Exempla aims to provide exemplary health care to residents in the Denver area. The Exempla medical network, operating as Exempla Healthcare, includes three hospitals: Exempla Lutheran Medical Center (400 beds), Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital (570 beds), and Good Samaritan Medical Center (230 beds). It also operates the Exempla Physician Network, a chain of primary care clinics. The company employs more than 2,000 physicians. Among its specialties are cardiovascular services and surgeries, rehabilitation, cancer care, orthopedics, and women's and children's services. Exempla Healthcare was formed in 1998, when Saint Joseph Hospital and Lutheran Medical Center combined.