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.

American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW) preaches the gospel of the active senior lifestyle, operating about 30 senior living facilities in four western states. Most of ABHOW's communities are government-subsidized apartments for low-income seniors. About a dozen of its residences, however, are continuing care retirement communities, which offer a range of care -- residential living, assisted living, or skilled nursing -- depending on residents' needs. The communities also schedule social activities and offer wellness programs and transportation services. Parent company Cornerstone Affiliates acquires and develops communities.

For more than 150 years, B. Braun Melsungen has made supplies to treat what ails you. With a history going back to 1839, the company makes a wide variety of medical and surgical equipment for clients all over the world. It operates through four divisions: Hospital Care (anesthesia and infusion equipment, IV solutions, and catheters); Aesculap (surgical instruments, sutures, orthopedic implants); Out Patient Market (diabetes, wound care, and nutrition products); and B. Braun Avitum (dialysis products). The company also operates dialysis clinics in Europe and provides contract manufacturing services. B. Braun plans to continue to operate as a family-run business, with no near-term plans to pursue a public offering.

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is an independent, not-for-profit hospital located in St. Paul, Minnesota, with clinics in Duluth, Burnsville, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, and services for adult patients at our St.Paul - Phalen Clinic. Gillette is internationally renowned for a level of pediatric expertise that distinguishes us from many health care organizations.

Denver Health and Hospital Authority provides residents of the Mile High City with a variety of health care services. The medical system's primary facility is the Denver Health Medical Center, a 475-bed hospital that functions as a regional trauma center. It also includes a network of neighborhood, school-based, and specialty health clinics, a poison and drug center, a medical health plan, and a 911 response system for Denver County. Denver Health has research and educational operations, and it houses the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics, as well as the Colorado Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical and Explosive (BNICE) Training Center.

Longport sells high-frequency ultrasound scanners. Capable of producing images of the skin up to three centimeters deep, the scanner can be used to assess the severity of wounds and burns and determine the effectiveness of treatments. It eliminates the need to take physical biopsies in many cases. Images taken with Longport's scanner can be printed instantly, or they can be saved or sent electronically. While the company developed the scanner and owns the patent, it relies on two UK companies to manufacture them. SRA Development makes probes for the scanner, and Netbox builds the scanners. Chairman Michie Proctor controls 15% of Longport.

MidState Medical Center isn't lost in the middle. The acute care hospital serves central Connecticut and has some 145 beds (including six psychiatric beds). It offers patients a range of services including cardiac, emergency medicine, and maternity care. MidState Medical Center also has centers dedicated to diabetes, cancer treatment, digestive health, nutrition, and women's health. The hospital has been working hard to keep up with increasing demand for its services. It has built an addition to its campus that added emergency medical care services as well as opened a MidState Medical Services Building, to increase its outpatient care capacity.

Omnicare Clinical Research Limited, a subsidiary of Omnicare Clinical Research, is a contract research organization (CRO) that provides project management, protocol development, medical monitoring, drug packaging and distribution, and other services. Omnicare Clinical Research Limited, like its parent, specializes in targeting non-Caucasian ethnic and racial populations in periapproval research trials as well as the development of drugs and package labeling specifically developed for the geriatric market for bio-technology and pharmaceutical companies in the UK.

Joint Replacement Instrumentation Limited designs and manufactures joint replacement devices, including replacement hips and knees, that are distributed throughout the world under the Furlong trade name. Joint Replacement Instrumentation also sells instruments needed for the implantation of its products. JRI was founded in 1969 by orthopedic surgeon Ronald Furlong, first importing hip replacement prostheses from Switzerland and later moving on to manufacture products in-house.

Baton Rouge General, has been providing for the healthcare needs of our community for more than 100 years. Our legacy is one of compassion and caring, innovation and leadership.More than 3,000 people work at our hospital, and every one of them is personally committed to making a difference to those they serve. It is this compassion, caring and attention to our patients' needs that sets the General apart from other hospitals. As President and CEO, I'm especially proud of our nurses. They've earned the highest respect of doctors and sincere appreciation of patients. They've also won top honors for Baton Rouge General as Louisiana's Hospital of the Year for Nursing Excellence more times than any other hospital. And they're working hard to continue our longstanding tradition of superior nursing through the General's School of Nursing. In 2007, our nursing students ranked #1 in the U.S. for the national nursing licensing exam.

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