NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System serves about 20 percent of patients located in the New York metro area. The system includes about 25 acute and specialty hospitals with a total of 7,900 beds. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the system's flagship facility and the largest hospital in the US with 2,300 beds; specialist facilities include psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals. All of its hospitals are affiliated with the medical colleges of Columbia University or Cornell University. NYPHS also operates nursing homes (with some 1,600 beds) and community health clinics.

Saint Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS), is the state's largest private hospital network. The system has some 70 facilities including six acute-care hospitals, as well as specialty medical centers, nursing and assisted-living facilities, rehabilitation centers, and numerous outpatient and ambulatory care clinics. Saint Barnabas also offers behavioral health, home health, and hospice programs, and it specializes in the areas of pediatrics, women's health, oncology, cardiology, stroke care, diabetes, and transplants. It has some 4,800 physicians and some 3,200 acute-care beds in its health network.

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital health care facility has nearly 200 beds. Obstetrics and gynecology are at the heart of the hospital's services, as well as perinatal, urological, and surgical offerings. St. Joseph's Women's Hospital also provides breast cancer treatment and heart care targeted specifically to women, and it has a center dedicated to women in post-child bearing stages. Its medical staff includes more than 200 physicians. The specialty care hospital is part of St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care, which is in turn part of the BayCare Health System.

Davol keeps operating rooms in business. The company makes medical instruments and supplies for a number of surgical specialties, including hernia repair, hemostasis, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, wound management, and orthopedics. Its hemostasis products include the Ativene brand of hemostat products used to staunch bleeding during surgery. The company also makes suction and irrigation equipment for wound care and laparoscopy, and an autotransfusion unit used in orthopedic procedures. Its hernia repair patches, plugs, grafting tissue, and fixation devices are offered under the Bard and Davol brands. Davol is a subsidiary of medical products company C.R. Bard.

Memorial Health University Medical Center is the flagship facility of the Memorial Health System, which serves residents of a 35-county region in southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. An affiliate of Mercer University School of Medicine, the tertiary care facility provides such services as cardiac and trauma care, cancer treatment, and rehabilitation. The hospital has some 530 beds and includes the Backus Children's Hospital; it also operates cancer research programs. As part of Memorial Health System, the medical center is affiliated with primary and specialty care clinics and physician networks.

The global medical equipment company,Esaote S.p.A. makes and markets diagnostic imaging systems, with special expertise in ultrasound scanners and dedicated MRI machines (which are designed to take images of joints and limbs). Esaote also makes modular electrocardiograph systems that map the electrical activity of the heart. Its Ebit AET unit develops picture archiving and communications software for digital radiology and interventional cardiology labs. Formerly a unit of medical conglomerate the Bracco Group, Esaote is now owned by a private investor consortium led by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo. At the company's helm is CEO Carlo Castellano, who also owns a stake in the firm.

CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital provides a wide range of medical services to the denizens of Alexandria, Louisiana. If you're ailing down south, there's not much the hospital can't do to help, especially in the area of cancer. Founded in 1950, the 240-bed St. Frances Cabrini Hospital has a staff of more than 320 physicians providing services that include emergency care, women's health, surgery, and cardiology. For the insomniacs among us, the hospital provides specialized care through its sleep center. St. Francis Cabrini's parent company is one of the nation's major hospital operators -- with about 50 facilities located around the country.

Northside Hospital is not just a hospital. It is a three hospital system with some 750 beds serving Atlanta and surrounding areas. With more than 1,800 physicians and 5,000 employees, Northside Hospital operates on multiple campuses with a host of outpatient health facilities, including physician office parks and specialized cancer centers. All of Northside's hospitals are full-service, acute care facilities that offer expertise in maternity services, women's health, cancer care, surgery, and radiology. Northside Hospital opened in 1970.

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. provides senior living services in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. It offers independent living services, which include housing, meals, transportation, activities, and housekeeping, as well as licensed skilled nursing services for residents who require 24-hour skilled nursing care; and determination of the appropriate level of care and service for such resident. The company’s assisted living communities also offer a reminiscence neighborhood that provides specially designed accommodations, service, and care to support cognitively impaired residents, including residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of memory loss. In addition, it provides medication management program, which includes the storage of medications, the distribution of medications as directed by the resident’s physician, and compliance monitoring. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 384 communities, including 335 communities in the United States, 15 communities in Canada, 27 communities in the United Kingdom, and 7 communities in Germany, with a total unit capacity of 40,400 units. Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Cardiac Science Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology devices and systems in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its cardiac monitoring products primarily include resting ECG systems that allow physicians to record and analyze patient ECG waveforms; cardiac stress testing systems to monitor and analyze the performance of the heart under stress; Holter monitoring systems to record and assess the performance of a patient’s heart; cardiac rehabilitation telemetry systems to monitor the patient’s heart rate, heart rhythm, and ECG waveform data during rehabilitation exercises; vital signs monitors to monitor noninvasive blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, and oxygen saturation; and cardiology data management systems that automate the processing, storage, retrieval, and editing of electrocardiograms and other patient data. Cardiac Science Corporation also offers cardiac monitoring related products and supplies comprising lead wires and electrodes, and thermal chart paper, as well as an array of complementary products, such as temperature and blood pressure monitors, spirometers, and pulse oximeters. In addition, it provides defibrillation products consisting of public access automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that are deployed in various settings; professional AEDs for use by hospital personnel, medical professionals, and emergency medical technicians; traditional defibrillators that are positioned in hospitals at various locations; and defibrillation supplies and accessories, including replacement electrodes and batteries, training devices, wall cabinets, and carrying cases. Further, the company offers training, maintenance, and support services. Cardiac Science Corporation sells its products through its sales force, independent distributors, direct sales representatives, and third party distributors under the Burdick, Quinton, and Powerheart brand names. Cardiac Science Corporation was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Bothell, Washington.

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