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Helping children develop heart healthy habits
One of the best ways to put a dent in the staggering statistics that surround heart disease is to increase the focus on prevention. Developing heart healthy habits at a young age is key to changing the tide when it comes to this life-and-death issue.
Who's Your Angel Award - Kaylee
CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Kaylee
I want to tell you about Kaylee, my visiting nurse. Kaylee made a lasting impression on me from the very beginning, that will last the rest of my life, and that is, she not only listened to me but she explained things…
Blessing donation comes just in time for summer at Jackson-Lincoln Pool
Ready for summer! Blessing Health System presented representatives of the Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex with a check for $14,391.63 at the organization's annual meeting Friday, March 22, 2019. The donation covers $8,391.64 needed to replace the pool's pump and $6,000 to fund a Family Swim Night each week during the summer of 2019. Presenting the check at left and center are Chaka Jordan, vice president, Marketing & Planning and Patrick Gerveler, executive vice president/chief financial officer, Blessing Health System. Accepting the check at right is Helen Bumbry, Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex board member and wife of the late Ben Bumbry, long-time Complex executive director.
Illini Community Hospital will host another food distribution on Nov. 21
Illini Community Hospital is hosting a food distribution on Thursday, November 21 for residents of Pike County, Illinois. There will be enough food available for approximately 200 families.
These two words set the tone for same sex couple’s life in Pike County
Two words from her boss – shared nearly four years ago – are etched into the memory and onto the heart of Jenna Maki, Performance Excellence Coordinator at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, IL. Jenna is the wife of another Illini employee, Laura Maki, Informatics Analyst. The couple has been together through civil union and then marriage, when it became legal for same sex couples, for 10 years.
UnityPoint Health, Blessing Health System announce transition of Keokuk hospital
UnityPoint Health and Blessing Health System are announcing the organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – a non-binding agreement – that outlines plans to transition the affiliation of UnityPoint Health-Keokuk to the Blessing Health System.
Getting outpatient lab testing done gets easier on March 4
People in the Illini Community Hospital area who need lab testing have a new option beginning March 4. Illini Express Clinic will provide pre-registered patients their outpatient lab testing in the Clinic’s drive through bay, instead of the person having to go the laboratory inside the hospital during the hours they are open.
CRNAs: Providing exceptional care to Blessing patients
January 22-28, 2023, is National Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Week. CRNAs are registered nurses who have received additional education and national certification in anesthesia care. CRNAs are part of the care team helping to provide pain control for Blessing Health patients, including surgical patients.
Meet a mommy warrior
It’s amazing what the human spirit – and body – can endure.