The 450-bed Glendale Adventist Medical Center, founded in 1905 by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, has more than 500 physicians on its medical staff. Treating the little old lady from Pasadena and other patients throughout the suburbs of sunny Southern California, Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a stalwart community member. Glendale Adventist Medical Center provides a range of specialty services including cancer treatment, cardiology, emergency medicine, neuroscience, home care, psychiatry, rehabilitation, and women's healthcare. The hospital also has its own hour-long television show called "Healthline" that focuses on local health care issues.

NMT Medical company develops implantable devices that treat defects in the walls of the heart's chambers. Its CardioSEAL and STARFlex implants close up holes in the heart, a condition suffered primarily by children.NMT Medical company markets CardioSEAL and STARFlex in the US, Canada, and Europe. A third device, BioSTAR, is a bioabsorbable implant that also corrects heart defects; it has been approved in Canada and Europe. NMT Medical acquired the exclusive rights to CardioSEAL from InnerVentions, a licensee of Children's Hospital Boston.

Children's Hospital of Orange County was founded in 1964. Children's Hospital of Orange County (aka CHOC) fights kid-sized ailments in southern California. The not-for-profit hospital's main campus in Orange has about 230 beds and provides a comprehensive range of care to young patients, including pediatric and neonatal intensive care. Its CHOC at Mission facility (located within the Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo) has nearly 50 beds for pediatric patients, as well as neonatal and pediatric ICUs. CHOC also runs a handful of primary care community clinics and several mobile clinics.

Sangui BioTech International focuses on the fluid of life -- blood. The firm specializes in developing oxygen-carrying agents to treat blocked arteries, anemia, or acute blood loss through its Sangui GmbH subsidiary. Also in the pipeline at Sangui is an implantable blood glucose monitor for diabetics. Other products include Pure Moisture, an anti-aging skin care product; HemO2Spray, a spray-on wound treatment; and Chitoskin, a wound dressing that is said to facilitate rapid healing of wounds. Professor Wolfgang K. Barnikol founded the company in Germany in 1995.

Good Samaritan Hospital offers a caring hand to the residents of Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. The hospital has some 560 beds and offers a mix of services, including primary and emergency care, pediatric specialties, and a family birthing center. Good Samaritan also runs the Samaritan North Health Center, an outpatient health center that offers outpatient surgery, rehab and sports medicine, diagnostic imaging, and cancer care, among other services. Other operations include the Maria-Joseph Living Care Center, a long-term care facility with some 400 beds, and Samaritan Family Care, a primary care physicians' network. Good Samaritan Hospital is part of Premier Health Partners.

The Children's Mercy Hospital is a huge benefit to KC kiddos. The Children's Mercy Hospital offers pediatric health care in various specialties in and around Kansas City, Missouri. Services include home health care, endocrinology, genetics, heart surgery, neonatology, emergency medicine, and rehabilitation. Founded in 1897, the hospital has more than 300 beds. The Children's Mercy health care system also includes outpatient and outreach clinics and research facilities. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School, University of Kansas, the Stowers Institute, and Midwest Research Institute.

Opened in 1975 by a group of leading community physicians, Doctors Community Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Lanham, Maryland. The hospital, which is one and one-half miles from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and 495, is focused on meeting the health care needs of Prince George’s County and the region.Doctors Community Hospital currently operates 200 medical/surgical beds, admits 12,000 patients annually, treats more than 55,000 Emergency Center patients and employs 1,300 individuals. Our medical staff is comprised of more than 600 physicians. The hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services, a number of specialty and subspecialty services, and a full range of ancillary and support services.

Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon offers group and individual PPO and indemnity coverage, as well as, other health insurance products through a network of some 9,000 physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers. Lifewise's products also include Medicare supplemental insurance; vision, prescription drug, and dental benefits; and life and insurance through its affiliate, Lifewise Assurance Company.Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon company and its affiliates provide coverage to more than 1.5 million members in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Founded in 1986, Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon is a for-profit subsidiary of Premera Blue Cross.

Cleveland may be home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but you don't have to have the rocking pneumonia or the boogie woogie flu to visit another Cleveland institution: The Cleveland Clinic. The heart of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the not-for-profit hospital has more than 1,300 beds and specializes in cardiac care, digestive disease treatment, and urological and kidney care, along with medical education and research opportunities. The clinic campus includes an international care center, a children's hospital, an outpatient center, and several research institutes. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation network also includes 10 community hospitals and additional health clinics in northeast Ohio and Florida.

Community Health Systems, Inc. provides healthcare services through the operation of hospitals in the United States. The company offers a range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services, including general acute care services, emergency room services, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, and diagnostic services. It also owns or partners with physicians, physician practices, imaging centers, and ambulatory surgery centers. In addition, the company provides management and consulting services to non-affiliated general acute care hospitals. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or leased 122 hospitals with an aggregate of 18,140 licensed beds in non-urban and selected urban markets in 29 states. The company also owned and operated four home care agencies. Community Health Systems, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

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