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Area healthcare providers join effort to reduce veteran suicide

To create better access to suicide prevention care and resources for the many veterans in the region, Blessing Health partnered with the local group, Together with Tri-State Veterans, and recently completed providing education and training in working with veterans to Blessing emergency department staff, social workers and case managers, outpatient clinic physicians and nurse practitioners.

Orthopedic Surgeon Surprises Patient

On May 3, a year after Ted Dede suffered a terrible hip and elbow fracture in a fall, and his wife Doris fractured her knee cap, the couple were back in the spotlight entertaining area nursing home residents with their musical skills.

Blessing’s heart care quality receives national recognition

Blessing Health recently received a Blue Distinction® Center for Cardiac Care designation by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.

Meet a man at the heart of a Christmas miracle

Miracles can occur anywhere at any time. Ask Dean Woodruff. His miracle began in a cemetery three days before Christmas 2021.

Blessing Hospital receives national recognition for stroke care

Stroke patients at Blessing Hospital are getting gold standard care, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Illini Community Hospital breaks ground for new walk-in clinic

Illini Community Hospital will break ground April 21 at 9 am for a $1.6 million project on its Pittsfield, Illinois, campus that will create a new Illini Express Clinic. The project is expected to be completed by December of 2023.

Blessing Health psychiatrist earns statewide award

Daniel Boeder, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Blessing Health, recently received the 2024 Jay G. Hirsch Memorial Award sponsored by the Illinois Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Blessing Hospital department earns national recognition

Blessing Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU) was among 39 nursing homes in Illinois that recently received the highest possible rating in U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Nursing Homes 2024.

Blessing heart imaging service earns national reaccreditation

Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography heart imaging at Blessing Hospital and Blessing Health Hannibal have earned a fourth three-year accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The