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Area patients help Blessing shape the future of rural healthcare
“When I am in the hospital, they put you in a room where you can’t open a window and you can’t get any fresh air,” she said. “I just can’t hardly stand it.”
Inpatient Clinical Care Coordinator earns DAISY award
Tamara Scott, RN, inpatient clinical care coordinator for the Progressive Care Unit, became the 74th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on July 28, 2022.
How a lung cancer patient found the strength of go forward
Sue Hamner White lives with terminal lung cancer. The key word in that sentence is “lives.”
Blessing occupational therapist earns lymphedema certification
Ethan Boren, registered and licensed occupational therapist (OTR/L), Rehabilitation Services, Blessing Hospital, has earned the status of Certified Lymphedema Therapist through the Lymphology Association of North America (CLT-LANA).
Nurse earns first DAISY award at Illini Community Hospital
Morgan Sealock, RN, Surgical Services, became the 1st Illini Community Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on August 2, 2022.
Blessing Health System leader elected to national board
Carolyn Bailey, director, Risk Management, Blessing Health System, has been elected to the American Society for Health Care Risk Management’s (ASHRM) Advisory Board for the 2023-2025 term. She will be recognized at their annual conference in September.
There is no place like home
Meet two 20-something Pike County, IL, natives who represent everything that is right with healthcare today and inspire a healthy dose of hope for a future.
Two physicians join Illini Rural Health Clinic
Dakota Lammy, MD, and Alborz Javadzadeh, MD, have joined the medical staff of Illini Rural Health Clinic.
Can an email change your life? Wilma says yes!
Checking her emails one day this spring, a particular message caught the eye of 78-year-old Wilma Hathaway of Palmyra.