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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released
PHOENIX (AP) ? In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation.
By the end of the day, the car was covered with details on the man who carried out the rampage, the hospitals where victims were being treated and a crude diagram of the crime scene.
Photos of the car were among 600 images that were taken by investigators in the aftermath of the January 2011 attack and were made public Tuesday by the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
The images provided a window into the early hours of the investigation and included the first publicly released photos of the handgun and high-capacity pistol magazines Jared Lee Loughner carried during the attack.
The image of the patrol car was a striking reminder of how investigators scrambled following the shooting, using whatever resources they could to inform officers at the scene.
The handwriting included phone numbers of investigators, medical conditions of victims, and the name and birth date of Loughner.
Police also made a note on the car's trunk that Loughner had previously been cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a charge that was dismissed after he completed a diversion program. Someone drew a stick-figure sketch of the scene, including where Loughner and Giffords were located at the time of the attack.
A Post-it note on the patrol car listed the name of Bryce Tierney, a high school friend of Loughner's who hadn't talked to Loughner in months.
Loughner had left a message on Tierney's cellphone hours before the shooting, saying, "Hey Bryce, it's Jared. We had some good times together. Peace out."
Loughner was sentenced in November to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years, after he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges in a shooting that inspired Giffords to become a national leader on gun control. The images released Tuesday contained the very high-capacity magazines that her organization is trying to restrict. Giffords did not comment on the release of the photos.
At the time of the shooting, Loughner had two magazines that held up to 31 bullets, two 15-round magazines, a 4-inch knife and other items.
Loughner had cleared a federal background check and legally bought the 9 mm Glock 19 semi-automatic weapon at a sporting goods store months before the shooting. Though he was carrying the knife during the attack, Loughner didn't use it to injure anyone.
The images were made public nearly two months after the Sheriff's Department released roughly 2,700 pages of investigative reports examining the shooting, marking the public's first view into documents that authorities had kept private since the attack. The records provided more detail about the deteriorating psychological condition of Loughner in the hours leading up to the attack and the first glimpse into Loughner's family.
News organizations seeking police records and photos from the shooting were denied access in the months after Loughner's arrest. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns later cleared the way for the release of the photos and records, saying Loughner's right to a fair trial was no longer on the line now that his criminal case has been resolved.
Mavy Stoddard, who lost her husband Dorwan Stoddard in the massacre and suffered three gunshot wounds herself, said seeing photographs of the gun that killed her husband was hurtful but she understood the public eventually would see them.
"It's upsetting, of course. It's what I know killed my husband," she said.
Arizona's chief federal judge and a 9-year-old girl were among those killed in the rampage. Thirteen people were injured, including Giffords, who was left partially blind with a paralyzed right arm and brain injury. She resigned from Congress last year.
Other photos released Tuesday show images of a credit card record for earplugs that Loughner bought, and dozens of vehicles that were in the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting unfolded.
The most graphic image shows a small puddle of blood on the ground outside the Safeway supermarket where the attack occurred, with plastic bags and other trash. Another photo shows a specimen cup that contained a bullet fragment recovered from the shooting scene.
Other photos show sheriff's deputies talking to people in the parking lot, the interior of the cab that Loughner took to the shopping center, the motel room where he stayed the night before the attack, and a motel record noting the time he checked in but also saying in a handwritten notation that the motel operators "don't know when he left."
Pam Simon, a former Giffords staffer who survived two gunshot wounds to her chest and wrist, hadn't seen the photos yet but wasn't avoiding them either.
For Simon, the release is a reminder of the magnitude of tragedy of gun violence. She said she has recognized the trauma it has created when talking to people who were working at the grocery store and nearby businesses.
"As far as I'm concerned, I don't have any burning desire to see them (the photos) right now, I don't feel any urgency," she said. "I've worked really hard at gathering at the puzzle pieces for myself. I feel like I see that day through the people I've talked to and the pictures I have seen, clearly enough."
