Stanford University's primary medical teaching facility, the 600-bed Stanford Hospital specializes in such areas as cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurology, and organ transplant. The affiliated Stanford Clinics is a physician group practice organization that represents more than 100 specialized fields of medicine. Stanford Hospital and Clinics is part of the Stanford Medicine organization, which also includes the nearby Stanford University School of Medicine and the 270-bed Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (named for the wife of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard).

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.

Hurley Medical Center is a teaching hospital serving Genesee, Lapeer, and Shiawassee counties in eastern Michigan. The 440-bed acute care facility is affiliated with the medical schools of Michigan State University and The University of Michigan. It provides care in areas such as cancer, mental health, rehabilitation, surgery, and women's health, and it is a regional center for pediatrics. Hurley Medical Center also offers advanced specialty care, such as trauma care, neonatal intensive care, kidney transplantation, burn medicine, and bariatric (weight loss) surgery.

HealthTrust Purchasing Group was established in 1999. Hospitals and health systems small and large trust HealthTrust Purchasing Group to get them a good deal. The company is a health care group purchasing organization (GPO) that negotiates competitive pricing contracts with manufacturers of medical equipment and supplies on behalf of its members. Those members include some 1,400 acute care hospitals, as well as thousands of doctor's offices, outpatient clinics, and other health care facilities. HealthTrust provides contract, acquisition, and logistics services to its customers, which include facilities owned by HCA, Community Health Systems, Catholic Health Initiatives, and Lifepoint Hospitals.

Precision Optics makes specialized video cameras and stereo endoscopes for use in minimally invasive surgery. Its other products include laparoscopes (for abdominal surgery) and arthroscopes (for joint surgery), as well as sterilizable image couplers and beamsplitters that connect endoscopes to video cameras. The US is Precision Optics' biggest market, accounting for almost all sales, although the company has received regulatory approval to sell its products in Europe. In 2008 the company sold it custom optical thin film coatings business to privately held Optometrics, a subsidiary of Dynasil.

Blue Care Network of Michigan keeps its state residents healthy. The health maintenance organization (HMO) provides health insurance products and related services to more than 650,000 Michigan members. The company's health insurance plans include HMO, traditional indemnity, and supplemental Medicare. The network also provides wellness and disease management services to its members. Parent company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan formed Blue Care Network of Michigan, one of the largest HMOs in Michigan, in 1998 to create a statewide coverage organization. Its network includes about 130 hospitals and 14,000 primary and specialty physicians throughout the state.

Nanosphere is offering molecular diagnostics for the masses: Its molecular testing system is intended for use in hospital-based laboratories that don't have the money or expertise to maintain the complex genomic testing equipment often reserved for reference labs and research centers. Known as Verigene, the company's diagnostic system is a more compact and simpler workstation designed to perform multiple genomic and protein tests simultaneously on a single sample. The company also sells Verigene-compatible tests, including hematology, cystic fibrosis, and influenza diagnostic assays. Nanosphere has several other tests, including HPV (the virus that causes cervical cancer) in the works.

St. Clair Health operates St. Clair Hospital, an acute care hospital with about than 330 beds serving residents in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. The health care provider offers inpatient and outpatient services including specialized units for cancer treatment, behavioral and mental health, cardiovascular therapy, physical rehabilitation, pulmonary therapy, women and children's health, and other niche services. St. Clair Hospital was established in 1954 by members of the Pittsburgh community. St. Clair Health also operates two outpatient centers, a surgical center, an imaging unit, and an occupational medicine division.

Orpea owns and operates facilities scattered all over the country. Chairman and CEO Jean-Claude Marian owns a little over a third of Orpea. No, you're not having a senior moment. Orpea -- not Opera -- is one of France's leading providers of long-term care to the elderly or infirm. Orpea started out running facilities that included retirement homes and assisted-living residences, which are still operated under the Orpea name, but it has branched out to also provide care in physical therapy and psychiatric clinics, which operate through the company's Clinea subsidiary.

University of Wisconsin hospital and Clinics medical campus which is home to a 490-bed hospital, the American Family Children's Hospital and a small inpatient psychiatric ward, as well as Level One adult and pediatric trauma centers. The hospital administers cancer treatment, heart and stroke care, organ transplantation, and a host of other medical services. The UW Hospital and Clinics campus also houses some 85 health clinics that provide general and specialty outpatient care and emergency room services.

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