McLaren Health Care Corporation is one of the top 25 integrated health care systems in the United States. Our reach embraces 29 counties with 2,052 licensed beds and eight regional hospitals--McLaren Regional Medical Center (Flint); Lapeer Regional Medical Center (Lapeer); Ingham Regional Medical Center and Ingham Regional Orthopedic Hospital(Lansing); Bay Regional Medical Center and Bay Special Care Hospital (Bay City); Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center (Mt. Clemens); and POH Regional Medical Center (Pontiac). Each hospital stands ready to serve you, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.McLaren Health Care has sustained a revenue growth rate of 20% annually for nearly 20 years. We began with one building, and now showcase the McLaren presence in more than 150 locations, and are a major presence in five major markets. We're 13,000 employees, more than 4,200 physicians and 2,000 volunteers strong.

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.

This government agency provides homes for heroes. The US Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) consists of the 276-acre US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in Washington, DC, and the 44-acre, 11-story US Naval Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Both are continuing care retirement communities in which residents can live independently or in assisted living or long-term care facilities. The homes have about 1,600 residents (retired sailors, soldiers, airmen and women, and marines), 97% of whom served in a war theater and nearly 93% of whom retired with 20 or more years of military service.

Stryker's surgical products include such instruments as drills, saws, rasps, even cement mixers. The company's Orthopaedic Implants category includes artificial joints, spinal rods and screws, artificial vertebral discs, bone cement, and other orthopedic implants and supplies. The orthopaedic division also makes OP-1, a biological product to grow bone. The MedSurg Equipment segment includes facial and hand surgery instruments, endoscopy equipment, and communications and patient handling equipment. Stryker's products are marketed globally to hospitals, doctors, and other health care facilities via direct sales personnel and distributors.

Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) is a not-for-profit health plan provider that offers health insurance products and related services to more than 200,000 members in Massachusetts. Neighborhood Health Plan organization is a leading provider of managed health care for members of MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program for low-income and disabled residents. But it also provides commercial health plans for small businesses, as well as low-cost and no-cost family and individual plans for people who qualify for subsidized health coverage under Massachusetts' 2006 health care reform law. NHP maintains a provider network of more than 2,800 primary care physicians, 400 specialists, and dozens of hospitals. Neighborhood Health Plan company was founded in 1986.

Spacelabs Healthcare got its start monitoring the health of NASA astronauts; nowadays it makes medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment for more Earth-bound patients. The company's Ultraview bedside patient monitor and telemetry systems keep up with patient's data and transmit it to caregivers through clinical wired and wireless networks. Its Blease anesthesia delivery systems and ventilators are used in operative and perioperative settings. Its Del Mar Reynolds unit develops heart monitors including electrocardiogram and ambulatory blood pressure monitors. Spacelabs Healthcare operates worldwide and holds all of the healthcare operations of its parent, OSI Systems.

Baxa Corporation manufactures equipment and measuring devices for the preparation and handling of oral and IV-administered medications. The company's leading products include the ExactaMed oral liquid dispenser, a pre-filled dosing syringe. Additional products include pumps designed to batch fill medication orders, IV bags, and infusion devices, as well as compounders and a medication validation system. The company has subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe; it also has distributors in more than 40 countries around the world. Ronald Baxa and Brian Baldwin started the business in 1975. The Baldwin family controls the company.

Lawrence & Memorial Hospital connects Connecticut residents with health care, no matter if they're near the Rhode Island border or enjoying the Connecticut River. The not-for-profit hospital, founded in 1912, provides services to a ten-town region on the Connecticut shoreline and neighboring areas in the Northeast. Lawrence & Memorial has 280 beds and provides general acute care, including medical, surgical, rehabilitative, pediatric, psychiatric, and obstetrical services. Its facilities boast a cardiac catheterization lab, a cancer center, a sleep disorder unit, and a neonatal ICU. The hospital also runs a handful of community physician practices and specialty clinics.

Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) provides acute care and other health services to residents of Pine Bluff and an 11-county area of southern Arkansas. The private, not-for-profit hospital has about 450 acute care beds and offers general medical and surgical care, as well as services in a range of specialties, including geriatrics, cardiology, and oncology. It also has a 25-bed skilled nursing unit that cares for patients transitioning to long-term care or home care. A network of hospital-owned and affiliated clinics offers outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, wound care, and other ambulatory health services. Additionally, the health system operates a nursing school and home health and hospice agencies.

* About Imaging Tests o CT o Mammogram o MRI o PET o Ultrasound o X-ray * Important Questions * Radiation Awareness Learn More About NIA I am interested in learning more about how NIA can help me achieve: * Quality outcomes * Trend mitigation * New product solutions When used appropriately, medical imaging tests used to arrive at a diagnosis - such as x-rays, CT scans and PET scans - can be beneficial in helping your doctor understand and treat a health issue. However, the very medical imaging that can provide your doctor with valuable information about your health, has limits to what it can do. It's important to be aware of these limits because the use of CT scanning, in particular, is rapidly increasing - yet approximately one-third of all CT scans are considered by many health care authorities to be unnecessary.

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