Quincy Herald Whig http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us Blessing implements hotline to speed up heart patient care By KELLY WILSON Herald-Whig Staff Writer Blessing Hospital's Heart and Vascular Center has implemented a program to ensure patients with heart-related symptoms who are being transferred from surrounding rural hospitals get immediate, effective care. A "Heart First" telephone hotline provides area hospitals with a toll free phone number to call -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- when they are transferring a heart patient to Blessing, which is a nationally accredited Chest Pain Center. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/blessing-heart---SUN