Formed in 1921 to build a better thermometer, Terumo is one of Japan's largest health care product suppliers. The company makes and sells a wide range of general hospital products and equipment, including disposable supplies (syringes and wound dressings), blood glucose monitors, dialyzers, infusion pumps, and intravenous liquid nutrients. It also makes blood transfusion bags, as well as cardiac and vascular products, such as heart-lung machines used in open heart surgery, vascular grafts, and catheters. And yes, it still makes thermometers, which are part of its consumer health care product portfolio. Terumo operates in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It sells its products in some 150 countries worldwide.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services in the United States and internationally. It offers access to diagnostic testing services through its network of laboratories and patient service centers; and interpretive consultation to patients and physicians. The company provides commercial clinical testing services, including routine clinical testing for blood chemistries, complete blood cell counts, urinalyses, pregnancy and other prenatal tests, microbiology testing, alcohol and other substance-abuse tests, and allergy tests; cancer diagnostics, such as anatomic pathology services; and gene-based and other esoteric testing, as well as various risk assessment services for insurance companies.

South Bend Medical Foundation's more than 800 employees provide a wide range of top-quality, cost-effective health care services for communities in Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. By working together with local health care providers, South Bend Medical Foundation preserves the critical relationship between laboratory, physician and patient.

IASIS Healthcare LLC owns and operates about 15 acute care hospitals and one behavioral health facility (more than 2,800 beds total) in Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. IASIS also operates several outpatient facilities and other centers providing ancillary services, such as radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, and ambulatory surgery. Its Health Choice Arizona subsidiary is a Medicaid and Medicare managed health plan that serves about 200,000 individuals in Arizona. An investor group led by Texas Pacific Group owns the company.

GN Store Nord's products make sure you hear loud and clear. Founded as a telegraph company, GN today consists of subsidiaries that develop, make, and sell hearing-related devices. GN Netcom produces Jabra brand headsets for call center and office settings, cell phone users, and other equipment makers. GN ReSound specializes in hearing aids marketed under the Beltone, Interton, and ReSound brands. GN ReSound subsidiary, GN Otometrics, manufactures audiological diagnostics equipment for hearing and balance assessment under the Madsen, Aurical, and ICS names. Most of GN Store Nord's products are made in China, a lower-cost production country, and are sold primarily to markets in Europe and North America.

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville offers a broad range of medical, surgical, and research services. The clinic, part of the Mayo Foundation network, offers specialty services including organ transplantation, neurology, and oncology therapy. Most patients treated at the clinic are treated on an outpatient basis; those who require hospitalization are admitted to the adjacent Mayo Clinic Hospital, a 200-bed acute care facility. The Jacksonville campus also includes the Birdsall Medical Research center and the Griffin Cancer Research building.

This government agency provides homes for heroes. The US Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) consists of the 276-acre US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in Washington, DC, and the 44-acre, 11-story US Naval Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Both are continuing care retirement communities in which residents can live independently or in assisted living or long-term care facilities. The homes have about 1,600 residents (retired sailors, soldiers, airmen and women, and marines), 97% of whom served in a war theater and nearly 93% of whom retired with 20 or more years of military service.

Natchez Regional Medical Center is a full-service acute care hospital serving a region known as Miss-Lou, which includes seven counties in southwestern Mississippi and two parishes of northeastern Louisiana. The hospital provides general medical and surgical care with nearly 200 licensed beds. It offers specialty services in a number of areas, including cardiac catheterization, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient surgery, and geriatric mental health. Owned by the county, Natchez Regional Medical Center opened its doors in 1960. While not technically bankrupt, in 2009 the medical center filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize.

Swedish Health Services serves Seattle and the surrounding area through four acute care hospitals (and another in the works) as well as a an emergency care and specialty center, multiple primary care clinics, and a home health services unit. The health system also operates a physician group and a number of specialty clinics all operating under the Swedish Health moniker. In total the organization's hospitals are home to nearly 1,250 beds. Medical specialties include cardiac care, neurosurgery, cancer treatment, orthopedics, pediatrics, and women's health. Not-for-profit Swedish Health began in 1910 as a single hospital with 24 beds.

Stanly Regional Medical Center (SRMC) provides a wide range of general medical services to residents in and around Stanly County in North Carolina. Formed in 1950, the hospital has 120 beds and is under the management of Carolinas HealthCare, which owns or manages about two dozen regional hospitals. The two organizations agreed to the management contract in 2009 to provide SRMC with more access to resources, such as group purchasing, help with physician recruitment, and supply-chain management. SRMC is affiliated with a number of other organizations including about a dozen clinics, a home health agency, a medical equipment company, and a nursing home.

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