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Blessing Hospital earns nation’s top honor for nursing excellence

Blessing Hospital has achieved Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest national honor awarded for nursing excellence. Of the more than 63-hundred hospitals in the country, only 591 organizations, or 9.4%, hold Magnet recognition.

Man finds life-changing pain relief by accident

Most people have experienced the agonizing pain of leg cramps, the sudden and involuntary contraction of a muscle. Charles Mast knows the feeling too well.

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The power of mammograms - Sorry moms, sometimes daughters know best

It takes a while to admit it, sometimes many years, but most of us eventually realize that we learned valuable life lessons from our parents.

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.

Brain Injury Program

Brain Injury Program The Brain Injury Program at Blessing Inpatient Rehabilitation provides special care for patients who are in need of neurorehabilitation to help meet and surpass their rehabilitation…

Orthopedic and Amputee Program

Orthopedic and Amputee Program The Orthopedic Program at Blessing Inpatient Rehabilitation provides special orthopedic care for patients who have undergone total joint replacements, a hip fracture or…

Spinal Cord Injury Program

Spinal Cord Injury Program The Spinal Cord Injury Program at Blessing Inpatient Rehabilitation provides special care for patients who have a spinal cord injury due to injury or disease and need to…

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.

Medical mystery ends with good news for Hannibal man

David Griffith was enjoying retirement. He exercised regularly, maintained a healthy diet and never had to take a prescription medication in his life.