Loughner's guilty plea allowed him to avoid the death penalty. He is serving his sentence at a federal prison medical facility in Springfield, Mo., where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and forcibly given psychotropic drug treatments to make him fit for trial.
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Fonseca reported from Flagstaff, Ariz.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/600-police-photos-tucson-rampage-scene-released-081622414.html
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Who's Paying the Price for Global Warming?
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Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and threatening food supplies. So who's paying the price for all these global warming impacts? It might seem like insurers are most at risk. Indeed, insurers did pay out some $33 billion in climate-related damages last year in the U.S. alone. But it turns out that bearing the brunt of climate change costs is you, the taxpayer. A new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, finds that the federal government spent three times more than the private insurance industry on climate change impacts last year. And, of course, those federal efforts are entirely funded by taxpayers. ?It is in effect a climate disruption tax, equivalent to a 2.7 percentage point increase in what Americans paid in sales taxes last year.? That?s Daniel Lashof, director of the NRDC?s Climate and Clean Air Program and co-author of the report. We spent nearly $100 billion in 2012 on drought-related crop insurance, storms like Hurricane Sandy, floods and wildfires. By comparison the nation spent $95 billion on education last year and just $91 billion on transportation. Greenhouse gas pollution shows no signs of slowing, recently touching 400 parts-per-million. And as that number continues to rise, so will the price. ?David Biello Follow Scientific American on Twitter @SciAm and @SciamBlogs. Visit ScientificAmerican.com for the latest in science, health and technology news.? 2013 ScientificAmerican.com. All rights reserved.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
PFT: Pre-draft fears about Gronk coming true
APAt a time when the NFL wants to get more people from other countries interested in pro football, the best strategy could be getting more people from other countries playing pro football.
As recently explained by Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com, the NFL has seen a gradual increase in the addition of foreign players, with 10 players born outside the U.S. drafted last month.? Five of them, including fifth overall pick Ziggy Ansah, were picked in the first two rounds.
Since all played college football in the U.S., it means the NFL found these players in the traditional way.? At some point, the NFL could be at the front lines of searching for players beyond our borders.
?We may be at the tip of the iceberg with this,? Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff told Marvez.? ?Some very talented athletes from other countries as they learn our game and nuances will begin to excel more than others have in the past.
?I think we?ve become a lot more open-minded to the fact we will invite players outside of our country where there was once a stigma attached about not having a true understanding of football.? We now say that while they may not have a true understanding yet, the potential athleticism and phenotype suggest there?s some serious upside.?
The goal becomes finding large men who can do what NFL players need to do, and then teaching them how to do it.? ?There are big, fast, strong athletes with upside to grow into NFL players,? Dimitroff said.? ?These guys may someday be coming in waves.?
Of course, getting more people in other countries interested in football will result in more NFL body types finding the game, instead of the game having to find them.? As more foreign players make their way to America, more will become aware of the path.? Also, as more NFL football is played in places other than America, more will become aware of the game.
One major step in that direction would be the recognition of football by the International Olympic Committee.? Per Marvez, a ruling on the International Federation of American Football?s pending application is expected by June.? Eventually, a seven-on-seven version of football could become the global version of the game.
Whether it?s seven or 11 or any other number, the more exposure the game with the uniquely shaped ball gets in other countries, the more potential NFL players can be found from other places.
Of course, those who balk at the NFL taking ?our? game to other countries will surely complain about players from other countries taking NFL jobs.? But the obsession with winning will take coaches and General Managers anywhere for potential players, proving once again that a system based exclusively on merit is the best way to ensure diversity and inclusion.
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Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ? Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.
Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists" for the last two days. He did not say exactly where the fighting occurred but that about 20 people were arrested.
There was no independent confirmation of the military's claims.
