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Celebrating Small: The Latest in Heart Care at Blessing
John Hammock, MD, FACC, FHRS, cardiac electrophysiologist, Blessing Physician Services, cannot believe the size of the Micra pacemaker. Officially, it is one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker, comparable to a large multi-vitamin.
Emergency Center nurse earns DAISY Award
Kelli Terwelp, RN, Emergency Center, became the 59th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on May 4, 2021.
High-power MRI at Blessing receives national accreditation
Blessing Hospital Diagnostic and Imaging has earned a three-year term of accreditation in 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) after a review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), earning the organization’s gold seal of accreditation representing the highest level of image quality and patient safety.
Rivercross Diagnostics celebrates anniversary, earns accreditation
A Blessing Health System laboratory with special testing technology located in Quincy celebrates its first anniversary July 15 with expanded services and a national accreditation.
Quick Action Saves Child's Life
Jessica Bliven, MSN, RN, instructor and Simulation Center coordinator, Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, received a Who’s Your Angel award at a presentation by the Blessing Foundation of a certificate and angel wing pin on May 18, as written by Mike McCarter, EMS System Coordinator, Blessing Hospital.
Critical Care nurse receives DAISY Award
Pete Condol, RN, Intensive Care Unit, Blessing Hospital, became the 47th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on January 28.
Blessed Beginnings institutes delayed bathing of newborns
Blessed Beginnings has instituted a national “best practice” that calls for not bathing newborns for the first eight-to-48 hours of their life.
Blessing Hospital to staff and manage hospitalist service
Blessing Hospital will staff and manage its hospitalist service effective February 6, 2018. For the past seven years hospitalist care has been provided by a national company, Sound Physicians.
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.