St. John Providence Health System is comprised of seven hospitals plus more than 125 medical facilities in southeast Michigan. Every year at St. John Providence Health System, we touch thousands of lives in southeast Michigan through services such as heart, cancer, obstetrics, neurosciences, orthopedics, physical rehabilitation, behavioral medicine, surgery, emergency and urgent care.

The drug development industry has come along way in the last two decades. In the 1980s and early 1990s, when the focus was on cost-savings and capacity management, contract research organizations (CROs) were used primarily as spillover capacity. The work was done and often done well, but our relationship with our pharmaceutical clients was tactical, and CRO growth rates and profitability were volatile. From roughly 2000 to 2005, biotechnology and specialty pharmaceutical companies began to use CROs more strategically, which stabilized demand and improved the performance and return on investment of CROs.

PHOENIX Rehabilitation and Health Services, Inc. believes that patient care should be efficient, purposeful, and cost effective guided by the principles of employee satisfaction and quality clinical outcomes delivered in a customer friendly and professional health care environment. They have 40 locations to serve your need for physical therapy, occupational therapy and more.

University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) may be steeped in history, but its services are on the cutting edge of health care. The network of hospitals and associated care facilities serve Pennsylvania's Philadelphia County and the surrounding area. The health system provides emergency, primary, and long-term care services, as well as specialties including oncology, neurology, and cardiology. Its hospitals have a total of some 1,600 beds and include the Pennsylvania Hospital (founded by Ben Franklin), Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. UPHS also conducts research programs in areas such as cancer, neuroscience, genetics, and ophthalmology.

New York Blood Center holds a very literal interpretation of the meaning of life. New York Blood Center is a not-for-profit blood distribution and research organization serving New York City and it environs in New York State and New Jersey. As one of the largest blood centers in the US, it provides blood and blood products to some 200 hospitals in five regions. The center's facilities collect blood from more than 2,000 donors each day. It also operates the nation's oldest and largest public cord blood bank. In addition, its Kimball Research Institute includes more than a dozen research laboratories which study the prevention and treatment of blood-related illnesses. The blood center was founded in 1964.

Mission Hospitals is an 800-bed regional referral center for the western quarter of North Carolina and portions of adjoining states. A not-for-profit community hospital system, Mission is located in Asheville, North Carolina, on two adjoining campuses: Memorial and St. Joseph's. It provides tertiary-level services in neurosciences, cardiac care, trauma care, surgery, pediatric medicine, and women's services. It also includes the Mission Children's Hospital facility. Mission Hospitals is part of the Mission Health System, which is made up of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, McDowell Hospital, and other facilities.

Iroquis Memorial Hospital and its clinics provide acute medical care and long-term nursing in eastern Illinois and western Indiana. The hospital has some 50 beds and about 80 physicians on its medical staff. Among its specialized services are emergency medicine, oncology, surgery, orthopedics, and cardiology. It receives more than 50,000 patient visits every year.

TechniScan (formerly TechniScan Medical Systems) is developing a gentler means of mammography. Its Svara ultrasound imaging system uses a water bath and ultrasound reflective tomography technology to produce scans of the entire breast in about 10 minutes. TechniScan's images are intended to be used when further testing is needed following a conventional mammogram screening. The development stage company was founded in 1984. TechniScan shortened its name when it completed a reverse merger with shell company Castillo Inc. to become a public entity in 2009.

Eschmann Holdings, which does business as Eschmann Equipment, designs and manufactures operating tables, electrosurgical instruments, bench-top autoclaves, surgical suction units, and other pieces of medical equipment, primarily for use in the operating room or for infection control. The company's products are primarily marketed and distributed in the UK; it also exports about one-third of its products to other countries through independent and affiliated distributors. Privately held Eschmann Holdings was founded as Eschmann Brothers & Walsh in 1830 and was formerly a member of the Smiths Group.

Southern Cross Healthcare Group is the largest nursing home provider in the UK. The company operates some 700 nursing and residential care homes with beds totaling approximately 37,000. Southern Cross Healthcare offers a range of services, including senior living, specialty nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term and intermediate care for people with physical and learning disabilities. The health care provider operates homes in England, Scotland, and Wales under the Active Care Partnerships, Ashbourne Senior Living, and Southern Cross brands.

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