Universal Health Services, Inc. owns or leases about two dozen acute care hospitals with more than 6,000 total beds, as well as seven outpatient surgery centers, radiation therapy centers, and surgical hospitals. In addition to these medical facilities, UHS runs about 200 psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals. The company's facilities are located mainly in smaller towns and cities with limited competition, but it does have operations in some larger markets, including Las Vegas, Memphis, and Austin, Texas.

East Orange General Hospital believes in the power of volunteerism. Established in 1903, the hospital is the home of the first Candy Striper program, which local high school students began in 1944. Today, the more than 200-bed hospital provides inpatient acute care in a wide range of specialties, including cardiology, behavioral health, intensive care, and physical rehabilitation. It also offers dialysis, respiratory care, diagnostic testing, and wound care, among other services. The hospital's Family Health Center provides primary and specialty care, as well as outpatient surgery.

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.

Hill Country Memorial takes care of the peaks and valleys in the wellness of area residents. The health system provides medical services to eight counties near Fredericksburg in Central Texas. Its hospital, Hill Country Memorial Hospital, has about 85 beds and a staff of close to 100 physicians. Specialties include cardiology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, and emergency medicine. The health system also operates a wellness center that offers locals yoga, stress management, weight loss, and massage. Other community services include hospice and home care, and the administration of state-funded services for low income women, infants, children (WIC).

Kerma Medical Products manufactures, assembles, and delivers a variety of medical products to doctors and health care facilities. the company manufactures medical soft goods such as washcloths, burn dressings, and baby bonnets. The company also assembles and packages goods made elsewhere including digital thermometers, stethoscopes, and bandages, and it serves as a distributor of medical furnishings and equipment. The company has operations in Florida and Virginia. Established in 1991 as a government supplier, the company now enjoys contracts with Broadlane, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, and other group purchasing organizations.

United Blood Services exists to make a difference in people’s lives by bringing together the best people, inspiring individuals to donate blood, producing a safe and ample blood supply, advancing cutting-edge research and embracing continuous quality improvement.Founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, Arizona, today United Blood Services non-profit community blood centers provide blood, blood components and special services to patients in more than 500 hospitals in 18 states.

Sinai-Grace Hospital hopes to provide health care to grateful Detroit residents. The acute care medical center has about 400 beds and 800 physicians providing a variety of emergency, general, specialty, and outpatient services. Specialist programs include cancer care, cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, women's and children's services, and reconstructive surgeries. Sinai-Grace provides training to medical students through an affiliation with Wayne State University. The hospital is part of the Detroit Medical Center network.

ZOLL Medical knows how to get your heart pounding. The medical equipment firm makes noninvasive cardiac defibrillators and pacing devices used in emergency situations to resuscitate hearts that have stopped beating. ZOLL Medical also makes disposable electrodes for use with its products, as well as related information technology software. The company's products are used primarily by hospitals, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel. It sells its wares through a direct sales force in the US and through sales representatives and distributors in some 140 countries around the globe. ZOLL Medical manufactures its products at four facilities in the US.

RehabCare Group, Inc. provides rehabilitation program management services in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient facilities, and other long-term care facilities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Program Management Services and Hospitals. The Program Management Services segment provides hospital rehabilitation services, including inpatient acute and subacute rehabilitation for conditions, such as stroke, orthopedic conditions, head injuries, cancer, heart failure, burns, and wounds; and outpatient therapy programs for hospital-based and satellite programs. This segment also offers skilled nursing rehabilitation services, such as contract therapy in skilled nursing, long-term care, and assisted living facilities for neurological, orthopedic, and other medical conditions; resident-centered management consulting services; and staffing services for therapists and nurses. The Hospital segment provides therapeutic and clinical care to patients with medically complex diagnoses; and interdisciplinary rehabilitation services to patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis. As of March 2, 2010, RehabCare Group, Inc. operated 34 long-term acute care and rehabilitation hospitals. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, a 330-bed acute care facility locate in DuPage County, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago. The hospital, founded in 1926, provides a comprehensive range of medical services, from emergency care to specialty cancer and orthopedics care to behavioral health services. In addition to the hospital, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates several facilities that house doctors' offices, outpatient centers, occupational health programs, and other ancillary health care operations. The health system is planning to build a new hospital campus, to be completed by the end of 2011.

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