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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center: Enhancements Ahead

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center: Enhancements Ahead

This Army medical center is enhancing the quality of its care through new development projects and its approach to...

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Davis Vision: Healthy Hindsight

Davis Vision: Healthy Hindsight

This managed vision care provider set its sights on enhancing its care through the development of two vision wellness...

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9th Medical Group: Patient-Centered Promise

9th Medical Group: Patient-Centered Promise

By improving its training procedures and creating a provider collaborative, this military medical organization is improving the continuity of...

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UroMed: Changing Course

UroMed: Changing Course

A life-altering accident and passion for people led to the success of this urology company.

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Benefis Health System: Shots of Success

Benefis Health System: Shots of Success

This Montana-based health system scored a 98% on a new, mandatory policy focused on patient safety.

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Dasco Companies: Building Relationships

After more than 20 years of focusing on medical real estate, this company has the expertise needed to make...

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Franklin Square Hospital Center: Enduring Spirit

Franklin Square Hospital Center: Enduring Spirit

Dedicated to upgrading its capabilities for the benefit of its community, a new patient tower is the most visible...

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Health Network Laboratories: Acing the Test

Health Network Laboratories: Acing the Test

Expansion of services, locations, and partnerships ensure this medical lab company is well positioned for the future.

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Walgreens: Getting Personal

Walgreens: Getting Personal

The upside of turbulent healthcare reform is significant opportunities for pharmacies. We learn how Walgreens plans to play a...

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Health Now: Stepping Stones

Health Now: Stepping Stones

This 75-year-old healthcare company has found ways to stay fresh with technological offerings for its patients.

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Garden Park Medical Center: True Community Hospital

Garden Park Medical Center: True Community Hospital

With a culture of excellence and extensive outreach programs, this Mississippi hospital is a true partner for community wellbeing.

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VQ OrthoCare: Improving Daily Living

VQ OrthoCare: Improving Daily Living

Strategic acquisitions and multiple go-to-market strategies help this noninvasive medical solutions company get its products to people in need.

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Athena Health Care Systems: Culture of Care

Athena Health Care Systems: Culture of Care

This owner/operator of nursing facilities is creating a culture of quality for its residents and employees alike.

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APS Healthcare: Impactful Insights

APS Healthcare: Impactful Insights

This healthcare management provider is redefining managed care by focusing on improving it for those who need it most.

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Southampton Memorial Hospital: Saving Grace

Southampton Memorial Hospital: Saving Grace

This comprehensive healthcare facility is helping its rural community cope with the loss of a major employer.

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Crothall Healthcare: Structured for Success

Crothall Healthcare: Structured for Success

This healthcare support service provider continues to grow its service model thanks to its strong management structure.

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Palms of Pasadena Hospital: Coastal Care

Palms of Pasadena Hospital: Coastal Care

This hospital provides quick care for vacationers in need of help getting back on the beach.

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Skyline Healthcare: Focus on Success

Skyline Healthcare: Focus on Success

This healthcare management company puts patients’ needs above all else to ensure its success.

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Sound Shore Health System: Working Together

Sound Shore Health System: Working Together

Offering a vast array of services that suit all ages and stages of life, this New York health system...

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CBC/CTS: Banking on Success

CBC/CTS: Banking on Success

This Dayton-based tissue bank helps families and patients through the delicate process of organ donation.

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Sudbury Regional Hospital: Eager for Change

Sudbury Regional Hospital: Eager for Change

In the face of challenges, this hospital and community are eager to raise the bar for quality through new...

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Delta Dental of Arizona: Strong Benefits

By relying on its sister companies and adjusting to changing markets, this dental insurer managed to have a great year...

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Ellis Medicine: Inch by Inch

Ellis Medicine: Inch by Inch

This provider is transforming healthcare, and navigating the no-man’s land of reform, one patient at a time.

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LifeLink Tissue Bank: Room to Grow

LifeLink Tissue Bank: Room to Grow

With a new facility ready to go, this tissue recovery organization is primed for growth.

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Methodist Homes Corporation: Welcome Home

Methodist Homes Corporation: Welcome Home

Taking on new approaches and redevelopment projects is how this senior housing provider is creating a more resident-centered focus.

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Laboratory Supply Company: Laboratory Specialists

Laboratory Supply Company: Laboratory Specialists

With expert customer service and knowledge of the market, this company expects to have a presence in all 50 states...

