Northwestern Memorial Hospital can get you upright again. Part of corporate parent Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC), the teaching hospital serves residents of the Chicago area, offering virtually every medical specialty. Northwestern Memorial hospital has more than 850 beds and is affiliated with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It encompasses an ambulatory surgery center, physicians' practices, community clinics, a home hospice program, and health and wellness centers. Other subsidiaries of the NMHC health system include a primary care medical group practice, a philanthropic foundation, an insurance company, and a managed care contracts provider.

Ascent Healthcare Solutions is banking on the idea that one doctor's trash could be another doctor's treasure. The company is out to help hospitals with the three "R"s -- reduce, reuse, and recycle. Ascent focuses on reprocessing disposable medical devices for health care facilities (from small rural providers to surgery centers and group purchasing organizations). Its OR-based systems permit the collection of thousands of tons of devices marketed as "single-use," as well as a range of recyclable materials. After collecting the used devices, it cleans, sterilizes, tests, and then returns them from its centers in Florida and Arizona. The company is part of the MedSurg division of medical products maker Stryker.

The Ensign Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Mission Viejo, California. The Ensign Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides nursing and rehabilitative care services in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The company offers nursing and assisted living services; physical, occupational, and speech therapies; and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or leased 77 facilities.

Rush System for Health is in a hurry to get Chicagoans hale and hearty. The health system's cornerstone is the Rush University Medical Center, a more than 670-bed academic medical facility that includes a medical school (Rush University), a children's hospital, and an inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility (the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center). The Rush System family also includes Rush-Copley Medical Center, Rush North Shore Medical Center, and affiliated community hospitals Rush Oak Park Hospital and Riverside HealthCare.

St. Lucie Medical Center, part of the HCA network of health care providers, is an acute-care hospital serving the Port St. Lucie community in Florida's Treasure Coast region. The hospital has about 200 beds and 250 physicians on staff. Specialty programs and services include cancer care, women's care, orthopedics, physical rehabilitation, and outpatient surgery services. St. Lucie Medical Center, founded in 1983, is part of the HCA East Florida division. Affiliate Integrated Regional Laboratories provides medical testing services for St. Lucie and other area hospitals.

Conemaugh Health System serves western Pennsylvania's medical needs. The network includes flagship teaching facility Memorial Medical Center, as well as Meyersdale Medical Center, Miners Medical Center, Crichton Rehabilitation Center, and a network of community and specialized health care facilities. With more than 800 beds in its system, Conemaugh Health offers such services as regional cancer, cardiovascular, and neurosciences centers; home health care and home medical equipment; general care facilities; and specialized facilities for managing pain and wounds that are difficult to heal. Conemaugh Health also operates Penn Highlands Health Plan, a PPO.

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, a kidney dialysis company, offers dialysis treatment services through its clinics. As of December 31, 2009, the company provided dialysis treatment to 195,651 patients in 2,553 clinics worldwide located in approximately 35 countries. It also performs clinical laboratory testing services, including blood, urine, and other bodily fluid testing services, as well as provides inpatient dialysis and other services under contract to hospitals. In addition, the company develops and manufactures a range of equipment, systems, and disposable products, including hemodialysis (HD) machines, modular components for dialysis machines, polysulfone dialyzers, bloodlines, HD solutions and concentrates, needles, connectors, machines for water treatment, data administration systems, and dialysis chairs.

Lane Frost Health and Rehabilitation Center is a private, not for profit Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), located in southeastern Oklahoma. At Lane Frost Health and Rehabilitation Center we use an interdisciplinary team approach to treatment specifically designed for patients that need a longer acute care recovery period of 25 days or more. We specialize in the medical management of patients with complex, unresolved, acute, chronic, or catastrophic illnesses, as well as multi-system disease processes. Patients benefit from our unique LTACH environment that delivers acute medical care and therapy services while maximizing our patients recover process. Our disciplinary team approach to treatment is led by a select group of dedicated local physicians who are committed to providing quality patient care. Our nurses, therapists, nutritionists, and case managers work with our physicians to assist our patients in getting personalized, compassionate care in the most efficient and appropriate manner. Each patient is unique and the pre-admission evaluation will begin the treatment plan necessaryh to identifyr specific goals during hospitilazation.

Founded in 1967, JFK Medical Center is a non-profit 498-bed community hospital, serving residents of Middlesex, Union and Somerset counties in Central New Jersey. With over 900 affiliated physicians, JFK offers a complete array of advanced services including general and specialized surgery, cardiac care, maternity and pediatric care, and emergency medicine. JFK Medical Center is an affiliate of Solaris Health System and accredited by the Joint Commission.As one of the state’s major healthcare facilities, JFK has a proud tradition of clinical excellence in numerous medical and surgical specialties, including two world-class institutes under one roof - The JFK New Jersey Neuroscience Institute and the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. The NJ Neuroscience Institute has been rated as the number one hospital in New Jersey for the treatment of stroke and complex neurological disorders; a national designation in rehabilitation medicine and traumatic brain recovery; cutting-edge technology for diagnostic imaging and radiation therapies; and participation in the prestigious nationwide Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine elective cardiac catheterization study.

The Crippled Children's Hospital was founded in 1917. Crippled Children's Hospital provides medical care to children and adolescents throughout the southeastern region of the US. Operating as the Children's Hospital of Richmond, the medical center offers general pediatric care and specialized services including a dental program, orthopedics, rehabilitation, nutrition, infant care, occupational therapy, and psychological treatment. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient services, as well as long-term care for patients needing extended nursing. It also operates satellite therapy clinics.

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