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Local Healthcare Affiliation Will Contribute To Improved Patient Access
Blessing Health System and another area healthcare provider have entered into an affiliation agreement to improve access to care for area patients.
Blessing Health Hannibal Imaging Techs Receive Who’s Your Angel Award
Hannah Allen and Kim Polley, MRI Technologists, Blessing Health Hannibal Imaging, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from a patient’s mother, Amy St. Clair. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel award on January 29.
Blessing department earns rare certification
Patient safety at Blessing Health System attained another level of national recognition and earned Advanced Sterile Processing Certification from the international accrediting organization, DNV.
Sharing sunshine from behind a sewing machine
After certain types of breast cancer surgery, fluid builds up in a woman’s chest and needs to be drained over a period of 7-14 days. Typically, the bulb-like collection containers for the fluid are pinned to the woman’s gown or blouse. Some women find that process unsightly and difficult to manage because of the weight of the container.
Blessing Health installs public medication disposal containers
Residents of the Quincy and Pittsfield areas now have more options in which to safely and properly dispose of unneeded prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Vascular RN Wins Who's Your Angel Award
Stormy Leazer, RN-Vascular Access Team, Radiology Vascular Access, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from fellow employee Melissa Dewitt, Unit Secretary, Gen Med/Hospitalist/ODU. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel award on April 29.
Oh deer! Mother and daughter experience the Blessing Difference in the middle of the highway
Kimberly Bartimus is a natural-born helper and Debby Rabe is forever grateful. “That’s why I am in this field,” said Kimberly, a certified nurse assistant and four-year member of the Blessing Hospital staff. “It’s in my blood.”
Woman finds you can have your cake and lose weight, too
Missi Clary has a unique way of describing herself before she found the Blessing Bariatric Center’s Medically Managed Weight Loss program.
This is not your typical “first-ever” surgery
The words printed on Marla Harper’s shirt said it all, “Think Happy Thoughts.” A week from the day she wore the shirt, Marla would have a mastectomy. In her 68 years of life, this would be her first surgery.
Nurse practitioners helping to meet a growing need in primary care
Maria Baker faced a challenge becoming more common these days nationwide. She lost her primary care doctor when he ended his practice unexpectedly.