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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.

Luck Of The Draw Brings New Equipment to BRCN

The luck of the draw is helping Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences students be better prepared to care for the youngest patients.

How we’re reducing your cost of healthcare

The Blessing Health System is the community’s health system - there are no far away corporate headquarters and no Wall Street executives to answer to. We not only serve, but also report to our communities. A challenge our communities face, as do all towns in America, is the expense of healthcare.

Blessing Patient Access Representative Earns Honey Bee Award

Michele Briggs, Patient Access representative, became the 13th Blessing Hospital support staff member to receive the Honey Bee Award during a surprise presentation on Wednesday, June 12.

Dining Options

Dining OptionsFood and Nutrition Services and Blessing Volunteers in Partnership (BVIP) provide a variety of dining options to meet the needs of patients, visitors, and team members.Blessing HospitalCafeteria is located on the ground floor of the…

It’s your health. It’s your life. It’s your choice.

Teaching people, helping them to understand their health and how the choices they make impacts their health, is as much a part of caregiving as taking vital signs.

Illini nurse saves a life and has a pin - and grateful patient - to prove it

Ashley Holland is the first Illini nurse to receive a Blessing Health System “Stroke Recognition Pin” for her role in saving the life of 78-year-old Linda Smith of Pittsfield.

New heart procedure reduces stroke risk and fear

Talk with Jim Waterkotte for a while and you know he is one of a kind. But not in every way. Jim had taken a blood thinner for 10 years. So do as many as three million people each year in the United States. Jim took the blood thinner to control life-threatening clotting associated with his heart’s abnormal rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (Afib).

Canfield to assume leadership of Blessing Health

Brian Canfield, MHA, MBA, MA, FACHE will become President/Chief Executive Officer, Blessing Health, upon the October 6, 2023 retirement of Maureen Kahn.

Woman Finds a Different Reason to Celebrate on America’s Holiday

Emily Robinson will never forget July 4, 2023. It was a nightmare that ended with a new reason to celebrate – she was alive.