When it comes to surgical implants, RTI Biologics recommends the natural alternative. The firm develops products made from human and animal tissue that are used in orthopedic, dental, and other surgeries to repair fractures, spinal disorders, sports injuries, breast reconstruction, and other procedures. Using its BioCleanse and Tutoplast processes, the company sterilizes tissue -- including bone, tendons, and skin -- that is then used in surgeries. RTI Biologics sells its allografts (made from human tissue) and xenografts (made from animals) in the US and more than 30 countries. Its direct sales force targets the sports medicine and general orthopedic markets.

Good Samaritan Hospital opened its doors in 1965 as an acute care hospital with a staff of about 400. Good Samaritan Hospital helps keep Silicon Valley's techies in tip-top shape. The facility, part of the HCA family of for-profit hospitals, administers care through campuses in San Jose (the main campus) and Los Gatos, California. Good Samaritan Hospital provides general acute care as well as a host of tertiary services that include cardiology and cardiovascular surgery; oncology; obstetrics and gynecology; and psychiatry (both inpatient and outpatient care). The main campus hospital has some 400 patient beds and the Los Gatos outpatient and short-stay facility houses approximately 100 beds.

Hill Country Memorial takes care of the peaks and valleys in the wellness of area residents. The health system provides medical services to eight counties near Fredericksburg in Central Texas. Its hospital, Hill Country Memorial Hospital, has about 85 beds and a staff of close to 100 physicians. Specialties include cardiology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, and emergency medicine. The health system also operates a wellness center that offers locals yoga, stress management, weight loss, and massage. Other community services include hospice and home care, and the administration of state-funded services for low income women, infants, children (WIC).

Clinical Specialties (aka CSI) provides home-based health care services to patients in Ohio and surrounding regions. The company's nurses and other health care professionals administer intravenous medications -- including chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, and hemophilia treatments -- to patients in their homes. The company also coordinates service with other contracted home health care providers, such as physical therapists, hospice nurses, and home health aids. CSI operates mainly in Ohio, but its service area extends into adjoining parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Berkshire Health Systems is the region's leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services. With award-winning programs, nationally-recognized physicians, world-class technology and a sincere commitment to the community, BHS is delivering the kind of advanced healthcare most commonly found in large metropolitan centers.A private, not-for-profit organization, BHS serves the region through a network of affiliates which include Berkshire Medical Center, the BMC Hillcrest Campus, Fairview Hospital, Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association, BHS physician practices, and long-term care associate Berkshire Healthcare Systems. Each of these facilities is distinguished by the high quality of their programs and services, and by the credentials, skill and compassion of their physicians, nurses and caregivers.

Walton Rehabilitation Hospital provides rehabilitative care to people who have suffered catastrophic illness or injuries, primarily serving the central Savannah River area in Georgia. The hospital offers services for patients recovering from strokes, as well as brain, spinal cord, and orthopedic injuries. It also provides a pain center and independent living services. Walton Rehabilitation Hospital was founded in 1988.

HearUSA is a recognized leader in hearing care and is partnered with managed care organizations across the country. Through its Hearing Care Network of nearly 2,000 independently practicing audiologists and hearing care professionals and its more than 180 company owned hearing centers, HearUSA administers hearing benefits and provides related products and services to both third party and self referred clients.

SunLink Health Systems is hoping to shine brightly in the healthcare business through the management of community hospitals. Through its subsidiaries, the firm operates seven community hospitals with a total of more than 400 beds in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri. SunLink Health leases one of its hospitals, Missouri Southern Healthcare, and owns the other six. Each hospital is the only acute care facility in its service area. The company also runs several nursing facilities, which service the geographical areas surrounding the hospitals and have 260 beds combined, and it operates a home health agency and a specialty pharmacy business.

Texas has universities, horse farms, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton. Formerly Denton Community Hospital, the organization is a full-service, acute care facility serving northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. Following a 2005 completion of the hospital's expansion project, it houses some 250 private rooms, nine surgical suites, two cardiac catheterization labs, and a 28-bed ER department. It opened a neonatal ICU in 2006. Texas Health Presbyterian Denton is owned by local healthcare giant Texas Health Resources (THR).

The Stereotaxis NIOBE System is used to treat coronary artery disease and abnormal heart rhythms known as arrhythmias. Via digital remote control, doctors steer catheters, guidewires, and stent delivery devices through blood vessels all the way to the chambers of the heart (and all the way back out, if necessary) in a procedure that is less invasive than traditional heart bypass surgery. Stereotaxis markets the cardiology instrument control system to interventional surgery labs (or "cath labs"), research hospitals, and large commercial medical centers worldwide.

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