Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of the top health care organizations in the country, with its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics, and specialty institutes. Its medical education programs train hundreds of doctors and nurses each year, and the center's Vanderbilt Clinics receive about 1.3 million annual patient visits. Its Vanderbilt University Hospital, together with the system's clinics and specialty facilities, has more than 830 beds. VUMC boasts a children's hospital, a psychiatric hospital, a transplant center, and a rehabilitation hospital, as well as a biomedical research center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated facility.

Straumann Holding AG is a global leader in manufacturing dental implants. The company also makes prosthetics, products for dental tissue regeneration, and the tools and instruments to help install its products. It has introduced a synthetic bone-replacement material to help build up jaw bone in preparation for placing implants, and the company regularly invests in additional research and development efforts. Board member Dr. Thomas Straumann holds about 30% of the company's stock.

Frisbie Memorial Hospital serves southeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine. The acute-care facility has nearly 90 beds and about 250 physicians on staff with some 40 specialties. Established in 1919, the not-for-profit community hospital offers patients a variety of services including emergency, radiology, cardiology, neurology, and respiratory and surgical care. Frisbie Memorial also operates outpatient and primary medical care facilities, and it provides oncology services through a partnership with the Dartmoth-Hitchcock health care group.

Crawford Memorial Hospital & Health Services provides acute care to residents of Crawford County in Illinois. Its hospital has about 25 acute care beds. Specialized services include cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedics, home health care, and emergency medicine. The hospital, founded in 1961, also offers a birthing center with prenatal education and breast-feeding classes. Crawford Memorial Hospital & Health Services operates a handful of rural health clinics staffed with physicians and physicians' assistants offering primary care to medically underserved areas.

Cleveland may be home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but you don't have to have the rocking pneumonia or the boogie woogie flu to visit another Cleveland institution: The Cleveland Clinic. The heart of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the not-for-profit hospital has more than 1,300 beds and specializes in cardiac care, digestive disease treatment, and urological and kidney care, along with medical education and research opportunities. The clinic campus includes an international care center, a children's hospital, an outpatient center, and several research institutes. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation network also includes 10 community hospitals and additional health clinics in northeast Ohio and Florida.

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron you'd be right on the money. The 250-bed hospital offers more than 30 specialties to a 25 county region. Among its specialized services are cardiology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and home care. It also has a regional burn unit serving adults and children. The hospital's emergency department treats nearly 70,000 patients each year. Children's also operates one of the largest pediatric primary care networks in the state with 15 offices in seven counties.

John C. Lincoln takes care of the health of John Q. Public. The not-for-profit John C. Lincoln Health Network serves the northern Phoenix area and includes two hospitals: John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital, with more than 200 beds, and John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital, with roughly 260 beds. The system also features a children's care facility, various physician and dental clinics, a food bank, and assisted living facilities for the elderly all operating under the Desert Mission moniker. The John C. Lincoln Health Foundation is the fundraising arm of the organization. John C. Lincoln Health Network has a staff of about 1,100 physicians.

Beaver Dam Community Hospitals, (BDCH) formed in 1972 to provide medical services for the residents of south central Wisconsin. The medical center includes the 60-bed Beaver Dam Community Hospital as well as its Hillside Manor skilled nursing facility. Other facilities include an assisted living retirement center, community-based residential facilities, home health care services, and a wellness center. BDCH also operates FastCare clinics in two towns and a dialysis center. BDCH has invested in an electronic medical records system and upgrades to its dialysis services.

Instrumentation Laboratory makes lab instruments. The company develops and manufactures diagnostic medical equipment primarily for hospitals and clinical laboratories around the globe. The company provides critical care systems, hemostasis products, and information management services. Its product lines include GEM and CO-Oximetry analyzers for critical care diagnostics, and ACL and HemosIL analyzers and reagents for automated blood and coagulation testing. Its products are marketed through global affiliates and third-party distributors. Instrumentation Laboratory was established in 1959 and is a division of private Spanish health care company Werfen Group.

American HealthChoice operates medical clinics, makes medical devices, and provides other health related services in the southeastern US. Its AHC Medical Clinics unit owns and operates eight medical clinics in Texas and Tennessee and provides support services to about 35 affiliated clinics. Through its TelmedCo unit, American HealthChoice offers telemedicine services, allowing doctors at its own and third-party clinics to get second opinions from remote specialists. A third unit, RehabCo, has developed the OmniBody Scan medical imaging system, which uses infrared technology to detect breast cancer and other conditions.

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