QMG Stories

Mike N.’s expe­ri­ence high­lights the impor­tance of hav­ing a pri­ma­ry care provider who knows you and can help you nav­i­gate your care. With Kaitlin Phillips, FNP‑C, Mike has found a trust­ed provider who responds when some­thing feels dif­fer­ent and helps con­nect him to the right resources and specialists.

The Quin­cy Med­ical Group Foun­da­tion’s 26^th Annu­al Bridge the Gap to Health Race raised more than $70,000 to sup­port local fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ty health ini­tia­tives, includ­ing a new fam­i­ly vis­i­ta­tion space at Con­nect Child & Fam­i­ly Solu­tions and the Foun­da­tion’s Com­mu­ni­ty Impact Fund.

Dr. Michael K. Ouwen­ga Schol­ar­ship recip­i­ents Logan and Mor­gan Zanger are turn­ing their pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers into mean­ing­ful careers. Logan is pur­su­ing a future in school psy­chol­o­gy and neu­rode­vel­op­men­tal eval­u­a­tions, while Mor­gan is on a pre-med track with plans to become a gyne­col­o­gist and researcher in wom­en’s health. Both cred­it the schol­ar­ship with pro­vid­ing the sup­port and oppor­tu­ni­ties need­ed to pur­sue their goals and make a dif­fer­ence in the lives of others.

Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Ambu­la­to­ry Surgery Cen­ter (ASC) has been ranked #1 in Illi­nois based on Cen­ters for Medicare & Med­ic­aid Ser­vices (CMS) qual­i­ty data mea­sur­ing hos­pi­tal vis­its fol­low­ing out­pa­tient pro­ce­dures in both gas­troen­terol­o­gy (GI) and urology.

For Andrew and Shel­by H., team­work doesn’t end when the work­day does. As hus­band and wife and fel­low reg­is­tered nurs­es at QMG’s Ambu­la­to­ry Surgery Cen­ter, they share a deep under­stand­ing of what it means to show up for oth­ers. From nurs­ing school study part­ners to nav­i­gat­ing life’s biggest chal­lenges togeth­er, dis­cov­er how this duo brings that same ded­i­ca­tion to the oper­at­ing room every day.

This Nurs­es Week, we’re get­ting to know a few mem­bers of our incred­i­ble nurs­ing team. We’re get­ting to know Lori W., a nurse with our QMG Now Urgent Care.