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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center: Open to Opportunity

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center: Open to Opportunity

This community medical center is staying strong by expanding and enhancing its services for the betterment of patients.

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Infinity HealthCare: Born Problem Solvers

Infinity HealthCare: Born Problem Solvers

Rather than following the status quo, this physician-led staffing and management practice looks for new avenues of innovation. ...

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UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital: Times of Change

UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital: Times of Change

A positive change in processes resulted in financial success for this acute care facility.

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Health Inventures: The Confidence to Succeed

Health Inventures: The Confidence to Succeed

Thanks to years of experience and a solid business model, this ambulatory surgery center developer helps position its partners for...

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St. Alexius Medical Center: On a Mission

St. Alexius Medical Center: On a Mission

This medical center is finding ways to reduce costs and live up to its core values.

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Palmer College of Chiropractic: A Closer Look

Palmer College of Chiropractic: A Closer Look

This academic institution, one of 14 chiropractic colleges in the US, looks beyond GPA and graduation rates to ensure its...

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Spectrum Health Care: Always With You

Spectrum Health Care: Always With You

For more than 30 years, this privately-owned Canadian nursing and homemaking organization’s standing in the community has grown along...

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Avreo: Solitary Solutions

Avreo: Solitary Solutions

This radiology workflow solutions company enhances medical dataflow with its single application, single database solutions.

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Senior Lifestyle Corp.: Make it Meaningful

Senior Lifestyle Corp.: Make it Meaningful

This residential community operator focuses on details like healthful food and activities fit to individual personalities.

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ForTec Medical: Special Delivery

ForTec Medical: Special Delivery

This surgical equipment provider is helping hospitals save lives and money, providing a cost-effective alternative to buying the latest technologies.

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Winthrop University Hospital: Best In Class

Planning ahead paid off big time for this not-for-profit hospital.

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American Dental Concepts: On a Mission

American Dental Concepts: On a Mission

This dental management company is using a multi-disciplinary model to change how dentists operate and how patients feel.

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United Medical Center: Out of the Ashes

United Medical Center: Out of the Ashes

A new ownership situation is helping this DC medical center continue its clinical and financial transformation.

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IntraNexus: A Smarter Solution

IntraNexus: A Smarter Solution

This software vendor has a team with clinical experience and a background in consulting, and it's using both to get...

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SoutheastHEALTH: A Higher Plateau

SoutheastHEALTH: A Higher Plateau

A new state-of-the-art cancer center is the jewel in the crown for this growing Missouri-based health system.

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Abaxis: Faster, Cheaper, Better

Abaxis: Faster, Cheaper, Better

This company provides one tool that can help physicians reduce costs and provide better care.

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Western Dental Services: Transformative Times

Western Dental Services: Transformative Times

Management changes, technology upgrades, and an expanding footprint allow this dental and oral health maintenance organization to grow and...

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Health Outcomes Sciences: A Better Outcome

Health Outcomes Sciences: A Better Outcome

This software company developed a solution that allows clinicians to better predict what an individual patient's risk is, based on...

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Metro West Medical Center: Affiliates for Accountability

Metro West Medical Center: Affiliates for Accountability

A close partnership with Tufts Medical Center is helping this community hospital break the mold.

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RBB Architects: Right the First Time

RBB Architects: Right the First Time

For every project this master planning and design firm takes on, it does the right thing for patients, clients, and...

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Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital: Kid-Friendly

Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital: Kid-Friendly

This leading orthopedic hospital puts kids’ health above all else through a new outpatient clinic and extensive research center.

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Crescent Healthcare: Exceptional and Appropriate

Crescent Healthcare: Exceptional and Appropriate

This company is committed to providing top quality and cost effective integrated pharmacy and nursing services at alternate sites.

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Best Practices: Opening Minds

Best Practices: Opening Minds

Persuading physicians to get on board is one of the key steps for hospital executives looking to form an...

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Finance: Flat Fee

Finance: Flat Fee

We explore the potential for widespread adoption of bundled reimbursement.

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Management: Staying Power

Management: Staying Power

How do you get your lean implementation to start strong and stay on course? It’s all in the training.

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Technology: Virtual Reality

Technology: Virtual Reality

This successful program facilitates sophisticated online communication between patients and their primary care physicians.

