Swedish Covenant Hospital takes the wellfare of Chicagoans to heart. The not-for-profit hospital is a 340-bed acute care facility that provides inpatient and outpatient services, emergency services, extended care, family medicine, home care, and occupational health care services in the Chicago area. Specialized offerings include cardiovascular, pediatric, cancer, women's health, and psychiatric programs. The hospital also has several satellite health care facilities offering outpatient services. Swedish Covenant Hospital, founded by the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1886.

Atria Senior Living Group owns or manages roughly 120 senior living communities in upscale areas in more than 25 states throughout the country. Atria Senior Living Group, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by health care investment trust Ventas for about $1.5 billion. Atria Senior Living Group keeps the elderly close to its heart. Atria Senior Living Group, Inc. operates retirement and assisted-living centers for the elderly who may need assistance with routine daily tasks, but who don't need comprehensive skilled nursing. Its services range from independent living units in private apartment settings to more specialized care facilities for residents suffering from Alzheimer's disease or who require respite care.

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System is a largest health system in the region, SJ/C is anchored by two main hospitals, St. Joseph's Hospital (305 beds) and Candler Hospital (320 beds). The facilities provide a spectrum of care with specialties that include cardiac and cancer care, orthopedics, and robotic surgery. The two hospitals, which merged to become SJ/C in 1997, also administer home healthcare, as well as a variety of community outreach and education efforts through their mobile units. SJ/C operates a network of primary care clinics and outpatient rehabilitation centers scattered throughout the area.

LaserSight has an eye for vision care. The company's LaserSight Technologies subsidiary makes excimer lasers, which surgically correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. LaserSight's LaserScan LSX system is approved by the FDA for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) vision correction procedures. The company also sells ophthalmic equipment including forceps, scissors, and needle holders. Subsidiary TechnicaLaser sells laser products for industrial, laboratory, and other applications. LaserSight has facilities in China and the US and markets its products in more than 30 countries worldwide.

Pride Mobility Products makes motorized wheelchairs and scooters for elderly and disabled users. Its electric wheelchairs go by the names Jazzy, Jet, and Quantum Rehab, and scooters are sold under the Pride and Go-Go brands. Pride Mobility's Silver Star division makes automobile lifts, used to transfer a chair or scooter into the car. The company also makes chair lifts (assisting users in getting up from a sitting position), as well as manual wheelchairs. Founded in 1986, Pride Mobility is owned by the Meuser family. Scott Meuser is Pride's CEO and chairman of the board.

Hackensack University Medical Center hospital has nearly 800 beds and serves the residents of northern New Jersey and parts of New York. Hackensack University Medical Center administers general medical and surgical care, as well as an array of specialty care. The medical center provides treatment for sick kids through its Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and the Tomorrow's Children's Institute (specializing in cancer and blood disorders). Founded in 1888, the system has more than 1,500 physicians and dentists on staff (it adds about 100 doctors each year).

Amigo Mobility International proves itself a friend to the elderly and disabled with its electric wheelchairs and scooters. The company makes more than a dozen different models of motorized mobility devices, including travel scooters (which are light-weight and can be disassembled) and plus-sized scooters for large or tall customers. It also makes vehicle lifts that transfer a scooter into a car or van, as well as shopping cart-scooter combos that grocery stores and other large retail outlets purchase for the use of their disabled patrons. Amigo Mobility sells its products through dealerships across the US and abroad. Company president Al Thieme invented the first Amigo scooter in 1968.

Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) provides health programs that Northeasterners can fall back on. The company is a not-for-profit HMO providing health insurance products and related services to more than 200,000 members throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company's health insurance offerings include HMO, PPO, point of service (POS), traditional indemnity, Medicaid, and Medicare. Fallon Community Health Plan also provides third-party administration (TPA) services to employers. It also operates the Summit ElderCare nursing home through its ElderCare program. Fallon Community Health Plan was founded in 1977.

Guardian Home Care Holdings provides medical and non-medical home health care services to private patients -- as well as through contracts with health insurers, hospitals, and nursing homes -- in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. Primarily working under Medicare and Medicaid funding programs, Guardian's health care personnel provide skilled nursing services, physical and speech therapy, social work services, and assistance with daily activities such as cleaning and bathing. The company also provides hospice services in Nashville, Tennessee. It operates as Texas Home Health in Texas and under the Guardian name in its other markets.

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