EmCare works well under pressure. EmCare company is the largest provider of contracted emergency department staffing and management to more than 400 hospitals in 40 states. EmCare manages emergency services for hospitals, including recruiting and hiring medical directors, doctors, and nurses and monitoring their performance. The company is expanding its hospitalist services -- staffing hospitals with acute-care specialists. Emcare also provides anesthesiology services to surgery centers and teleradiology services to smaller regional hospitals. Other services include such administrative functions as billing, record keeping, and staff scheduling. EmCare is a subsidiary of Emergency Medical Services.

Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) provides acute medical services to Ivy Leaguers (and the rest of us) in central New Jersey. The system is home to the University Medical Center at Princeton, a 310-bed hospital that provides comprehensive medical and surgical services and is a teaching affiliate of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Among the organization's other operations are the Merwick Care Center, a skilled nursing facility providing transitional and long-term care, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, an inpatient psychiatric facility. PHCS also offers acute rehabilitation, home health and hospice care, fitness and wellness programs, and community education.

Founded in 1878 as Fairfield County's first hospital, Bridgeport Hospital has grown into a nearly $350 million regional health care organization. Serving as a bridge to wellness and a port in the stormy waters of health care is the 425-bed Bridgeport Hospital. Part of the Yale New Haven Health System, the facility offers acute care and specialized services to residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut and surrounding counties. The hospital operates a cancer center, a burn treatment center, a heart center, and a rehabilitation therapy center. Its medical staff includes more than 550 physicians representing more than 60 specialties.

Lifespan Corporation helps to increase the longevity of the residents of Rhode Island. Founded in 1994, the multi-hospital health system includes the state's largest acute care facility, Rhode Island Hospital. Rhode Island Hospital has about 720 beds and provides general and advanced medical-surgical care in a wide range of specialties, including organ transplantation, neurosurgery, and orthopedics. It also performs biomedical research in areas such as cancer and vascular disease. Rhode Island Hospital and its sister facility, the 250-bed Miriam Hospital, serve as teaching facilities for Brown University's medical school.

Aesculapius, the god of medicine, won't be unleashing his wrath on this company anytime soon. Aesculap, Inc. is the US-based unit of Aesculap AG, a leading global supplier of surgical instruments, which itself is a subsidiary of German medical device manufacturer B. Braun Melsungen. The company's products include handheld surgical instruments, implants, and sutures used in neurosurgery, as well as in cardiac, orthopedic, laparoscopic, reconstructive, thoracic, and gynecological surgical procedures. Aesculap, Inc. also makes electrosurgical devices and power systems, and it offers consulting, training, maintenance, and supply chain management services.

Some of Life Care's specialized services include home health care, adult day care, hospice, and wound care. Founder Forrest Preston opened his first center in 1970. If you or a loved one has reached the Golden Age of retirement, there's a good chance Life Care Centers of America offers a service you can use. The company is a privately owned operator of more than 225 retirement and health care centers in 28 states. Its offerings include retirement communities, assisted-living facilities, and nursing homes (and even some campuses that provide all three in a continuum of care). In addition, Life Care operates centers specifically for people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.

Northwest Community Healthcare has captured the hearts of northern Illinois. Located in Chicago's northwest suburbs, the health system includes the not-for-profit Northwest Community Hospital, a regional leader in providing all kinds of cardiac care, including open-heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, and rehabilitation services. Along with cardiac care, the 500-bed hospital offers a comprehensive range of acute medical and surgical care. Northwest Community Healthcare also operates ancillary facilities, including primary and specialty physicians offices, an ambulatory surgery center, a home health agency, and diagnostic imaging centers.

ICON plc, a contract research organization, provides outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries primarily in the United States, Ireland, and rest of Europe. It specializes in strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support clinical development from compound selection to Phase I to IV clinical studies.

BHS was founded in 1892 and took its present form in 1985. The system is sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. Benedictine Health System (BHS) is a provider of senior care services in the Midwest. The health system mostly serves rural and smaller communities in seven states. It operates about 40 long-term care facilities including nursing homes, assisted-living centers, and independent senior housing developments. Other offerings include adult day-care, transitional care, and outpatient rehabilitation. Many of its facilities are integrated campuses that provide a spectrum of services.

McDonough District Hospital opened its doors in 1958 with 25 beds. McDonough District Hospital from serving the health care needs of patients throughout west-central Illinois. The not-for-profit McDonough District Hospital is an acute care facility with more than 110 beds and specialty services that include behavioral health, cancer care, home health, and surgery. The hospital also offers senior health and hospice programs, emergency care, and pediatric services. McDonough District Hospital has an active medical staff of more than 35 physicians, representing a range of specialties.

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