Joint Replacement Instrumentation Limited designs and manufactures joint replacement devices, including replacement hips and knees, that are distributed throughout the world under the Furlong trade name. Joint Replacement Instrumentation also sells instruments needed for the implantation of its products. JRI was founded in 1969 by orthopedic surgeon Ronald Furlong, first importing hip replacement prostheses from Switzerland and later moving on to manufacture products in-house.

From its humble beginning in 1918 as a small community center, Harrison Medical Center has grown into the region's busiest heath system with five campuses serving four counties in Washington State. Harrison's main campus in Bremerton provides general inpatient medical and surgical care and emergency services -- including a Level III trauma center. Its Silverdale campus provides mom and baby care, pediatrics, and specialty services including robotic surgery and weight loss surgical procedures. Harrison's locations in Port Orchard and Belfair provide urgent care services and the Poulsbo campus specializes in cancer care. Combined the five campuses employ about 400 doctors and see more than 17,000 patients annually.

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation is a physician practice organization offering care to patients in the Chicago area. The not-for-profit firm provides primary health care and over 40 specialty medical care services, including cancer care, cardiology, neurology, surgery, and obstetrics. It also conducts medical research in partnership with the Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. The organization includes more than 600 physicians and more than 1,000 health care providers. Many of NMFF's doctors practice at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital's ambulatory health center.

HCA-HealthONE wants to be #1 in the lives of Denverites. A joint venture between HCA and The Colorado Health Foundation, the health care network provides residents of Denver and surrounding communities with a range of health care services through seven hospitals with more than 2,250 beds, about a dozen ambulatory surgery centers, and 35 outpatient facilities. Its hospitals include The Medical Center of Aurora, North Suburban Medical Center, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Rose Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, Sky Ridge Medical Center, and Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Z-Medica manufactures and sells QuickClot, a product that rapidly stops bleeding in emergency situations, even from arterial injuries. QuickClot works by absorbing blood plasma, the liquid component of blood, and thereby concentrating clotting factors. The hemostat is made of biologically inert minerals, reducing the risk of a patient having an allergic reaction to the compound. QuickClot has been used by the US armed forces in Iraq and is available to civilian medical, emergency, and veterinary customers, as well as over-the-counter to the general public. Z-Medica, founded in 2002, also makes the product available to international buyers through distributors.

St. Tammany Parish Hospital serves communities in St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish along the northern shores of Lake Ponchartrain in eastern Louisiana. The hospital has about 240 beds and offers acute care, diagnostic, rehabilitation, and community wellness services. It also includes centers and clinics specializing in surgery, breast care, cardiology, and sleep disorders. In addition, St. Tammany Parish Hospital operates a home health and hospice agency, an outpatient services center, and a primary care physicians' office. The not-for-profit hospital opened its doors in 1954.

Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers is a management company that oversees the operations of about 18 skilled nursing facilities targeting the elderly throughout Texas. Regency and its affiliate, Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, are independently contracted by facility owners to manage their sites. Each of the facilities are full-service rehabilitation centers, with full-time physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapists. Its managed facilities also provide Alzheimer's and wound care, as well as dining, laundry, social, religious, and transportation services. Chairman Donald Kivowitz founded the company in 1989.

Children's Health Care was founded in 1924. Children's Health Care (better known as Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota) is one of the largest pediatric health organizations in the US, with two full-service hospital campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as a number of specialty clinics in the region. With more than 330 beds between its two hospitals, the not-for-profit Children's Health Care specializes in diagnosing, treating, and researching diseases that afflict babies and children, including epilepsy, diabetes, cancers, and cystic fibrosis. It also runs a Teen Age Medical Service, which provides reproductive health care, counseling, and other medical services to adolescents.

SSM Health Care System began with five nuns who fled religious persecution in Germany in 1872 only to arrive in St. Louis in the midst of a smallpox epidemic. They formed their first hospital there in 1877. Today the not-for-profit system, sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, owns or manages 15 acute care hospitals with about 4,000 licensed beds. The company also operates physicians' practices and two nursing homes, and it offers rehabilitation, home health care, hospice, and skilled nursing services. Its facilities are located in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

Serving residents of Fort Myers and surrounding areas in Southwestern Florida's Lee County, the community-owned, not-for-profit health care system is home to four acute care hospitals (with a total of some 1,400 beds), a home health agency, a nursing home, and numerous outpatient treatment and diagnostic centers. The flagship Lee Memorial Hospital also houses an inpatient rehabilitation hospital and a dedicated children's hospital. Lee Health Systems' corporate services include pre-employment screenings, drug screens, and wellness programs.

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