The original Hamot Hospital opened in 1881 on the old Hamot family homestead, with five rooms and the capacity for 25 patients. Adventurous Frenchmen know the value of good medical care; Pierre S.V. Hamot felt absolutely "Erie" without it. Hamot Health Foundation (named for the wealthy immigrant merchant) is a not-for-profit health organization serving residents of northwestern Pennsylvania, western New York, and eastern Ohio. The flagship facility in this health system is the Hamot Medical Center, a tertiary-care hospital with about 350 beds. Hamot has an extensive residency program in a number of specialties, including a school of anesthesia run in cooperation with Gannon University.

LifeCell puts new life into the tissue graft market. The firm makes skin graft materials processed from cadaver skin, a category of products known as allografts. Its products include AlloDerm, used in reconstructive plastic, dental, and burn surgeries and Strattice Reconstructive Tissue Matrix, for plastic and reconstructive surgery and wound healing. LifeCell markets a series of other products for additional applications, including one called Cymetra for grafting and head and neck plastic reconstruction. The company markets its products in the US and abroad through a direct sales force and distributors. LifeCell is owned by wound care company Kinetic Concepts.

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (WVMC) has Pacific Northwesterners covered. Formed in 1940, the physician-owned rural health care system administers medical aid to residents in north central Washington State through eight community clinics and a 20-bed acute care hospital. The central campus includes the Wenatchee Valley Clinic, the Wenatchee Valley Hospital and Surgery Center, and a regional radiation treatment oncology center. There are about 170 physicians at WVMC who provide care in most major medical specialties including behavioral health, cardiology, and OB-GYN.

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.

Atherotech is a privately held cardio-diagnostic company focusing on direct measurement of the comprehensive lipid profile using the company's VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) technology. The VAP technology is a patented density gradient ultracentrifugation that directly measures the cholesterol content of all lipids, components, and subclasses. The company provides its unique testing services to physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other laboratories throughout the United States. Atherotech is a CLIA approved clinical reference laboratory located in Birmingham, Alabama.

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.

Saint Mary's is a health care system featuring a 380-bed hospital, community health clinics and urgent care clinics, home health care, health plans, and other health care services in northern Nevada. It also operates a sports medicine and primary-care medicine facility at the University of Nevada's Reno campus. Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, was founded in 1908 as a mission of the Dominican Sisters. The hospital is part of the Catholic Healthcare West network.

Nephros, Inc., a medical device company, engages in developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification. It primarily develops hemodiafiltration (HDF) products and technologies for treating patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). The company also offers OLpur HD 190 high-flux dialyzer cartridge for use with hemodialysis or HDF machines. It has three products in various stages of development in HDF modality to deliver therapy to ESRD patients, which include OLpur MDHDF filter series consisting of MD190 and MD220 diafilters for HDF therapy; OLpur H2H, an add-on module designed to allow the common types of hemodialysis machines to be used for HDF therapy; and OLpur NS2000 system, a stand-alone HDF machine and associated filter technology. In addition, the company also develops dual stage ultrafilter water filtration system. It markets its products primarily to healthcare providers, such as hospitals, dialysis clinics, managed care organizations, and nephrology physician groups. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in River Edge, New Jersey.

Arkansas Children’s Hospital is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and one of the largest in the United States serving children from birth to age 21. The campus spans 29 city blocks and houses 316 beds, a staff of approximately 500 physicians, 80 residents in pediatrics and pediatric specialties and more than 4,200 employees. The private, nonprofit healthcare facility boasts an internationally renowned reputation for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments, unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research - all dedicated to fulfilling our mission of enhancing, sustaining and restoring children’s health and development. For three years in a row Arkansas Children’s Hospital has been ranked on FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list, most recently at No. 85. ACH physicians are consistently recognized for their outstanding performance and achievement in taking care of our young patients. In 2004, 91 doctors from Arkansas Children’s Hospital were listed among The Best Doctors in America.* Our physicians also were included among the 2005 Top Doctors in America list, as well as the Arkansas Times’ selection of best physicians in the state.ACH serves as the pediatric teaching affiliate of UAMS and is home to the Department of Pediatrics. ACH is the classroom where medical students study the pediatric component of all disciplines. In turn, UAMS shares its current medical breakthroughs and technological advancements. UAMS faculty on the ACH campus are practicing physicians as well as teachers to UAMS students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and allied health.

Metroplex Health System is the primary healthcare provider for West Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas counties, offering a wide array of medical and wellness services. The 233-bed, multi-campus facility is a not-for-profit Christian organization operated as a community service by Adventist Health System, which manages 37 hospitals and employs over 43,000. Adventist Health System is the 10th largest hospital system in the country. Metroplex also serves as the largest community health care provider to the military in the nation.Dedicated to meeting residents' needs for quality healthcare services, Metroplex has grown rapidly over the past few years. Metroplex Hospital provides 148 acute-care beds in Killeen, 60 psychiatric care beds in the nearby Metroplex Pavilion-Behavioral Health Services and 25 beds at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. The system employs about 1,200 area residents and cares for more than 125,000 patients each year. Metroplex supports an exceptional staff of more than 260 physicians, representing 43 medical specialties.

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