Olukolade says the extremists are in "disarray" and fleeing to Nigeria's borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
A decree by President Goodluck Jonathan put Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states under emergency rule, allowing the military to arrest anyone and occupy any building it suspects of housing extremists.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-military-17-killed-during-offensive-183323462.html
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike
CAIRO (AP) ? Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage.
Baggage handlers went on strike Saturday afternoon to demand stronger safety measures after a colleague died when a conveyer belt used to unload luggage fell on his head.
His EgyptAir co-workers say it took more than an hour for the ambulance to arrive at the scene from the airport's onsite hospital. Hospital officials deny this, and say the ambulance arrived within 10 minutes.
EgyptAir official Alaa el-Shahawy, who is responsible for ground logistics at Cairo airport, submitted his resignation Sunday. Airport officials say he will remain in the job until an investigation is complete.
Officials spoke anonymously in line with regulations.
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Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) ? An Egyptian security official says policemen at the country's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip have closed the border on their own initiative to protest the abduction of their colleagues.
The official said Friday that the guards will keep the border closed until four of their colleagues, who were abducted in the Sinai peninsula Thursday with three others, are freed. He spoke anonymously according to the rules.
Authorities believe the kidnappers are militants, who acted after another militant was alleged to have been tortured in prison. Officials have said negotiations with the kidnappers are underway.
Gaza's Interior Ministry confirmed the closure in a statement. Sinai militants are believed to have contact with other groups in the coastal territory.
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AP writer Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza contributed to this story.
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Puzzling! Swine flu virus detected in elephant seals off West Coast
Joachim Ploetz, Alfred Wegener Institute
A male elephant seal opens wide at sea. Scientists have found the H1N1 virus strain in northern elephant seals off the coast of California, the first such detection in marine mammals.
By Megan Gannon, LiveScience
The H1N1 virus strain that caused a 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans was detected in northern elephant seals off the coast of central California.
Scientists say this is the first time marine mammals have been found to carry the H1N1 flu strain, which originated in pigs. The seals seem to have picked up the virus while at sea, but it's unclear how this happened.
"We thought we might find influenza viruses, which have been found before in marine mammals, but we did not expect to find pandemic H1N1," Tracey Goldstein, an associate professor with the UC Davis One Health Institute and Wildlife Health Center, said in a statement. [10 Deadly Diseases That Hopped Across Species]
"H1N1?was circulating in humans in 2009," Goldstein added. "The seals on land in early 2010 tested negative before they went to sea, but when they returned from sea in spring 2010, they tested positive. So the question is, where did it come from?"
Contact with humans carrying the virus is unlikely when the elephant seals are at sea, because the creatures spend most of their time looking for food in a remote part of the northeast Pacific Ocean off the continental shelf.
Exposure could have occurred through feces dumped out of shipping vessels passing through this area. The researchers noted in their report in the journal?PLOS ONE?this week that H1N1 has been detected in stool samples of hospital patients. Another possible avenue of transmission might have been contact with aquatic birds, thought to be reservoirs for other flu viruses, the researchers say.
Goldstein and colleagues tested nasal swabs from more than 900 Pacific marine mammals from 10 different species from Alaska to California between 2009 and 2011. The elephant seals that were studied had been satellite-tagged and tracked so that researchers could tell where they had been before and after they were tested for disease.
H1N1?was detected in two northern elephant seals within days of their return to land after they went out to sea to forage for a few months. Antibodies to the virus were found in another 28 elephant seals. None of the seals had any signs of illness, which means marine mammals can be infected with zoonotic pathogens but be asymptomatic, the researchers said.
The report recommends that people working with and around marine mammals need to take proper biosafety precautions to prevent exposure to diseases that could be quite harmful in humans, even if they don't cause illness in seals.
The new research on marine mammals is part of an effort to understand emerging viruses in animals and people by the Centers of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance program, funded by the National Institutes of Health.
"The study of influenza virus infections in unusual hosts, such as?elephant seals, is likely to provide us with clues to understand the ability of influenza virus to jump from one host to another and initiate pandemics," Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, a professor of microbiology, said in a statement. Garcia-Sastre directs of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine, which collaborated with the team from UC Davis on the study.
