Larkin Community Hospital may be small, but it doesn't skimp on its array of health care services. The 110-bed hospital provides general medical and surgical services to the sun-drenched residents of the Miami-Dade County area of Florida. Larkin Community Hospital offers more than 40 specialties, including diagnostic radiology, intensive care, arthritis services, an inpatient psychiatric ward, surgery, cardiovascular care, and rehabilitation (including physical, occupational, and speech therapy). President and CEO Jack Michel owns the health care facility.

Vanguard Health Systems wants to lead the way to better health care. The company operates more than a dozen for-profit acute care hospitals located in mostly affluent urban and suburban markets in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas; all told, the hospitals have more than 4,000 licensed beds. Vanguard's medical campuses generally include outpatient facilities and medical office buildings that form local health care networks providing a continuum of care. Vanguard also runs three managed health care plans that serve more than 200,000 members in Arizona and Illinois (though its hospitals account for about 75% of its sales). The Blackstone Group owns a majority stake in the company.

American HomePatient is making sure no one is home alone when it comes to health care. American HomePatient provides home health services from about 240 locations in more than 30 states. The company provides respiratory therapy and equipment, including oxygen therapy, sleep apnea systems, and nebulizers. It also offers home infusion therapy services, including feeding and intravenous drug administration. Additionally, American HomePatient rents and sells durable hospital equipment, including beds and wheelchairs. Mostly it operates independently, but also provides home care in a few areas through joint ventures with hospitals. American HomePatient is owned by investment firm Highland Capital Management.

Cord Blood Registry(CBR) is the world's largest and most experienced stem cell bank. The company has consistently led the industry in technical innovations and is entrusted with storing more than 350,000 cord blood collections for individuals and their families. CBR has the longest history of accreditation with AABB and the company's quality standards have been recognized through ISO 9001:2009 certification—the global business standard for quality.

Sinai-Grace Hospital hopes to provide health care to grateful Detroit residents. The acute care medical center has about 400 beds and 800 physicians providing a variety of emergency, general, specialty, and outpatient services. Specialist programs include cancer care, cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, women's and children's services, and reconstructive surgeries. Sinai-Grace provides training to medical students through an affiliation with Wayne State University. The hospital is part of the Detroit Medical Center network.

Employing the Latin word for breast, SenoRx's name says it all: the company develops, manufactures, and distributes biopsy systems and breast tissue markers used in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Its primary diagnostic product, EnCor, is a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy probe system with which a doctor may collect tissue samples and biopsies through a proprietary transparent tissue collection chamber. The system allows the doctor to examine the quality of the specimen mid-probe, rather than performing numerous biopsies. Other core products include Contura MLB, a radiation therapy device. SenoRx was acquired by medical device maker C.R. Bard for about $200 million in 2010.

Founded in 1878 as Fairfield County's first hospital, Bridgeport Hospital has grown into a nearly $350 million regional health care organization. Serving as a bridge to wellness and a port in the stormy waters of health care is the 425-bed Bridgeport Hospital. Part of the Yale New Haven Health System, the facility offers acute care and specialized services to residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut and surrounding counties. The hospital operates a cancer center, a burn treatment center, a heart center, and a rehabilitation therapy center. Its medical staff includes more than 550 physicians representing more than 60 specialties.

diaDexus is a diagnostics company, located in South San Francisco, California, focusing on the development and commercialization of patent-protected in vitro diagnostic products addressing unmet needs in cardiovascular disease. diaDexus was formed in 1997 as a joint venture between SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) and Incyte; upon formation, GSK granted diaDexus an exclusive license to certain diagnostic intellectual property, including the PLAC Test for Lp-PLA2. The PLAC Test is the only blood test cleared by the FDA to assess risk for coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke associated with atherosclerosis.

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare includes the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center (CTRMC) and serves Nevada's Carson Valley and surrounding areas. Established in 1949, the not-for-profit CTRMC has 170 beds and provides acute general, surgical, specialty, and outpatient care. The medical center also includes a rehabilitation center, cardiovascular center, surgical unit, free-standing cancer center, emergency room, and women and children's center. Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare also operates smaller urgent care, behavioral health, physical therapy, and outpatient care centers in Carson City and nearby communities.

Putting hospital corners on the sheets for about 3,000 beds is all in a day's work for the HCA Virginia Health System (formerly HCA Richmond Health System). Part of the HCA family, the system operates about a dozen hospitals in central, northern, and southwestern Virginia. Its hospitals include Alleghany Regional Hospital, CJW Medical Center (which includes the Levinson Heart Hospital), Henrico Doctors' Hospital (and its Retreat Hospital campus), John Randolph Medical Center, and Montgomery Regional Hospital. The medical system also operates general health clinics, imaging centers, and surgery centers for outpatient procedures.

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