Patients experiencing severe heart or respiratory failure, or both, have access to a new level of care at Blessing Hospital through Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation technology, or ECMO for short.
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Video games may be popular, but the fascination a child has for a wagon has remained constant throughout the years. And when the wagon is filled with toys, the fun really begins!
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Keokuk Area Hospital ownership officially transferred from UnityPoint Health to Blessing Health System on March 1. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place today to commemorate the special occasion and celebrate the newly minted Blessing Health Keokuk.
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Dakota Wand, RN, ICU, became the 57th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on February 9, 2021.
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Megan Pike, Chaplain, Blessing Hospital, became the hospital’s 28th Honey Bee Award winner during a presentation on February 18. The Blessing Hospital Honey Bee award recognizes the remarkable patient experience delivered by support staff employees.
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For Pittsfield residents Robert and Sue Evans, a positive result from a COVID-19 test was a reason to worry. “We both have underlying health conditions and we’ve heard about how COVID can affect individuals who have the same conditions we have,” Sue Evans said.
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Andrew Romano was outside of the building in which he works, Kohl Wholesale in Quincy, enjoying just a moment of a beautiful late summer’s day. Little did he know a storm was brewing.
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Cathy Aschemann, RN, BSN, clinical documentation specialist, Health Information Management department, Blessing Hospital, retired on Friday, February 19, after 38 years of service.
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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).
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Lauren Tallman Smith, RN, OB, became the 56th Blessing Hospital nurse to receive the international DAISY Award. She received the award during a ceremony on January 28, 2021.
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