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Did the IRS target liberal groups, too?
Today marks the one-week anniversary of the Internal Revenue Service's disclosure that it improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like "tea party," "patriots" and "9/12 project" were targeted for the "Be On the Look Out" or "BOLO" list, and often ended up waiting two years for notice on their status.
Somewhat lost in the furor over the disclosure is that very few liberal organizations appear to have been approved either. There is no evidence that groups with words like "progressive" or "Democratic" were targeted. But the numbers do suggest that the universe of nonprofit political organizations is small, and that liberal groups were not approved in droves while conservative ones were subject to endless bureaucratic rigmarole.
The IRS publishes a master database of all tax-exempt organizations, so it's possible to see how many groups with these words in their names were approved each month. As the Washington Post demonstrated on Wednesday, there was not a single organization with "tea party" in the name approved in 2011. In 2012, 26 groups were approved.
According to the IRS database, there were 1,017 "social welfare organizations" approved for tax-exempt status in 2012. In IRS-speak, that's a 501c(4) organization of classification type 3. Donations to such groups are not tax-deductable, and they are often not required to disclose donors.
Of those, 28 have the words "tea party" or "patriots" in their name. Only seven have the word "progress": Louisiana Progress Action Fund Inc., Progress Missouri, Progress Texas, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action Fund, Progressive USA, Progressives United Inc., Progressnow. There are no matches for "liberal" or "Democrat." The complete list is at the end of this post.
Limiting the search to social welfare organizations is not the only way to compare liberal and conservative organizations. The Washington Post found that there were 30 groups with "progressive" in their name approved in 2012 by filtering all IRS records by the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code, which classifies nonprofits into sectors like "civil rights, social action, advocacy" and "community improvement, capacity building," among many others. This is arguably a more comprehensive approach than limiting the data to 501(c)4(3) organizations, but it also is more likely to include groups that are not explicitly politically oriented.
Even by this more permissive metric, progressive organizations did not appear to receive special treatment compared to conservative ones, judging only by the numbers of organizations that were approved. That does not absolve the IRS from clearly inappropriate behavior. Nor does it suggest that the other side of the aisle had a massive advantage due to the violation.
"Social Welfare Organizations" approved for tax-exempt status in 2012
1400 Block Association
361st Fighter Group
3rd Military District Sons of Veterans Reserve
4 Corners Liberty Restoration Group
912 Project Fort Worth Inc.
912 Project of the Lehigh Valley Inc.
A Circle of Friends
A Patch of Lakeshore Quilters
Adair-Casey Conservation Club
Addison Education Association Mea Nea
Aichi Kenjin Kai of Sacramento
Alcoholics Anonymous Women in Recovery
Alderwood Heights Lot Owners Association
Aleutian Rod & Gun Club
Aliana Community Council Inc.
All 4 Fun Agility Club
Allegheny Highlands Region of the Sports Car Club of America Inc.
Allentown Area Swing Dance Society
Alliance for Self-Governance
Alma Chapter 42 Department of Arkansas Disabled American Veteran
Alturas Lions Club
Alvadore Franklin Lions Club
Amateur Ballroom Dance Inc.
American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation Inc.
American GI Forum-Jerry Garcia Womens Chapter
American Greatness
American Jobs Alliance Inc.
American Legion Auxiliary Hesson- Snider Unit 120
American Life Sciences Innovation Council
American Patriots Against Government Excess
American Solutions for Winning the Future Inc.
Amici Di Naro Club S Calogero Inc.
Amsterdam Detachment No. 392 of the Marine Corps League Inc.
Anchorage Woods Association Inc.
