Kent Hospital offers Ocean Staters a sea of medical care options. The health care facility provides inpatient acute care, as well as outpatient services (such as diagnostic imaging) and primary care. It also proffers a range of specialties, including cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, surgery, and pediatrics. A member of the Care New England Health System, Kent Hospital opened in 1951 with 90 beds. Today the hospital has more than 350 beds and a staff of nearly 500 doctors. The hospital replaced retiring CEO Mark Crevier (who served in that position for nearly 25 years) with Sandra Coletta in 2008. Coletta was previously COO at The Miriam Hospital in Providence.

HydroCision,Inc. founded in 1994, makes surgical tools that use a high velocity stream of water to cut, hold, and remove tissue in surgical operations. HydroCision has been focused on developing products for spinal surgeries including the SpineJet Resector and SpineJet Currette. Other clinical specialties include plastic surgery, OB/GYN, urology, and general surgery. The company also makes a surgical wound debridement (removal of dead or damaged tissue) line which is licensed and distributed by Smith & Nephew. HydroCision's investors include BioVentures, Oxford Bioscience Partners, and Triathlon Medical Ventures.

Keystone Mercy Health Plan provides health care benefits to more than 300,000 Medicaid recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania. Operating as a health maintenance organization (HMO), the company manages care for its members through a network of primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, and pharmacies. It provides benefits including dental, vision, and prescription coverage, pregnancy programs, and assistance with transportation needs. Keystone Mercy Health Plan is a 50/50 joint venture belonging to Mercy Health System and Keystone First, a unit of Independence Blue Cross. The company was founded in 1982.

PAML, a full-service reference laboratory located in Spokane,WA, is owned by Providence Health & Services (PH&S) and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). Since its founding in 1957, PAML's spectrum of laboratory testing services, specialized expertise and sophisticated technologies has grown significantly. PAML is currently ranked among the top reference laboratories in the nation and also considered an industry leader in joint venture partnerships with community-based hospitals.

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.

Baxa Corporation manufactures equipment and measuring devices for the preparation and handling of oral and IV-administered medications. The company's leading products include the ExactaMed oral liquid dispenser, a pre-filled dosing syringe. Additional products include pumps designed to batch fill medication orders, IV bags, and infusion devices, as well as compounders and a medication validation system. The company has subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe; it also has distributors in more than 40 countries around the world. Ronald Baxa and Brian Baldwin started the business in 1975. The Baldwin family controls the company.

Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington Health Systems is a general medical-surgical facility providing health care services to residents of northern Virginia. The hospital has about 350 beds and boasts all-private rooms. The acute medical center includes emergency, cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, respiratory, urology, cancer care, and women's health divisions, as well as radiology and diagnostic imaging facilities. In addition, Virginia Hospital Center provides outpatient rehabilitation services and runs an urgent care clinic that furnishes primary care for minor emergencies. The hospital, which first opened its doors in 1944, is a teaching facility for the Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Spacelabs Healthcare got its start monitoring the health of NASA astronauts; nowadays it makes medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment for more Earth-bound patients. The company's Ultraview bedside patient monitor and telemetry systems keep up with patient's data and transmit it to caregivers through clinical wired and wireless networks. Its Blease anesthesia delivery systems and ventilators are used in operative and perioperative settings. Its Del Mar Reynolds unit develops heart monitors including electrocardiogram and ambulatory blood pressure monitors. Spacelabs Healthcare operates worldwide and holds all of the healthcare operations of its parent, OSI Systems.

B. Braun Medical Ltd. is the UK arm of German medical supplier B. Braun Melsungen. The company manufactures and distributes a wide range of medical and surgical supplies. While it supplies such operating room basics as sutures and fluid administration equipment, it also makes larger computer-assisted surgery guidance systems and implant materials. Orthopedic implants and devices for trauma care are manufactured at the company's Sheffield headquarters. Its Sterilog facilities provide equipment sterilization services for hospitals. Its disposable products are destined for use in hospitals, medical offices, and home care settings. B. Braun Avitum provides dialysis treatment through 15 centers in the UK.

Intermountain Health Care, Inc. (IHC) was formed in 1975 when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints donated 15 hospitals to local communities. IHC's hospitals have a combined total of about 2,700 licensed beds. From air ambulance services to urgent care clinics and general hospitals, IHC has all the tools to mend skiers (and non-skiers alike) in Utah and southern Idaho. The not-for-profit health system operates nearly two dozen hospitals as well as home health care agencies, dozens of physician and urgent care clinics, and rehabilitation centers.

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