Family Medicine Department.

Statement from Blessing Hospital on the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Staff Report

Blessing Hospital is issuing the following statement on the newly released Staff Report from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (“Review Board”).

Blessing Receives Seven Reader's Choice Awards

Based on the votes of area residents, Blessing Health System received seven 2020 Quincy Herald-Whig/WGEM Reader’s Choice Awards.

Home Care RN receives DAISY Award

Chassidy Schroder, RN, Blessing Home Care, became the 51st Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on June 11, 2020.

Blessing Stroke Care Receives National Recognition

The American Heart Association recognizes Blessing Hospital among the nation’s leading providers of stroke care. For the third consecutive year, the hospital earned the AHA’s Get With the Guidelines Gold level recognition. Specifically, Blessing received a 2023 Gold Plus Award for meeting or exceeding national core standard levels of care in the treatment of stroke patients for 2 consecutive calendar years or more.

Golf tournament to benefit local heart care

Registration is underway for the 3rd Annual Cardiac Classic golf tournament to benefit the Blessing Heart & Vascular Center and its patients.

Blessing occupational therapist earns lymphedema certification

Ethan Boren, registered and licensed occupational therapist (OTR/L), Rehabilitation Services, Blessing Hospital, has earned the status of Certified Lymphedema Therapist through the Lymphology Association of North America (CLT-LANA).