Inova Alexandria Hospital provides medical, surgical, and therapeutic services in northeastern Virginia. Inova Alexandria Hospital was founded in 1872 and became part of the not-for-profit Inova Health System in 1997. Inova Alexandria Hospital has about 320 beds. The hospital offers specialty services such as heart and cancer treatment, women's and children's health care, emergency medicine, vascular procedures, interventional radiology, and sleep disorder and heartburn treatment services. The Inova Health System provides health care services in northern Virginia through a network of hospitals, clinics, assisted living centers, and other provider facilities.

Discus Dental delivers the stuff for dazzling teeth. The company develops, markets, and distributes dental aesthetics products, including teeth whitening products and restoratives. It also provides oral hygiene products, impression materials, and endodontic supplies. Its brands include Zoom!, BriteSmile, BreathRx, and DayWhite. While Discus develops many of its products, the company also distributes products from other companies. It also provides practice management software, training, and marketing services. Discus Dental handles its own distribution in the US and a dozen other countries, but relies upon local distributors for the rest of the world.

Interpore Spine has biomaterials deep in its bones. The company, which operates as Interpore Cross, makes synthetic tissue, bone products, and implant systems for spinal and orthopedic procedures. Interpore also makes biological grafting products that encourage bone growth. Interpore Spine also manufactures minimally invasive surgery systems used by orthopedic surgeons and neurologists. Brands include Pro Osteon, InterGro, and BioPlex. The company is a subsidiary of Biomet; other sister company products include dental implants, sports medicine devices, and bracing equipment.

Community Medical Centers keeps California's San Joaquin Valley healthy. The health system operates three acute care hospitals -- along with nursing homes, freestanding outpatient facilities, and an inpatient mental health center -- in the greater Fresno area. Its Community Regional Medical Center is a roughly 600-bed academic hospital affiliated with UCSF-Fresno; it provides advanced care in areas such as trauma, cardiac care, neuroscience, and orthopedics. Clovis Community Medical Center provides general medical-surgical care, with specialized expertise in women's health and bariatric/weight-loss surgery. Specialty hospital Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital has about 60 beds.

Established in 1908 with 25 beds, Good Samaritan was Indiana's first county hospital. Good Samaritan Hospital provides a full slate of health care services to southwest Indiana and southeast Illinois. Services include cardiology, emergency care, orthopedics, women's health, and pediatrics. The 230-bed hospital is located a few blocks from the Wabash River that forms the border between the Hoosier and Prairies States. It operates specialty units including same day surgery, breast care, behavioral health, radiology, sleep, cancer care, and rehabilitation centers. It also provides home health and hospice services.

Ramsay Health Care UK watches out for the health of British residents. The company is a leading provider of independent hospital services across the UK, operating a network of more than 20 private hospitals with some 1,200 beds. Its hospital facilities specialize in emergency, surgical, orthopedic, ophthalmic, and cardiac care. Ramsay Health Care UK also provides services through ten National Health Service specialist treatment centers, as well as diagnostic clinics, long-term neurological rehabilitation centers, and additional facilities. Ramsay Health Care UK is a subsidiary of Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.

ApolloMD is a private US group practice owned and operated by its physicians. With more than 750 medical directors, doctors, and mid-level practitioners, the group provides clinical outsourcing services focused on anesthesia, emergency medicine, and radiology to high-volume hospitals, surgery centers, and health systems primarily in the Southeast and Midwest. Boasting about a 97% physician retention rate, ApolloMD uses a performance-based compensation model, which pays physicians equitably according to the amount of clinical work they accomplish rather than seniority. Its PaymentsMD division offers health care providers a medical billing and payment collections system that allows patients to pay bills online.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is a 670-bed, acute-care regional referral hospital. The facility serves residents of Newark and surrounding areas in northern New Jersey. Newark Beth Israel Medical hospital offers services including primary, diagnostic, emergency, surgical, and rehabilitative care. It is home to specialized programs such as kidney transplantation, cancer care, dentistry, sleep disorders, and women's health services. The facility also houses the Children's Hospital of New Jersey and the Saint Barnabas Heart Center. Newark Beth Israel Medical hospital has a medical staff of more than 800 physicians.

Some people would say that DCI began when the doors to the first clinic were opened. Some would also say that's starting in the middle. The true beginning lies in the heartbreaks and successes of early dialysis. In 1943, during the time of World War II, Willem Kolff invented the first practical dialysis machine, the rotating drum. Kolff's invention was revised and redeveloped and even inspired others to create new dialysis machines and tools. By 1948 the Kolff-Brigham Dialysis Machine and the Skeggs Leonards Plate Dialyzer were created.

Southern Illinois Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system that operates Herrin Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. The system has some 260 beds and provides services such as birthing, cardiac, cancer, and emergency care, as well as surgery and rehabilitation. Its cardiac care is offered through an affiliation with the Prairie Heart Institute at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. The medical school at Southern Illinois University conducts its Family Practice Residency Program at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

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