EDAP TMS S.A. develops, manufactures, and markets non-surgical medical devices that treat urological diseases. EDAP's line of lithotripters utilize shockwaves to pulverize kidney stones. The company's Ablatherm system incorporates a technology called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), in which ultrasound waves are used to destroy prostate cancer cells. The company is also developing HIFU for the treatment of other types of tumors. Key subsidiaries EDAP Technomed, Inc. and EDAP Technomed Co. Ltd. market the company's products to the US and Japan, respectively. EDAP TMS was established in 1979.

Children's Memorial Hospital has the Windy City covered. Founded in 1882, the hospital provides a full range of pediatric services, both acute and specialty care. Children's Memorial provides its services through its main hospital campus with about 300 beds and outpatient center in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, as well as through more than a dozen suburban outpatient centers and outreach partner locations in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. The hospital also operates Children's Memorial Research Center, a national leader in pediatric research, and it is the pediatric teaching facility of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Union Health Service brings together doctors and patients in the Chicago area.Union Health Service company is a not-for-profit health care services provider which supplies health insurance to its members through HMO (health maintenance organization) and medical prepayment plans. Union Health Service also provides primary health care, as well as vision, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy services, to its members through about 20 group practice clinics in Aurora, Chicago, Norridge, Oak Park, and other area communities. The company was established in 1955.

Accuray's CyberKnife radiosurgery system zaps solid tumors with precisely aimed, high-dose radiation. The system, approved for use in the US, the EU, and several Asian countries, improves upon older radiosurgery systems that have limited mobility and are mostly used to treat brain tumors. Doctors can use CyberKnife to treat tumors anywhere in the body; the system tracks and adjusts for movement in real time, allowing for patient and tumor movement. Procedures with CyberKnife require no anesthesia and can be performed on an outpatient basis. Roughly 200 of the systems have been installed in hospitals around the world, more than 65% of them in the US.

ICON plc, a contract research organization, provides outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries primarily in the United States, Ireland, and rest of Europe. It specializes in strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support clinical development from compound selection to Phase I to IV clinical studies.

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.

Hutcheson Medical Center is a community hospital that serves the residents of Catoosa, Dade, and Walker counties in northwestern Georgia. Founded in 1953, the nearly 200-bed hospital provides specialty services such as emergency medicine, orthopedics, cancer treatment, physical therapy, and women's and children's care, as well as home health and hospice services. The hospital has more than 200 physicians on its medical staff. Hutcheson Medical Center also operates the 110-bed Parkside Nursing Home, an outpatient surgery center, and family practice medical clinics.

Athens Regional Medical Center, Inc.Established in 1921, the regional hospital provides general medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, as well as a wide range of specialty care in such areas as oncology, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and radiology. ARMC is part of Athens Regional Health Services which also operates four urgent care centers, an HMO, and home health care. Its Regional FirstCare unit provides occupational health care services to injured or ill employees of local companies.

Dreyer Medical Clinic is more than just one little clinic. The multi-specialty physician group has in excess of 140 doctors representing more than two dozen medical specialties. With about 10 offices located throughout the Fox Valley in northeastern Illinois, the group serves nearly half a million patients each year. Along with primary and specialty care, Dreyer Medical offers a wide range of ancillary services, including lab work, radiology, and counseling. It is owned by Advocate Health Care and is affiliated with Provena Mercy Medical Center and Rush-Copley Medical Center. The clinic, serving Aurora and some suburbs of Chicago, was established in 1922 by Dr. John Dreyer.

Ardent Health Services invests in quality health care. In people, technology, facilities and communities, Ardent makes considerable investments – producing high quality care and extraordinary results. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Ardent subsidiaries own and operate health systems in the U.S. Our network includes seven acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, a multi-specialty physician group, a 220,000 member health plan, retail pharmacies and a nationally-recognized medical laboratory.

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