The Blessing FastCare clinic opened February 1 in Quincy’s ShopKo store at 3200 Broadway. Blessing FastCare offers an alternative to an Emergency Center visit for many basic, non-life threatening health conditions when a doctor’s office visit is not possible.
FastCare services cost less than an Emergency Center visit, $54 and most insurance is accepted.
Blessing FastCare hours:
- Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Holidays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Conditions treated include:
- Allergies
- Athlete’s Foot
- Bladder infections
- Cold and flu symptoms
- Cold sores
- Ear infections and Swimmer’s ear
- Impetigo
- Insect bites
- Immunizations
- Laryngitis
- Minor burns and rashes
- Minor sunburn
- Mononucleosis
- Pharyngitis
- Poison Ivy
- Ringworm
- Screenings
- Sinus infections
- Sore throat
- Sports and camp physicals
Lab services for Monospots, pregnancy testing, Rapid strep and Urinalysis are also available.
Patients must be 18 months or older. Blessing FastCare patients receive care from certified physician assistants Tiffanny Connolly and Alan McMullin. They are certified by the National Commission on Certification of the Physician Assistant.
Connolly is a graduate of the Masters in Medical Science in Physician Assistant Studies program of Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL. She also holds a Masters of Biomedical Sciences from Midwestern University. Connolly comes to Blessing FastCare from Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL.
McMullin is a graduate of the Riverside County Regional Medical Center/Riverside Community College Physician Assistant Program, Riverside, CA. He comes to Blessing FastCare from a physician assistant position in the Emergency Department at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, IL. McMullin is also a veteran of the United States Army, where he was head technician for ophthalmic surgery and a member of the cardiac team at Brooks Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX.
Richard Saalborn, DO, medical director, Blessing Hospital Emergency Center, serves as Medical Director of Blessing FastCare.
FastCare is a retail health clinic exclusive to Bellin Health, based in Green Bay, WI, and Shopko Stores, also based in Green Bay, WI. Those organizations partner with healthcare providers to operate FastCare clinics nationwide.