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NGTC Health Properties: It Takes Two

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Chapters Health System: Choices Abound

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Abaxis: The Wait is Over

Abaxis: The Wait is Over

Product development, external partnerships, and an expanding marketplace are driving the growth of this blood analyzer manufacturer.

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Health Care REIT: Continuous Care

Health Care REIT: Continuous Care

This healthcare real estate investment trust company is positioning its diversified client base to meet the trend toward integrated...

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Swisslog HCS North America: On a Roll

Swisslog HCS North America: On a Roll

This provider of integrated logistics solutions relies on originality to meet the ever-changing needs of its customers.

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Heartland Hospice Region 19: Exceeding Expectations

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Dental Health Associates: Back on Track

Dental Health Associates: Back on Track

This dental health provider may have changed course, but it’s still heading in the right direction to enhance the...

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Brandon Regional Hospital: When Community Calls

Brandon Regional Hospital: When Community Calls

This acute-care hospital takes its cue from the community.

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Jackson Nurse Professionals: Quick Quality Care

Jackson Nurse Professionals: Quick Quality Care

This company is looking to do more than provide hospitals with just temporary staffing.

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Van Wert Hospital: Counting on Quality

Van Wert Hospital: Counting on Quality

A longstanding focus on excellence hasn’t stopped this hospital from finding continuous ways to improve.

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Pacific Dental Services: Committed Relationships

Pacific Dental Services: Committed Relationships

By creating a bond with its staff and their patients, this dental business support services provider is aiming to...

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Emerson Ecologics: The Logical Choice

Emerson Ecologics: The Logical Choice

Acquisitions, execution, and a commitment to quality are among the factors that have made this nutrient and herb distributor...

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Palo Pinto General Hospital: The IT Factor

Palo Pinto General Hospital: The IT Factor

Information technology is seen as a critical part of this rural hospital’s ability to operate efficiently and provide quality...

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Catholic Health Care Services: Service Through Spirituality

Catholic Health Care Services: Service Through Spirituality

By offering a continuum of care for seniors, this long term care provider is finding new partnerships and opportunities...

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Acadiana Management Group: Finding a Niche

Acadiana Management Group: Finding a Niche

This healthcare management company plays into its specific market to grow in times of uncertainty.

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Lincolnwood Place: Reinvigorating Retirement

Lincolnwood Place: Reinvigorating Retirement

Learn what this retirement community is doing to make its residents feel more productive, secure, and most importantly, more...

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LCA-Vision: Survive Then Thrive

LCA-Vision: Survive Then Thrive

This leading provider of Lasik surgery is seeing its opportunities more clearly after finding its focus and creating a...

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Select Medical: Healing for Real

Select Medical: Healing for Real

This specialized healthcare provider says it’s committed to quality care and means it. Learn how it’s fulfilling that promise...

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Peconic Bay Medical Center: Care Around the Corner

Peconic Bay Medical Center: Care Around the Corner

This teaching medical center is building its prestige by investing wisely to serve its patients’ needs.

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Health Plan of San Mateo: Sticking to the Mission

Health Plan of San Mateo: Sticking to the Mission

Home healthcare services and member comforts are priorities at this health plan provider.

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Winchester Hospital: Empowered to Improve

Winchester Hospital: Empowered to Improve

Learn how this New England hospital is providing peace of mind to patients thanks to its enduring commitment to...

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Beebe Medical Center: Insight to Improve

Beebe Medical Center: Insight to Improve

This community hospital is relying on its culture of continuous improvement to prepare for healthcare reform and enhance its...

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Springdale Rehabilitation Centers: Under One Roof

Springdale Rehabilitation Centers: Under One Roof

By expanding services from its sub-acute care to independent living offerings, this long term care facility is ready for...

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Avanti Hospitals: Up for the Challenge

Avanti Hospitals: Up for the Challenge

A business model built on efficiency, quality, and community has helped this hospital company grow quickly in a short...

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Emmaus Homes: Embracing Change

Emmaus Homes: Embracing Change

This 120-year-old institution wasn’t afraid to switch up its strategy and change with the times.

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Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare System: Models to Marvel

Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare System: Models to Marvel

This health system is looking to improve its quality of care by adopting the medical home concept and enhancing...

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Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group, P.A.: Electronic Overhaul

Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group, P.A.: Electronic Overhaul

This physician group underwent a physical and mental makeover to get the best use out of its new technology.