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Who's Your Angel Award - Dr. Pam Friye
CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Dr. Pam Friye
“Dr. Friye is an amazing physician. She made me feel so valued, heard and cared for as a patient, even with all the craziness of COVID-19. She was extremely patient, kind and knowledgeable throughout the entire…
How a couple changed their lives with help from the Blessing Diabetes Center
Krista and Stuart Walker have a special connection with the “in sickness and in health” wedding vow. With the help of the Blessing Diabetes Center, this wife and husband took on the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and changed their lives.
Who's Your Angel Award - Dr. Nanjappa Somanna
CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Dr. Nanjappa Somanna
Dr. Nanjappa Somanna deserves the who is your angel award. I am honored to be able to work with this man and call him a friend. What he did for my family is something we will never forget. He was our…
Area hospitals form heart care partnership
Patients in the region served by McDonough District Hospital now have convenient access to advanced heart care provided by cardiologists of the Blessing Health System. Effective September 10, Drs. Steven Krause, Irving Schwartz and Eliot Nissenbaum, cardiologists, Blessing Physician Services, will see patients at the Macomb hospital three days a week.
Medical Home
What is a Medical Home?
A “medical home” is a medical office or clinic where a team of health professionals work together to provide a new, expanded type of care to patients, focusing on prevention and wellness. Having a medical home feels like…
Hospice staff earns who's your angel award
Hospice staff Keaton Dierker, RN; Kai Clay, CNA; April Grattan, RN; Trista Neisen, Clinical Social Worker; Jerry Edison, Chaplain; and Nancy Dolan, Hospice Volunteer; received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from a patient’s mother, Catherine Lorenson. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel awards on October 15.
Man finds out that when it comes to heart care, the movie line is true – there is no place like home
Jerry Kaszynski knows how to keep the beat. For the past three years, the 75-year-old retired chemist from Hannibal has played bass guitar in the Southern Rail country music band – to the delight of line dancers from Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri to Riverside, Iowa, and many towns in the Tri-State area.
Excellence awards highlight Blessing Health System National Nurses Week celebration
Blessing Health System staff nominated peers for their skill, compassion and innovation in patient care as part of the celebration of National Nurses Week.
Respiratory Therapist comforts dying patient; earns award for her compassion
Valerie Pryor, Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), Blessing Hospital, became the hospital’s 26th Honey Bee Award winner during a surprise presentation on October 22, 2020.
Community comes together for cancer patients
One woman’s idea - and the power of the internet - is bringing smiles and a few tears to the faces of Illini Community Hospital cancer patients.