CryoLife preserves lives by conserving the tissues that sustain it. The company takes human heart valves and blood vessels from deceased volunteer donors, processes them, and stores them in liquid nitrogen freezers (a process called cryopreservation). It then ships them to surgeons nationwide, who implant them during cardiac and vascular repair procedures. For some preserved tissue, the company uses its proprietary SynerGraft technology, which reduces the presence of donor cells and makes the tissue more compatible with the recipient. CryoLife also develops implantable biomaterials, including BioGlue, an adhesive used to seal internal surgical wounds.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah (Regence BCBSU) provides health, life, disability, individual, group, and Medicare supplemental insurance to more than 400,000 members as an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. As the state's largest insurer, Regence BCBSU offers a consumer-directed benefits plan network for individuals and employer-connected group plans. Both include medical, dental, and short-term options; employer plans can also include high deductible plans, health savings plans, and life and disability insurance.Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah company operates a network and service area that covers the entire state. Founded in 1942, Regence BCBSU is a subsidiary of The Regence Group.

Aurora Diagnostics, LLC, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, is a specialized laboratory company. The company was founded in 2006 as a platform for the acquisition and integration of anatomic pathology and other diagnostic laboratory businesses. Aurora Diagnostics provides liquidity, financial upside, administrative resources, and accelerated growth opportunities to laboratory owners while allowing them to maintain their entrepreneurial approach and operational independence.

Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii provides medical laboratory services for hospitals, medical groups, and physicians in the Aloha State. The company offers a full range of lab services, in disciplines such as cytology, forensic medicine, infectious diseases, pediatric pathology, and toxicology. It collects patient samples at about 60 locations throughout the islands and operates several full-service laboratories. It also partners with hospitals and health centers to provide on-site pathology testing. Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii was established in 1971. The company is a subsidiary of Australia-based Sonic Healthcare.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has a special place in its heart for kids -- and possibly vice versa. The pediatric health care facility offers specialty treatments for children and adolescents suffering from just about any malady, including those of the heart and liver, as well as blood diseases and cancer. Cincinnati Children's Hospital has more than 500 beds and operates nearly a dozen outpatient care centers. The not-for-profit hospital runs the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the region and serves as a teaching facility for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Its Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation is one of the largest pediatric research institutions in the US.

Sharp HealthCare wants to be on the cutting edge of health care delivery in Southern California. The system of not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare facilities is the San Diego area's largest. The network includes four acute-care hospitals (Sharp Chula Vista, Sharp Coronado, Sharp Grossmont, and Sharp Memorial) and three specialty hospitals for women's care, psychiatry, and chemical dependence. It also operates two physician medical groups and a number of urgent care and outpatient facilities and clinics. With some 1,700 beds and about 2,600 physicians, Sharp HealthCare offers a full array of health care services, including cancer and cardiac care, fertility and maternity services, and surgical procedures.

Scottsdale is in the middle of the desert, but it's hardly deserted. Luckily, its many residents have the likes of Scottsdale Healthcare to turn to for medical care. The not-for-profit organization serves central Arizona through three acute care hospitals that combined have roughly 835 beds. Scottsdale Healthcare also operates other campuses featuring physician offices, a cancer center, home health, and other health care services. Its Essential Touch Wellness Center and Boutique provides spa-like stress-reduction therapies. The company has a staff of some 1,400 physicians who represent more than 50 medical specialties. Scottsdale Healthcare was established in 1962 as City Hospital of Scottsdale.

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare (FSH) is a community health system serving residents of northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin. Three hospitals in Wisconsin comprise the main facilities of the healthcare network -- the La Crosse campus, Sparta campus, and Arcadia campus hospitals. It also operates primary care clinics. Services include home healthcare, nursing homes, and tertiary care. FSH is an affiliate of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

North Shore University Hospital (formerly North Shore University Hospital Manhasset) knows you shouldn't have to leave the island for quality health care. The hospital has roughly 800 beds devoted to adult and pediatric medicine, oncology, heart surgery, rehabilitation, dentistry, and trauma emergency services, among other areas. As a tertiary care facility, most of the hospital's patients are referred to North Shore by their primary or secondary physicians. It also serves as a campus for the New York University School of Medicine. The Long Island hospital is home to the Don Monti Cancer Center and the Sandra Atlas Bass Cardiology Center. North Shore is part of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.

Sparrow Hospital, has two campuses and more than 700 beds. Its Clinton Memorial Hospital has about 30 beds, and affiliate Carson City Hospital has roughly 80 beds. Sparrow Health System's other operations include a long-term-care center (located on the St. Lawrence campus of Sparrow Hospital), a hospice care provider, and medical equipment rental unit. The health system got its start in 1896 when a group of women set out with $400, a house on Ottawa Street (in Lansing, Michigan), and a mission to care for the sick.

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