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Quincy Family Practice Residency Program

Blessing Hospital is a major participant and financial underwriter of the Family Practice Residency Program conducted by Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The three-year program, run out of the Quincy Family Practice Center,…

Woman finds relief after years of pain

Linda Lamb was missing something in her life. Sandals.

How a woman’s “families” worked together when her heart needed care

Family means everything to Michelle Obert; that includes her nuclear family of husband John, to whom she has been married for 40 years, and seven children and five grandchildren; church family at St. Francis in Quincy and her work family of 40 years at Transitions of Western Illinois.

Man ignores embarrassment and worry, faces cancer and is winning

Alan Hurd has his sights set on becoming a competitive archer. Rectal cancer has caused him to put down his bow, but Alan kept his target in sight. “No matter what, I was going to stay positive,” said the 40-year-old father of three from Bowling Green, MO, about the day in 2021 when he received his diagnosis. “Thinking negative can make you sicker.”

A day known for its luck, changes life for the grandmother of nine

Cherie Graupman began suffering with stomach related health problems in 1989. Her condition reached a terrifying point one day in July 2011.

Blessing Hospital earns national four-star rating

The care and service provided by Blessing Hospital earned an annual overall rating of four out of five stars among the 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals in the country. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the rating through its “Hospital Compare” program.

Get the door, the doctor’s here

Virtual visits allow patients to interact with their health care provider from the safety of their homes, away from the silent, invisible threat of the virus in the outside world. Blessing Health System providers have conducted hundreds of these high-tech visits each business day of the pandemic.

Cardiac nurse receives DAISY Award

Robbie Overstreet, RN, Cardiovascular Unit, Blessing Hospital, became the 42nd Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on August 19.

Cashier earns Honey Bee Award

Tammy Haggerty, cafeteria assistant, Food & Nutrition, became the 19th Blessing Hospital caregiver to receive the Honey Bee Award in a surprise presentation on Thursday, December 5.

Behavioral Health nurse earns DAISY award

Joni Winningham, RN, outpatient behavioral health, became the 97th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY award during a ceremony on June 24, 2024, for her extraordinary nursing care.