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Blessing Celebrates World Patient Safety Day

September 17, 2021, is World Patient Safety Day. Safety is something you expect and deserve as a patient - or the loved one of a patient - and it is something on which every member of Blessing’s care teams - from Quincy to Hannibal and Pittsfield to Keokuk - focus 24/7/365.

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.

Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes can be traced back to one problem: the way your body uses insulin, the hormone responsible for processing sugar. Yet that one problem requires an array of efforts on your part to keep it in check. Uncontrolled blood sugar can cause…

Donate Life - Tracy's Story

     "(Organ and tissue donation) truly is a gift of hope." Donate Life - Tracy Armstrong's Story Organ and tissue donation has always been so very close to my heart. I do not have a close personal story, but for many years I have…

Donate Life - Jessie Stoops

Donate Life - Jessie Stoops' Story "I believe it is so important to be an organ donor because sometimes the person who needs your help is someone you love. In 2019, my baby brother needed a kidney transplant at 29 years old. I was fortunate…

Drill tests emergency response in Adams County

Painting Party!

While most people look forward to relaxing after work on a Friday, seven Blessing Health System senior leaders traded in their name badges for paintbrushes to help get Bella Ease’s new offices ready for use.

Blessing Hospital Earns Four-Star Review from Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its latest ratings of the 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country. The rating program is called Hospital Compare. Blessing Hospital earned a rating of four out of five stars.

Blessing leader earns certification

Todd Haverstock, Administrative Coordinator, Information Security, Blessing Health System, has earned the status of Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO) from the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants.

Major move leads to big decision

A move of nearly 1,200 miles requires a lot of effort. And the work doesn’t end when you reach the new destination.