Acadian Ambulance Service provides ground and air medical transportation service for some 3 million residents in the southeastern US, including portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Acadian Ambulance Service operates more than 250 ground ambulances, as well as a handful of helicopter ambulances operated by affiliate Metro Aviation. It also provides telemedicine (remote patient monitoring) and paramedic training services. Through subsidiary Executive Aircraft, the firm offers chartered transportation services. Its Safety Management Systems unit provides emergency medical services to offshore oil projects. Established in 1971, the company is owned by its employees through a private stock option plan.

REVA Medical Inc., founded in 1998, makes thin-walled heart and coronary artery stents from "bioresorbable" polymer materials using a "slide and lock" stent design. Its lead product candidate is the ReZolve coronary stent designed to restore blood flow and then resorb into the vessel. The company's products could also have applications in the orthopedic, neurological, and peripheral stent markets. Leading cardiac device maker Boston Scientific has partnered with REVA Medical and is helping the company develop its stents. The collaboration agreement also gives Boston Scientific the option to exclusively distribute REVA Medical's products if commercialized.

Select Medical Holdings Corporation company provides inpatient medical rehabilitation at about 110 long-term acute care hospitals (LTCH) in nearly 30 states. These centers, usually located in leased space within general hospitals, specialize in treating severe ailments such as respiratory failure, spinal cord injury, and other conditions that require medically complex care over the long term. Most patients are admitted as transfers from general hospitals. The firm also runs five inpatient rehabilitation clinics and more than 950 outpatient rehab clinics across the US. Select Medical also offers contract rehab services at nursing homes and other locations.

El Paso County Hospital District is a community, not-for-profit health care system serving West Texas and southern New Mexico. The network includes the 330-bed University Medical Center of El Paso (also known as Thomason General Hospital), several neighborhood primary care clinics, and the El Paso First Health Plans HMO. The hospital is an acute-care teaching hospital affiliated with Texas Tech. It specializes in emergency/trauma care, obstetrics, pediatric medicine, and orthopedics. The hospital district, through its affiliates, provides a range of outpatient services including physical rehabilitation, speech therapy, family planning, dental care, cancer treatment, diagnostics, and pharmacy services.

CardioNet, Inc. provides ambulatory, continuous, and real-time outpatient management solutions for monitoring relevant and timely clinical information regarding an individual's health in the United States. It focuses on diagnosing and monitoring cardiac arrhythmias or heart rhythm disorders. The company offers Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) device that incorporates a patient-worn sensor attached to leads, which captures electrocardiogram (ECG) data and communicates wirelessly with a compact monitor that analyzes incoming information by applying proprietary algorithms designed to detect arrhythmias and eliminate data noise. Its MCOT device automatically transmits the ECG data to the CardioNet Monitoring Center, when the monitor detects an arrhythmic event. CardioNet also provides event monitoring services to record and store approximately 540 seconds of ECG signal; Holter monitoring services that store an image of the electrical impulses of every heartbeat or irregularity in either digital format on an internal compact flashcard or in analog format on a standard cassette tape located inside the monitor. In addition, it offers pacemaker monitoring services. CardioNet, Inc. markets its arrhythmia monitoring solutions, including the MCOT, primarily to cardiologists and electrophysiologists. CardioNet, Inc. has a strategic alliance with MedApps, Inc. CardioNet, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Most syringes are designed to inject medication into blood vessels, but Mercator MedSystems' (formerly EndoBionics) MicroSyringe is designed to go inside blood vessels and inject medication outside the vessel wall, allowing for a more targeted application of medication that reduces the amount dispersed to areas where it is not needed. In addition to delivering traditional injectable drugs, it can deliver stem cells and gene therapies. The MicroSyringe, which was approved for use by the FDA in 2004, can be used to treat tumors and vascular, cardiac, and neurological diseases.

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) fights cancer on two fronts. It provides treatment to cancer patients young and old, and researches new cancer diagnostics, treatments, and preventions. The organization's scientists are also researching AIDS treatments and cures for a host of other deadly diseases. Patients receive treatment from DFCI through its cancer centers operated in conjunction with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The institute is also a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The DFCI is funded by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and private contributions.

St. Elizabeth Regional Health operates St. Elizabeth Central and St. Elizabeth East which provide health services to residents of northwestern Indiana's Tippecanoe County. The two facilities are full-service acute care hospitals providing primary, rehabilitative, and surgery care. Specialty units include centers for diabetes, cancer, wound, pulmonary, and cardiac care. St. Elizabeth Central is home to the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. St. Elizabeth Regional Health also provides home health and hospice services and operates area poison control centers.

3M Health Care Ltd. is the European arm of 3M's health care operations. The company manufactures and distributes medical, dental, veterinary, and food safety products. Its products range from wound care dressings, tapes, casting materials, and stethoscopes to transdermal patches and microbiology testing equipment. Its dental care products include adhesives, coatings, crowns, infection control, and sealers. The company also provides information services and software to the health care industry. 3M Health Care Ltd. maintains research and development facilities as well as manufacturing and distribution operations.

Here at MetroSouth Medical Center, our roots run deep in the Blue Island community. It began in 1905, when St. Francis Hospital opened its doors in a private residence on Gregory Street. Within weeks, that location was too small, and the hospital soon expanded to a capacity of 30 patients. Growing with the community for the next 103 years, St. Francis expanded its services and facilities, with major additions to the hospital in 1916 and 1948. Along the way, the hospital earned a national reputation as a leader in cardiovascular primary care.On July 30, 2008, a new chapter in the hospital’s history began with a rededication under new ownership and a new name. Today, MetroSouth Medical Center is located on a 12-acre campus in the heart of Blue Island’s uptown commercial business district. Moving forward, we believe the best way to embrace our history and our long legacy of service is to become the most trusted and sought after hospital on Chicago’s South Side by both patients and medical professionals. At MetroSouth Medical Center, we are redefining what it means to be a progressive community hospital by combining the best practices in medicine with the best in sustainable business practices.

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