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.

Bayfront Health System, operator of the coastal city's Bayfront Medical Center, a not-for-profit hospital housing some 500 acute care beds. Founded in 1906, the medical center provides general medical and surgical care, as well as emergency services, trauma care, and specialist care in areas such as rehabilitation, cancer treatment, and cardiology. The hospital also provides air-medical transport through its Bayflite helicopter program to a 15-county region. In addition to the medical center, Bayfront Health System includes several ancillary facilities, including urgent and primary care clinics and outpatient rehabilitation centers.

University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital might be a better option. With about 475 beds, the hospital is part of the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, which includes the hospital and six specialized medical colleges for the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. The hospital offers specialty services such as cancer treatment, pediatric care, heart care, orthopedics, sports medicine, and women's health. The University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital operates eastern Kentucky's only Level I trauma treatment facility.

Orthovita develops and sells materials for physicians to use as bone substitutes in reconstruction and replacement procedures. The company's products are designed to mimic natural bone characteristics and harden quicker than other available products. Orthovita's VITOSS product line, used for the repair of spinal and pelvic bone defects, accounts for about 60% of the company's sales. Its CORTOSS bone augmentation material -- expected to eventually become Orthovita's lead product -- received North American marketing approval from the FDA in 2009. Orthovita company already sells CORTOSS, which is used to repair vertebral compression fractures, in the EU and Australia.

Delta Dental of Rhode Island provides dental plans to some 700,000 members in Rhode Island. One of the largest dental insurers in the state, the company was formed in 1959 and became a Delta Dental plan in 1973. Subsidiary Altus Dental Insurance provides dental benefits to 80,000 members in Massachusetts. Delta Dental of Rhode Island also provides access to a national dental network through its membership in the Delta Dental Plans Association. The company also offers health care consulting and benefits administration services to employers through subsidiary Park Row Associates.

Moses Taylor Hospital provides emergency, acute, and outpatient health services to the Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, area. Established in 1892, the more than 240-bed hospital has almost 400 physicians on staff from a variety of specialties. Moses Taylor offers cardiac, imaging, immunization, oncology, neurology, pediatric, laboratory, home health and hospice services, long-term care facilities, and outpatient clinics, among others. The facility, part of the Moses Taylor Health Care System, is also affiliated with Mid Valley Hospital and numerous regional general care and specialty clinics.

Neoprobe makes products for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, such as lymphatic mapping instruments (including the neo2000) that help surgeons identify trends about the spread of cancer in a patient. Subsidiary Cardiosonix markets non-invasive blood flow measurement devices under the Quantix brand. Neoprobe has additional products under development including procedural tracing agent Lymphoseek to be used in lymphatic mapping and handheld radiation probe RIGScan to locate tumors. The company is also working on an activated cellular therapy technology to treat cancers and viral and autoimmune diseases. The procedure activates certain lymph nodes to boost a patient's immune system.

NMT Medical company develops implantable devices that treat defects in the walls of the heart's chambers. Its CardioSEAL and STARFlex implants close up holes in the heart, a condition suffered primarily by children.NMT Medical company markets CardioSEAL and STARFlex in the US, Canada, and Europe. A third device, BioSTAR, is a bioabsorbable implant that also corrects heart defects; it has been approved in Canada and Europe. NMT Medical acquired the exclusive rights to CardioSEAL from InnerVentions, a licensee of Children's Hospital Boston.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center provides medical and surgical care to the residents of Louisiana's capital city. Participating in teaching programs for LSU and Tulane medical schools, the health system has around 740 acute care beds and offers specialty care in pediatrics, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Our Lady of the Lake also includes two nursing homes, an independent-living facility for seniors, and other geriatric services, as well as a small, long-term care site for AIDS patients. It offers outpatient services at its main campus and at satellite facilities throughout the greater Baton Rouge area. Our Lady of the Lake was founded in 1923 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.

University Community Health company is a not-for-profit network of six hospitals in Florida's Tampa Bay area. Its three general hospitals -- two located in Tampa and one in nearby Tarpon Springs -- collectively house some 720 beds and provide emergency, surgical, and acute medical care, as well as provide outpatient services. The system also includes a specialty heart hospital, a women's hospital, and a long-term acute care hospital. University Community Health's name reflects its flagship facility's proximity to the University of South Florida. The company became part of the Adventist Health System in 2010.

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