Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) is determined to help care for the Kansas-side of Kansas City. The health care facility, located in the city's southwest suburbs, has some 450 inpatient beds. It also offers outpatient surgery and other health services in areas such as pediatrics, rehabilitation, oncology, and radiology. Its staff includes about 700 physicians with about 50 specialties. The medical center's emergency department receives some 50,000 visits each year. SMMC also operates satellite facilities, including the Shawnee Mission Outpatient Pavilion in nearby Lenexa, which offers emergency and outpatient diagnostic, general practice, and surgical care. SMMC is part of Adventist Health System.

Premera Blue Cross is a leading health care coverage provider to 1.5 million residents of Washington State and Alaska. A licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Premera offers Blue-branded health care coverage including group and individual PPO, HMO, and consumer-directed plans, as well as Medicare supplemental, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage. Its health care networks encompass tens of thousands of health care providers and more than 100 hospitals. The not-for-profit Premera also operates several for-profit subsidiaries offering non-Blue health, life, and disability insurance in the Western US.

The Puerto Rican Family Institute (PRFI) wants to keep families intact and healthy. It offers more than 20 social and health care programs to families who live in primarily Latino neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey, as well as Puerto Rico. Services include mental health treatment through clinics in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Manhattan, and Queens; crisis intervention; foster care placement prevention programs; and Head Start programs. PRFI also reaches out to the mentally and developmentally disabled by operating intermediate care and residential alternative facilities. The not-for-profit serves those infected with AIDS through counseling, psychiatric services, and case management.

Infolab is doing its part to ensure laboratories' success in discovery. The company provides biomedical and surgical supplies, labware, chemicals, and lab equipment to clinical laboratories, testing centers, blood banks, and hospitals. Products include diagnostic test kits, automated analyzers, reagents, glassware, plastic ware, apparel, lab furniture, and other medical and surgical goods. Through six distribution centers across the South, Infolab distributes products nationwide from almost 500 medical product manufacturers. The company was established in 1967 and is one of the oldest independent laboratory equipment providers in the country.

Wabash County Hospital is a small community hospital with 25 beds and offers patients a range of services including cancer treatment; cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; critical and acute care; and general, laparoscopic, and orthopedic surgery. The facility also provides hospice and home health care programs, occupational health services, and emergency medicine.

Osteotech uses donated human tissue (also known as allograft) to make bone repair, replacement, and regeneration products for the orthopedic, neurological, oral/maxillofacial, and dental surgery markets around the globe. Its Grafton brand of bone matrix comes in gel, sheet, putty, and even chip form to fill bone defects and induce bone growth. Other marketed products include Magnifuse graft material and FacetLinx for spinal fusion. Additionally, Osteotech processes bovine tissue (xenografts) for use as bone grafts. The company is owned by medical device maker Medtronic.

Appleton Medical Center. Along with general and specialized health services, the medical center's specialties include cardiac, cancer, and orthopedic care. Appleton Medical Center is operated by ThedaCare. Established in 1958, the non-sectarian not-for-profit hospital started the first fertility program in the region.

Community Health Group is the oldest and one of the largest locally based HMOs in San Diego. Founded in 1982, the not-for-profit HMO provides health insurance products and related services to more than 100,000 members. Community Health Group's product offerings include its California's Healthy Families program, which provides low-cost health, dental, and vision coverage to children. Community Health Group company also provides other managed care services to California communities, such as Medi-Cal low-income coverage and Medicare Advantage Special Needs plans, as well as third-party administration services.

Saint Louis Hospital provides medical care to the residents and visitors of Bangkok, Thailand. The not-for-profit hospital offers a variety of medical services in specialty areas ranging from internal medicine to pediatrics and physical rehabilitation. Among its other operations are a heart institute, child development department, nephrology clinic, and dermatology center. It also operates an accident and emergency center, a health check-up center, and a Thai traditional massage service. Saint Louis Hospital was founded in 1898 by Archbishop Louis Vey and is led by CEO Rev. Tweesak Kitcharoean.

Mediwatch keeps an eye on patients' urological health. The company designs and manufactures medical devices used in diagnosis, treatment, and management of urological disorders. Its PSAWatch product helps to detect and monitor prostate cancer. The company's other products include ultrasound imaging devices, urinary flow monitoring devices, and products to help with erectile dysfunction. Among its customers are hospitals, medical clinics, primary care physicians, and nurses.

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