Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is an acute care hospital serving the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles area. The Burbank hospital has about 430 beds and a staff of more than 650 physicians providing emergency, general health, surgery, and specialty services. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center also provides services through its cancer center, heart and vascular center, imaging center, and rehabilitation program. In addition, the hospital operates home health and hospice programs. The hospital was established in 1943 and is part of the Providence Health System-Southern California division of Providence Health & Services.

Winter Haven Hospital has more than 500 beds. In addition to general medical, surgical, and emergency care, the health care facility offers specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. And it offers outpatient care through an ambulatory surgery and diagnostic center, as well as about half a dozen primary care clinics. The hospital's Regency Medical Center is a 50-bed facility providing maternity and other health care services for women and newborns. Winter Haven Hospital is owned by not-for-profit Mid-Florida Medical Services.

TransMedics works to transport transplants. The company has developed a system to circulate warm blood through hearts and other transplant organs while they are being transported, as opposed to the cold transport system currently in use. The portable device makes it possible to actually deliver a beating heart to the surgeon. TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS) is already in use in the European Union for heart transplants; it must still complete clinical trials in the US to receive FDA approval. A system for lungs, livers, and kidneys is also in the works. TransMedics was formed in 1998.

Midmark hits the mark with medical, dental, and veterinary equipment, and in the process gives patients and doctors somewhere to sit. Midmark makes health care equipment including power and manual examination tables, patient monitoring equipment, sterilizers, lighting, seating, cabinets, and dental operatory equipment for exam rooms, clinics, and physician practices. Midmark's medical products are marketed towards general practice, podiatrists, dermatologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, and other specialty physicians. The company's dental product line lets the company be a source for dental equipment distributors. Midmark also manufactures similar equipment for use in veterinarian offices.

Source BioScience, formerly Medical Solutions, wants to be a one-stop shop for UK health care providers and drug developers. The company provides cancer screening services, through its own reference laboratory, and also distributes a Becton Dickinson cervical cancer testing system to the UK market. Additionally, the firm provides pathology testing and other analysis services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies; and through its life science research unit, called Geneservice, it offers tools and services (including DNA sequencing and gene products like DNA samples). In 2008 the company acquired Autogen Bioclear, a UK distributor of diagnostic and research products; Autogen also manufactures antibody products.

Genesys Health System comprises a group of affiliated medical campuses, outpatient centers, primary care facilities, and ancillary health organizations that provide a continuum of health services to residents of Southeastern Michigan. The system includes hospital facilities, including the Genesys Regional Medical Center, and specialty care facilities for the treatment of illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic sleep disorders. Also it has facilities for behavioral and rehabilitative care. The system includes numerous outpatient diagnostic, family health, and urgent care centers; home and hospice care programs; a nursing home; and an area network of primary care physicians.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of The Mid-Atlantic States is an East Coast king of health insurance services. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of The Mid-Atlantic States company is a subsidiary of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan that provides about 500,000 customers in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. with health care coverage. Offerings include HMO, point of service (POS), and high-deductable plans, as well as Medicare, dental, and other supplemental coverage for individuals and businesses. The health plan offers access to the Kaiser Permanente network of hospitals and physician practices in the region, including some 30 medical office complexes and about 900 physicians. Kaiser Permanente established its operations in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1980.

After that final push, a laboring new mother can rest, but CorCell is ready to get busy. The company collects and stores umbilical cord blood, at the parents' request and expense, for potential use of the stem cells. Such stem cells are considered viable for current and future treatments for a variety of diseases and illnesses. The company, established in 1996, collects umbilical cord blood stem cells from hospitals in all 50 states and abroad. CorCell has grown through acquisitions of smaller regional cord blood banks, and stores materials for some 20,000 customers. Its parent company is Cord Blood America, Inc.

Saint Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS), is the state's largest private hospital network. The system has some 70 facilities including six acute-care hospitals, as well as specialty medical centers, nursing and assisted-living facilities, rehabilitation centers, and numerous outpatient and ambulatory care clinics. Saint Barnabas also offers behavioral health, home health, and hospice programs, and it specializes in the areas of pediatrics, women's health, oncology, cardiology, stroke care, diabetes, and transplants. It has some 4,800 physicians and some 3,200 acute-care beds in its health network.

North Memorial Health Care seeks victory over illness in the Twin Cities. Established in 1939 as Victory Hospital, the health care network is home to North Memorial Medical Center with some 520 beds and the Humphrey Cancer Center, as well as an emergency vehicle fleet of about 130 ambulances and helicopters. The network also offers a heart center and a childbirth program, and it operates about a dozen primary and specialty care clinics in the Twin Cities region. Its outpatient center, located next to the North Memorial Medical Center, provides oncology, radiation, and imaging services. North Memorial Health Care also provides home health and hospice services.

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