CaroMont Health is an independent not-for-profit health care system serving residents of Gastonia, a community just west of Charlotte in North Carolina's Piedmont region. Anchoring CaroMont Health is Gaston Memorial Hospital, a 435-bed medical and surgical facility that features a birthing center, an inpatient psychiatric ward, and specialized facilities for heart disease, cancer, sleep disorders, diabetes, and wound care. Other operations include a nearly 100-bed nursing home, an outpatient surgery center, and about 30 primary and specialty medical practices. CaroMont Health also provides home health and hospice care services. CaroMont Health is governed by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.

Rowan Regional Medical Center serves central North Carolina. The acute care facility has nearly 270 beds and a host of centers dedicated to cancer care, cardiac rehabilitation, behavioral health, pain management, sleep medicine, and women's health. Founded in 1936, Rowan Regional also has a specialized rehabilitation unit for those recovering from ailments such as brain, orthopedic, or stroke injuries and those living with neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Faced with mounting debt, Rowan Regional merged into Novant Health in 2008. The larger system plans to invest about $200 million in Rowan Regional and help it build a smaller community hospital in its region.

Covenant HealthCare operates more than 20 inpatient and outpatient care facilities, including its two main Covenant Medical Center campuses. The health care provider serves residents in a 15-county area of east-central Michigan, with additional facilities in Bay City, Frankenmuth, and Midland. Specialized care services include cardiovascular health, cancer treatment, and obstetrics and neonatal care. Covenant HealthCare was formed in 1998 with the merging of Saginaw General and St. Luke's Hospitals. The health care system has more than 700 beds and a staff of about 400 physicians.

Nipro Diagnostics,Inc. makes blood glucose monitoring systems and disposable supplies for diabetics, which it sells through retail pharmacies, mass merchandisers, managed care companies, mail service providers, and distributors around the globe. Nipro Diagnostics markets its testing systems and blood monitors through those distribution channels in two ways, under its own brand names -- including Sidekick, TrueTrack Smart System, TRUEread, and Prestige IQ -- and through co-branded partnerships. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese medical device maker Nipro.

MedSource Consulting provides monitoring, data management, project management, and audit services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and other medical research companies. The company's specialty areas include infectious disease, oncology, pain management, and cardiovascular disease. Among its clients are Eli Lilly, Baylor College of Medicine, and AstraZeneca.

Safety Syringes wants to ensure that when you're getting needled, it's with deliberate intention. The company manufactures devices designed to prevent accidental needle pricks. Safety Syringe's products include UltraSafe Needle Guards, which attach to prefilled glass syringes, and UltraSafe Passive Needle Guards, in which a safety guard locks into place upon completion of shot delivery. The company develops products used for medical and dental drug delivery, vaccines, blood collection, and intravenous catheters. Customers for pre-filled syringes include Amgen, Merck, Roche, and Pfizer. The company was founded in 1990 and primarily operates in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Osceola Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is a leader; while the original led Seminole warriors, this Osceola is a leader in health care. The hospital has about 235 beds with all private rooms. It offers cardiac care through a heart institute and stroke care through a primary stroke center. The medical center's heart institute is one of the few local facilities certified in carotid stenting to increase heart blood flow. ORMC also features a Level II neonatal intensive care unit and specialty services that include pediatrics, oncology, neurology, and psychiatry. The medical center is part of hospital operator HCA and is led by CEO E. Timothy Cook.

The Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) offers an array of health care services throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (including to the Baylor Bears football team). Founded in 1981, it was governed by Baylor University until establishing autonomy in 1997. BHCS owns or operates some two dozen hospitals and medical centers, including the Baylor University Medical Center complex, one of the state's major teaching and referral facilities. Other offerings include rehabilitation facilities and primary care, senior health, and family health centers. The system also provides home health care and specialized pediatric services.

The comprehensive health care organization features acute care hospitals, outpatient clinics and physicians' practices, long-term care centers, and home health and hospice agencies. Its flagship facilities are the three main campuses (in state capital Augusta and Waterville farther north) of MaineGeneral Medical Center, together featuring about 290 inpatient beds. MaineGeneral Health also runs nursing homes with some 270 beds in all, as well as senior living apartments, lab and imaging centers, and inpatient rehabilitation and mental health facilities.

Alfa Scientific Designs makes the tests that ensure the workers of the world are clean and sober (as well as healthy). The company manufacturers point-of-care drug tests and other in vitro diagnostic devices for physicians, hospitals, occupational health centers, and the criminal justice system. Alfa Scientific Designs' products help to detect the presence of cancer markers, fertility hormones, drugs of abuse, and infectious diseases. Established in 1996, Alfa Scientific Designs provides products to clients around the globe through a wide network of distributors and through direct ordering from the company.

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