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Colorectal Cancer Myths and Facts
Colorectal Cancer is a preventable cancer. Know your facts, talk to your provider about the right approach to keep you healthy and get screened. Don't let these common misconceptions keep you from protecting your…
Finding The Best In These Times
Each of us is doing what we can to deal with the worst aspects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. I wish to focus on “the best” in this time - the courage and the empathy of those who chose healthcare as their life’s work; either as a direct care provider or a support services provider.
Paris Family Medical Clinic to join Blessing Physician Services
Paris Family Medical Clinic, its providers and staff are joining Blessing Physician Services (BPS) with an expected effective date of January 1, 2019.
Family finds life-saving care and life-enriching support after terrible accident
Some would say Chase Thurman cheated death. That’s not accurate. Chase Thurman doesn’t cheat. What Chase did was call upon his own physical and mental strength and - with the help of a skilled surgeon and the support of people around the region, country and world – beat the odds.
Blessing Health System selected to participate in national Rural Home Hospital project
Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health system innovation created by Harvard T. J. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, has selected Blessing Health System to participate in the Rural Home Hospital project, a three year research study that will help to build, launch and evaluate a nationwide home-based healthcare program to serve rural residents across the country.
Blessing Hospital recognized nationally for patient safety
An independent national healthcare organization has given Blessing Hospital its top grade for patient safety. The Leapfrog Group gave the hospital a grade “A” for the fall 2024 national survey period. Blessing was among fewer than 30% of hospitals nationwide and one of only 32 hospitals in Illinois to receive the top grade.
Blessing Foundation Caring Club Funds Assist Local Family after Fire
Donors to the Blessing Foundation Caring Club recently helped a family who lost everything, but the clothes on their backs, in a house fire.
The family has a young daughter who requires a wheelchair that was destroyed in the fire. The Blessing Foundation learned of this tragedy from a concerned community member.
Automated payment by phone available at Blessing Health
Whether you are an early bird, a night owl, or an in-between personality when it comes to your favorite time of day to do personal business, Blessing Health offers an option to help.
State-of-the-art testing system now online in Blessing Hospital Laboratory
Blessing Hospital has purchased and installed a “BioFire®” testing system in its laboratory. BioFire® allows for in-house testing of twenty-one common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens in less than an hour. The BioFire® platform has received FDA approval for COVID-19 testing and Blessing Hospital Laboratory will implement the test immediately upon receipt of the test kits from the company.
BJC Collaborative
Blessing Health System is a participant in the BJC Collaborative, a partnership among health care systems throughout Illinois, Missouri and Eastern Kansas.
The Collaborative was founded in October 2012 by BJC HealthCare (St. Louis),…