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First patients undergo new heart procedure at Blessing Health System

The first patients in the region with a common, yet serious heart valve condition known as aortic stenosis, have been treated recently using a new procedure at Blessing Health System called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or TAVR. Blessing is the only healthcare provider in a 75-mile radius performing the TAVR procedure.

Brown Drug Company and Blessing Health System Announce Collaboration

Brown Drug Company and Blessing Health System are pleased to announce that together, they will strengthen pharmaceutical services in our communities. The two local companies will continue their combined 250 years of service to the region through a new partnership. Brown Drug Company will continue to serve customers under the Brown Drug Company name in its current location at 1121 Maine Street, which includes home and mail order deliveries.

Spring 2020 Opening Slated For New Edina Medical Clinic

Scotland County Hospital & Clinics, Memphis, MO, and Blessing Health System, Quincy, IL, are partnering to open a rural health clinic in Edina, MO. The clinic will be located in the former Jim Sears Technical Building on Highway 6, east of Edina, across from the Knox County School District.

Critical Care nurse receives DAISY Award

Pete Condol, RN, Intensive Care Unit, Blessing Hospital, became the 47th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on January 28.

Blessing leader earns national recognition

Chaka Jordan, MHA, vice president, Marketing & Planning, Blessing Health System, has been named one of the “Top Women in PR” by PRNEWS.  She received the award at a luncheon in New York City on January 28, 2020.

Blessing Purchases Property at 12th & Broadway in Quincy

Blessing Health System and the owner of Lin’s Garden Buffet restaurant at 12th and Broadway have reached agreement for purchase of the property, effective February 4, 2020.

Illinois Department of Public Health Novel Coronavirus Hotline

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) in coordination with the Illinois Poison Control Center have launched the Illinois Novel Coronavirus Hotline and email address to answer questions Local Health Departments, clinicians, and the general public may have regarding the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

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.

Hospice nurse receives DAISY Award

Sarah Gunder, RN, Blessing Hospice, became the 48th Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on February 12.

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.