Medical Action Industries is cleaning up in the medical products marketplace. The company manufactures, markets, and distributes a wide range of disposable medical products. Some of its main products include wash basins and bedpans, IV start kits, containment systems for medical waste, sterilization products, dressing and surgical sponges, and laboratory products (such as petri dishes and specimen containers). Though it sells primarily to hospitals, Medical Action Industries has expanded its product lines and marketing efforts to target doctors, dentists, veterinarians, outpatient centers, and long-term care facilities. The company's major customers are medical distributors Owens & Minor and Cardinal Health.

Porter Adventist is a general, acute-care facility that provides a full range of primary care and specialized services in areas such as cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, and cancer treatment. The hospital expanded to meet growing demand a few years ago when it completed a $110 million project that added an larger intensive care unit, surgical suites, new operating rooms, and a community education center. Porter Adventist was founded in 1930 by a Henry Porter, a businessman from California.

Orthofix International N.V. makes a variety of spinal and orthopedic devices and sports medicine products used to immobilize and patch bone, as well as stimulate new growth. Its products include Firebird spinal fixation systems, Spinal-Stim bone growth stimulator, TRUE/LOK ring fixation systems for limbs, BREG Bracing limb support, and Trinity Evolution, a stem-cell based bone grafting material. The company also produces a system to improve blood flow in immobilized patients. Orthofix sells its products to healthcare providers through subsidiaries and independent distributors in Brazil, Europe, Mexico, and the US.

NorthShore University HealthSystem provides care to residents of Chicago's north side and its suburbs.NorthShore University HealthSystem operates hospitals, a home care organization, and a Medical Group with some 650 primary and specialty care physicians. With 360 beds, the organization's flagship Evanston Hospital has teaching and research programs, as well as capabilities for trauma, cancer, cardiology, and women's health care. NorthShore University HealthSystem also includes Glenbrook Hospital (140 beds), while Highland Park Hospital (160 beds), and Skokie Hospital (200 beds). NorthShore University HealthSystem is affiliated with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

Southern Regional Health System operates the Southern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in a southern suburb of Atlanta. With nearly 400 beds, this hospital offers patients cardiac monitoring, diagnostic imaging, occupational and speech rehabilitation, and an abundance of other services. Other facilities include the Women's Life Center (built in 2001), which provides women's and newborn healthcare, and RiverWoods, a psychiatric and substance-abuse treatment center. SRMC was established in 1971 to provide health care to residents of Clayton County and the surrounding areas. It became a member of the not-for-profit PROMINA Health System in 1996.

Mediwatch keeps an eye on patients' urological health. The company designs and manufactures medical devices used in diagnosis, treatment, and management of urological disorders. Its PSAWatch product helps to detect and monitor prostate cancer. The company's other products include ultrasound imaging devices, urinary flow monitoring devices, and products to help with erectile dysfunction. Among its customers are hospitals, medical clinics, primary care physicians, and nurses.

Parkridge Medical Center provides health care services in southern Tennessee. The hospital also operates two satellite facilities: Parkridge East Hospital, another acute care facility, and Parkridge Valley Hospital, an adult and pediatric behavior health care facility. The hospitals, combined, have some 540 beds. Specialty services include cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and diagnostic imaging. The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center provides oncology therapeutics. Parkridge Medical Center is a subsidiary of HCA and is part of HCA's TriStar Health System.

St. Francis Health Services of Morris was founded in 1984. St. Francis Health Services of Morris is a not-for-profit provider of long term care, assisted living, home health care, and transportation services for more than 800 people with developmental and mental disabilities. The organization operates eight nursing homes, three assisted-living facilities, and two home health care agencies in Minnesota.

Miami Children's Hospital not-for-profit medical center has nearly 300 beds and offers more than 40 different health care specialties, including pediatric emergency care, cancer treatment, orthopedics, and rehabilitation services. The hospital's neonatal unit treats newborns referred from other hospitals. Miami Children's Hospital has a staff of some 650 physicians and operates the region's only free-standing pediatric trauma center. The hospital first opened its doors in the 1940s as Miami Tent #33 of Variety Clubs International. Variety Children's Hospital opened in 1950 and became Miami Children's Hospital in 1986.

SyntheMed helps keep surgery patients from getting scars. The company develops polymers aimed at preventing or reducing post-operative adhesions (scar tissue) for a variety of surgical procedures. In 2006 its REPEL-CV product received marketing approval from European Union regulatory authorities for prevention of scar tissue in open heart surgeries; the company launched the product in Europe and some Asian markets through a network of independent distributors. It has received approval from the FDA for use in pediatric cardiac surgery patients in the US. SyntheMed is developing similar products for use in gynecological, abdominal, orthopedic, spinal, and general surgeries.

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