Franciscan Skemp Healthcare (FSH) is a community health system serving residents of northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin. Three hospitals in Wisconsin comprise the main facilities of the healthcare network -- the La Crosse campus, Sparta campus, and Arcadia campus hospitals. It also operates primary care clinics. Services include home healthcare, nursing homes, and tertiary care. FSH is an affiliate of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

Amplifon operates in the US through Sonus-USA where it distributes the Miracle Ear brand of hearing aids. Ampliter N.V. owns about 61% of Amplifon S.p.A.. Leave it to Italy's Amplifon to offer stylish hearing aids. Amplifon S.p.A. is a leading distributor of hearing aids and related services. Amplifon operates retail stores and hearing centers where customers are fitted and then bring their hearing aids in for service. Through subsidiaries Amplaid and Biomedica, Amplifon S.p.A. also has operations in the biomedical field, selling devices for otological, ophthalmological, and other uses.

Centura Health was established in 1996 as a not-for-profit health care system serving the Denver metro area and surrounding counties. The health system encompasses 12 hospitals (with a combined bed count of about 2,800), seven senior living communities as well as home care, hospice, home medical equipment, and oxygen services. Centura partners with a bevy of local diagnostic imaging and ambulatory surgery centers in rural and mountainous regions to provide those communities with better access to services. The system was established by Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health System.

Infolab is doing its part to ensure laboratories' success in discovery. The company provides biomedical and surgical supplies, labware, chemicals, and lab equipment to clinical laboratories, testing centers, blood banks, and hospitals. Products include diagnostic test kits, automated analyzers, reagents, glassware, plastic ware, apparel, lab furniture, and other medical and surgical goods. Through six distribution centers across the South, Infolab distributes products nationwide from almost 500 medical product manufacturers. The company was established in 1967 and is one of the oldest independent laboratory equipment providers in the country.

Volcano Corporation makes a variety of medical imaging devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Volcano's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) systems give information about the condition of arteries as well as plaque and lesions. Its functional measurement (FM) products measure characteristics of blood around plaque in arteries. The company also sells related single-use disposable catheters and guidewires. Volcano sells its products to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers worldwide through a direct sales force and distributors.

Orlando Health operates a network of eight hospitals housing nearly 1,800 beds in Central Florida. Orlando Health's flagship facility is the Orlando Regional Medical Center, which features a Level 1 trauma center and provides comprehensive acute care services in a range of specialties. Other facilities include specialty hospitals such as the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando (an affiliate of the Houston-based M. D. Anderson center), the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies. Orlando Health also has partial ownership of two additional community hospitals.

AMERIGROUP looks after the health of America's needy. The managed health care provider targets people eligible for Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare, and other government special needs plans. Its top Medicaid plans include a product for families receiving temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) benefits and one for aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) persons receiving supplemental income. AMERIGROUP's SCHIP programs cover uninsured kids ineligible for Medicaid. The company contracts with more than 100,000 primary care doctors and specialists, as well as 700 hospitals, to serve about 1.8 million members in about a dozen states.

St. Lucie Medical Center, part of the HCA network of health care providers, is an acute-care hospital serving the Port St. Lucie community in Florida's Treasure Coast region. The hospital has about 200 beds and 250 physicians on staff. Specialty programs and services include cancer care, women's care, orthopedics, physical rehabilitation, and outpatient surgery services. St. Lucie Medical Center, founded in 1983, is part of the HCA East Florida division. Affiliate Integrated Regional Laboratories provides medical testing services for St. Lucie and other area hospitals.

TransMedics works to transport transplants. The company has developed a system to circulate warm blood through hearts and other transplant organs while they are being transported, as opposed to the cold transport system currently in use. The portable device makes it possible to actually deliver a beating heart to the surgeon. TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS) is already in use in the European Union for heart transplants; it must still complete clinical trials in the US to receive FDA approval. A system for lungs, livers, and kidneys is also in the works. TransMedics was formed in 1998.

First known as the Rehabilitation Center of Hawaii, the hospital was established in 1953 by the Kauikeolani-Children's Hospital Foundation to serve the needs of physically disabled people residing in Hawaii including polio-stricken children. In 1969 the Center was renamed the Pacific Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and in 1975 separated from Children's Hospital to become an independent, not-for-profit hospital specializing exclusively in rehabilitation medicine. It was renamed the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. Most people know us today as REHAB.

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