Health Grades (which does business as HealthGrades) takes the health care industry to school.Health Grades company offers report cards on hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home health agencies, and other health care providers. It sells the quality and patient safety information to a number of constituencies, including consumers, employers, and insurance companies. Hospitals themselves represent its biggest customer base, with highly rated providers typically license HealthGrades' ratings and trademarks to use in their marketing campaigns. They also come to the company for quality improvement consulting. HealthGrades was taken private by Vestar Capital Partners in 2010.

Synergy Health (formerly Synergy Healthcare) provides outsourced medical and surgical support services to hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Its Healthcare Solutions division sells continence and wound care products, protective clothing, and infection control services. The company's surgical instrument decontamination and sterilization unit is a top provider of such services to the UK National Health Service. Synergy Health's Linen Management Services and Laboratory Services handle clean linens and lab testing, respectively. Its Isotron unit offers sterilization services for medical devices and supplies in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

Atossa Genetics,Inc is a healthcare company focused on the development and marketing of novel cellular and molecular diagnostic risk assessment products for breast cancer.Using the company's patented, FDA-approved Mammary Aspirate Specimen Cytology Test (MASCT) System, a nurse or physician’s assistant, can painlessly collect a sample of Nipple Aspirate Fluid (NAF) in about 10 minutes. The NAF sample contains cells (cytology) and molecular diagnostic biomarkers that are useful in finding cancers and pre-cancerous changes, especially Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH), which confers a higher risk of developing breast cancer.The FDA has determined, based on clinical trial data, that the MASCT System can be used in the determination and/or differentiation of normal versus premalignant versus malignant cells. Cytology changes in NAF have been shown to occur up to eight years before changes can be picked up by mammography. The Company's name comes from Atossa, daughter of Cyrius the Great and wife of Darius I, the King of the Achaemenid Empire. In about 470 BC she became the first woman in recorded history to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Discovery Medical, Inc. (DMI) wants to help doctors and nurses stay germ-free. The company makes soap dispensers, touchless faucets, automatic hand dryers, latex gloves, and other cleaning and sanitation products. Established in 1987, DMI provides its product line for the medical, dental, industrial, safety, food service, and janitorial industries.

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation is a world-class polymer based materials company focused on customer-driven solutions for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Today’s devices are increasingly dependent upon material advancements and precise characteristics in order to optimize product performance. As such, AdvanSource Biomaterials continues to develop new and innovative technologies to meet the growing demands of the medical industry.Through internal research and development, product optimization and an understanding of industry needs, the company stands at the forefront of technology in order to enable innovative and life-saving products to be introduced to the marketplace. Utilizing its proprietary technology, material know-how and manufacturing expertise, AdvanSource Biomaterials offers full partnership support and material customization to enable end-product optimization.

ZOLL Medical knows how to get your heart pounding. The medical equipment firm makes noninvasive cardiac defibrillators and pacing devices used in emergency situations to resuscitate hearts that have stopped beating. ZOLL Medical also makes disposable electrodes for use with its products, as well as related information technology software. The company's products are used primarily by hospitals, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel. It sells its wares through a direct sales force in the US and through sales representatives and distributors in some 140 countries around the globe. ZOLL Medical manufactures its products at four facilities in the US.

FHC Health Systems provides stability through its behavioral health care services, which are offered to millions of people through its operating subsidiaries. Its majority-owned subsidiary ValueOptions manages behavioral care benefits offered by commercial and public health plans, serving some 23 million people. Through its Rx Innovations unit, the company provides institutional pharmacy and laboratory services for long-term care facilities and other treatment centers. FHC's FirstLab subsidiary offers drug testing and employment screening, while its Corporation for Standards and Outcomes focuses on performance management for public agency programs. CEO and majority owner Ronald Dozoretz founded FHC in 1983.

KInetic Concepts,Inc "therapeutic surfaces" (commonly known as hospital beds and specialized mattresses) treat and prevent complications associated with patient immobility, such as pressure sores and buildup of fluid in the lungs. The company also makes vacuum-assisted wound care systems and critical care therapy systems, which rotate immobilized patients to reduce the incidence of pulmonary complications and pressure sores. Its LifeCell business develops tissue regeneration products used in surgical procedures. Customers include acute and long-term care facilities, home health agencies, wound care clinics, and individuals in the US and abroad.

Woodland Heights Medical Center is a full service hospital in Lufkin, Texas. Established in 1918, the medical center has about 150 beds and provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient, surgical, and emergency services. Specialized treatment programs including cardiac care, maternity care, sports and occupational medicine, physical therapy, and rehabilitation. Woodland Heights also offers community services including its Healthy Woman program, designed to educate the public on women's health issues, and Senior Circle, which offers senior discounts, activities and events, exercise and wellness classes.

NorthShore University HealthSystem provides care to residents of Chicago's north side and its suburbs.NorthShore University HealthSystem operates hospitals, a home care organization, and a Medical Group with some 650 primary and specialty care physicians. With 360 beds, the organization's flagship Evanston Hospital has teaching and research programs, as well as capabilities for trauma, cancer, cardiology, and women's health care. NorthShore University HealthSystem also includes Glenbrook Hospital (140 beds), while Highland Park Hospital (160 beds), and Skokie Hospital (200 beds). NorthShore University HealthSystem is affiliated with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

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