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Medical Staff Services FAQs

GENERAL QUESTIONS What is credentialing? Credentialing is a term that usually encompasses two separate processes: credentialing and privileging. Credentialing: Primary source verification of a health care practitioner’s education, training, work…

Quincy Family Practice Residency Program

Blessing Hospital is a major participant and financial underwriter of the Family Practice Residency Program conducted by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The three-year program, run out of the Quincy Family Practice Center,…

CNA earns Honey Bee award for her patient motivation skills

Kelsey Hammel, CNA, Gen Med/Hospitalist/ODU, earned Blessing Hospital’s 68th Honey Bee award during a surprise presentation on May 30. The Blessing Hospital Honey Bee award recognizes the exceptional service provided by support staff.

Questions asked, prayers answered

Late on a recent Friday night, a worried and tearful mother needed answers to her questions. She received those in addition to answers to her prayers.

Pain is no match for Miss Margaret

When 88-year-old Margaret Midget broke her hip earlier this year, her five children knew what that could mean.

This patient finds a familiar face is the antidote to anxiety, leading to DAISY award

One of the benefits of living in a rural area is that there are few strangers – people know their neighbors. It’s also one of the benefits of rural healthcare.

Robotic Surgical Systems

Experience the Blessing Difference: Robotic Surgery OptionsIf you need surgery, you want a skilled team using the latest surgical and imaging technologies. At Blessing, our robotics-aided surgical systems make surgery more precise, safer and…

Dr. Sean Moroze, Physician, Orthopedics, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination

Dr. Sean Moroze, Physician, Orthopedics, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from employees and a daughter/mother duo.

Blessing Hospice & Palliative Care nurse earns certification

Sharon Olson, APRN-AGACNP, Blessing Hospice and Palliative Care, has earned Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse (ACHPN) status from the national Hospice and Palliative Care Credentialing Center.

Blessing Health System executive named to elite leadership program

Margaret (Maggie) Ozan-Rafferty, RN, MHA, MBA, DHA, Chief Experience Officer, Blessing Health System, has been selected to participate in the 2020 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. It is a one-year, nationally ranked leadership development experience for direct reports to the most senior leader in an organization.