Ventana Medical Systems wants to be a window into the cause of cancer. The company's slide staining systems (sold under the names BenchMark, NexES, and Symphony) are used to automate the processing and microscopic analysis of human tissue for the detection and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Ventana also sells consumables such as reagents and slides needed to operate the systems. It uses a direct sales force to market its products to hospital, anatomical pathology, and drug discovery labs around the globe. Its products are used by many cancer research centers, including the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The firm is led by CEO Hany Massarany and owned by Roche.

If You Have Kids, Be Glad You Have Children'sRenowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has helped establish the standards of excellence in pediatric care. From Ambulatory Care to Transplantation and Cardiac Care, talented and committed pediatric experts care for infants, children and adolescents who make more than 1,000,000 visits to Children’s, its many neighborhood locations, and Children's Community Pediatrics practices each year.

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. operates as a FORTUNE 500 healthcare services company in the United States. It operates in three divisions: Hospital, Health Services, and Rehabilitation. The Hospital division operates long-term acute care hospitals that provide services to medically complex patients, including the critically ill, suffering from multiple organ system failures, primarily the cardiovascular, pulmonary, kidney, gastro-intestinal, and skin systems. The Health Services division operates nursing and rehabilitation centers, which provide short stay patients and long stay residents with a range of medical, nursing, rehabilitative, pharmacy, and routine services, including daily dietary, social, and recreational services. It also provides specialized programs for residents suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through its reflections units. The Rehabilitation division offers physical and occupational therapies and speech pathology services under the Peoplefirst Rehabilitation name to residents and patients of nursing centers, acute and long-term acute care hospitals, outpatient clinics, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, school districts, and hospice providers. It also offers specialized care programs that address neurologic, orthopedic, cardiac, and pulmonary recovery, as well as medical needs, such as wound care, pain management, and cognitive retraining. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 83 long-term acute care hospitals with 6,580 licensed beds in 24 states; and 222 nursing and rehabilitation centers with 27,523 licensed beds in 27 states. Kindred Healthcare was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

A hospital was established in Conway in 1921 when Colonel John E. Little donated a tract of land to the city for a building site. In 1938, the hospital was organized as Conway Memorial Hospital, a non-profit corporation with seven board members. The hospital moved to its present location across the street from the original building in July, 1957, with sixty beds. Today, Conway Regional Health System provides complete health care services to the growing communities of north Central Arkansas including Faulkner, Conway, Perry, Van Buren and Cleburne counties.

Oxford BioSignals Limited is in the business of developing products for the health care monitoring and diagnostic markets, as well as for industrial applications. The company uses technologies that stem from research done at the famous Oxford University, focusing on advanced signal processing and neural network technology. Products range from a brain wave analyzer used to detect sleep disorders in patients to a vibration analysis system that tests for and detects operational abnormalities in military jet engines. Rolls-Royce plc is a major shareholder of the company.

Helping the world's edentulous and incontinent is a part of Astra Tech's mandate. The company, a unit of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, concentrates on researching, developing, and manufacturing medical devices and implants used in odontology (dental surgery) and urology. Other products include wound drains and hemorrhoid ligators. Through international subsidiaries (including Astra Tech Inc. in the US), Astra Tech operates globally through more than 15 subsidiaries; more than 90% of its sales are made outside its home country. Key products include the Astra Tech Dental Implant System, the LoFric hydrophilic bladder catheter, and the Bellovac A.B.T autologous blood transfusion system.

GN Hearing Care, better known as Beltone, helps reopen the world of sound to people who are hearing impaired. The company, a subsidiary of GN ReSound, provides a variety of hearing instruments and related products, including customized hearing instruments that fit in the ear canal as well as behind the ear. Beltone also offers hearing aids with digitally programmable technology, which adjusts the hearing instrument for individual needs. The company's products are sold through a network of retail distribution outlets in North America where customers can have their hearing screened and be fitted with an instrument. The company sells its products in more than 50 countries around the globe.

Dean Health Systems provides a full range of medical care services to Cheeseheads throughout southern Wisconsin. Dean Health Systems owns and operates a network of dozens of multi-specialty clinics that provide specialty and primary care. It also operates a number of clinics it co-owns with partner St. Mary's Hospital. Additionally, Dean Health Systems, which is 95% physician-owned -- offers health insurance services through Dean Health Plan and clinical and research education through Dean Foundation. SSM Health Care, a nationwide hospital operator, owns 5% of Dean Health Systems.

Staten Island University Hospital ferries health care services to residents of New York City's fastest growing borough and surrounding areas at its two medical campuses. Established in 1861, Staten Island University Hospital maintains about 775 beds and is a teaching affiliate of the State University of New York's Brooklyn Health Science Center. Its larger north campus includes units specializing in cardiology, pathology, cancer, blood-related diseases, burn treatment, trauma, and women's health. The south campus site offers specialty programs such as sleep medicine, geriatric psychiatry, and substance abuse services. The hospital is a member of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

MedStar Health is a $3.8 billion not-for-profit, regional healthcare system with a network of nine hospitals and 20 other health-related businesses across Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region. As the area's largest health system, it is one of the region's largest employers with more than 26,000 associates and 5,300 affiliated physicians, all of whom support MedStar Health's patient-first philosophy that combines care, compassion and clinical excellence with an emphasis on customer service. We prove this with more than 166,000 inpatient admissions and more than 1.6 million outpatient visits each year.MedStar Health associates proudly serve a half-million patients annually, and our employee satisfaction exceeds the national average for healthcare and Fortune 500 high-performing companies, which translates into a workforce dedicated to providing the highest quality care to the communities we serve. We contribute approximately $111 million in payroll tax to the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia each year, and believe in re-investing in our associates through professional development programs, such as the Executive Development Institute and the John L. Green Generation of Leadership Scholarship Program. Additionally, MedStar Health provides close to $270 million in charity care and community benefit on an annual basis.

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