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Behavioral therapist helps patient find hope, earns ICARE award
Terry Henry’s ability to connect with a suicidal patient led to his nomination for and receipt of an ICARE Award for Excellence.
Pandemic (and a phone call) lead nurse back to Blessing
During my first day of orientation, I could barely contain myself. Maureen Kahn, president and chief executive officer of Blessing Health System and Blessing Hospital, discussed how the health system did not lay off one employee because of the pandemic. That just blew me away. I was almost in tears. They knew it would hurt their bottom dollar. They did it anyway, without question.
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.
Meet two special ladies connected at the heart
Mary Eustace and Sandee Marcinek share a bond. While they didn’t know each other for the first 70-plus years of their lives, the first time they met, they felt a connection.
It’s your health. It’s your life. It’s your choice.
Teaching people, helping them to understand their health and how the choices they make impacts their health, is as much a part of caregiving as taking vital signs.
“It is a total turnaround”
Eating oatmeal is good for most people. Putting some fresh fruit on top of the oatmeal boosts the nutritional benefit of the meal. That’s the situation with Deep Tissue Laser Therapy, available at Performance Spine and Sports Center, the practice of Blessing Physician Services chiropractors Drs. Wes Creech and Erik Nothold – it’s the fruit on the oatmeal.
Celebration leads Blessing nurses to Horizons Community Outreach
Blessing Hospital nurses donated 200 pounds of food and delivered it to Horizons food pantry on May 8, 2019, as part of their 2019 National Nurses Week celebration. Then, a group of those nurses put on hairnets and plastic gloves and served lunch to…
Register now for no-cost cholesterol screening on 11/14
Registrations are now being taken for a no-cost cholesterol screening sponsored by Blessing Health. It will be held on Thursday, November 14, from 7-9 am at the Blessing Resource Center, 420 N. 34th Street, Quincy.
Historic school building in Quincy commemorated
Blessing Health System has commemorated a building on its 11th Street campus that served as the first public school for African American children in Quincy.