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Six providers earn first-ever “Exceptional Provider” awards
The Blessing Patient Experience department recently created the “Provider Excellence” awards, to recognize doctors and nurse practitioners for their skills in the areas of service, quality, patient experience, teamwork and access.
A Tragic FaceTime Call Brings Team Together
Dr. Joe Meyer, Quincy Anesthesia Associates, and Lexi Goodwin, RN, GI Surgery Center, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from coworker and grandmother, Traci Lirely, RN, GI Surgery Center. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel award on February 8.
Mystery solved: Surgeon diagnoses, treats icy injury
Kim Peters is one in a million. That is how many people the federal Centers for Disease Control estimates are injured each year as the result of falling on ice and snow. On an icy day and with her hands full, including the leash of her puppy, Kim slipped and fell down three stairs.
Blessing and Illini hospitals prepare for a seasonal “outbreak”…and can’t wait!
Generally, one does not want to ‘spread’ anything inside a hospital. But on Sunday, December 25, the infectious spirit of Christmas will spread among the patients and caregivers of Blessing and Illini Community hospitals.
With his cancer “arrested”, former cop now reads everyone who will listen their medical “rights”
Shane Hunt spent his career protecting people as a police officer. While he has retired from law enforcement, Shane is still doing his best to protect others, but in a new way.
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.
State commends Blessing trauma program after re-designation survey
Illinois Department of Public Health surveyors sited eight strengths of the Blessing Hospital Trauma Program and no opportunities for improvement after a recent survey.
“Spreading the word” takes a lot longer than spreading a cold
In 2021, the Blessing Express Clinic burst on to the healthcare scene in the Tri-State area, enhancing the care available to people with non-life-threatening illnesses by offering the convenience of drive-through testing and treatment for a variety of conditions.