Anderson Sharp Kent Auxiliary of Post No. 8042
Anderson Volunteer Firefighters
Andover Area Chamber of Commerce
Annac Ti Batac of Southern California
Antelope Valley Fair Association
Anxiety Solutions Associates
Appalachian Chapter 105 Ledford H. Stanfield
Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Co. Fireman's Relief Association
Arenzville Community Club
Arm Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Ashland Garden Club
Asocaguas Inc.
Association of Graduates of Edison High Shcool
Atlanta Council on International Relations Inc.
Atlanta Taiwanese Women Association Inc.
Atlantic Station Civic Association Inc.
Audie Murphy Ranch Community Association
Auxiliary of the East Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 Inc.
Auxiliary Unit Attached to Baltimore Chapter No. 1 Department
Avalon Volunteer Fire Company
Avon Lake Saddle Club Inc.
B Hasso Family Foundation
Ball Foundation
Barnard Business And Professional Women Inc.
Bartlesville Round-Up Club
Baton Rouge Citizens to Save Our Water Inc.
Bay Center Improvement Club Association
Beachcrest Community Association
Bedford County Patriots
Bedford Mens Softball League
Beech Hollow Property Owners Association
Bellaire Optimist Club
Belle Haven Citizens Association
Belmar Business Partnership
Bethel Park Volunteer Fire Company State Relief Association
Bevo Area Historical Society
Big Muddy Practical Shooting Association Inc.
Big River Ranch Property Owner Association
Big Spring United Bowling Congress
Big Thompson Canyon Association
Bini Club of Houston Inc.
Binyah Foundation
Bismarck Motocross Association
Black Businessmen Brotherhood Social Club
Black River Health Center Inc.
Blackfoot Valley Cattlewomen
Blackhorse Ranch Homeowners Assn.
Blue Haven Area Foundation Inc.
Blue Ridge Sportsmens Club of New Milford Pa. Inc.
Bluegrass Votes
Blythe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bonnerdale Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Booneville Lions Club 3665
Boxborough Firefighters Association Inc.
Bradbury Community Club Inc.
Bradford Glen Homeowners Association
Brandon Kennel Club of Mississippi
Breakfast Lions Club of Davenport
Brevard Archers Inc.
Brighton Optimist Club
Brookridge Crime Watch
Brotherhood of Burgenlaender Sick & Benevolent Society of NYC
Broward Estates Civic Association Inc.
Browerville Firemens Relief Assoc.
Brownsville Rotary Club
Brunswick-Golden Isles Tennis Association Inc.
Bt Freedom Ladies
Buckeye Lake Seniors Citizens Club
Buckner Terrace Homeowners Association Inc.
Buffalo County Salon 407 Etat Nebraska
Buffalo Lake Firemens Relief Association
Burlington Lions Club
Busted Knuckles Off Road Club
Butler Municipal Building Corporation
Butte Gun Club
Byers Volunteer Fire Department
Byrnes Mill Improvement Committee
Byron Morris Unit 3 Disabled American Veteran Auxiliary
Cahaba Valley Homeowners Association
Cahuenga Pass Neighborhood Assoc.
Cairn Terrier Club of Greater Detroit
California Houndsmen for Conservation
Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending
Californians for Regulatory Reform
Calumet Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Camden Lions Club Inc.
Camp Forest Inc.
Campaign for Justice
Campaign for Vermont Prosperity Inc.
Canvass for a Cause
Capital Area Fire Chiefs Assn.
Capital City Squares Ltd.
Capitol Square Rotary Inc.
Carbon Chapter Number 16 Department of Utah
Carleson Center Action Fund
Cars & Guitars
Carter Payee Services
Catherine Matthews Weequahic Coalition
Catholic War Veterans of the United 0661 Post
Cbc-Lv Activities Association
Centennial Professional Park Owners Association
Center for American Freedom
Center for Humanist Activism of the American Humanist Association
Center for Medicare Portability
Centerville Chapter Number 64 Department of Tennessee
Centerville Fire Company Inc.
Central California Society of India
Central Illinois Motorcycle Club
Central Jersey Tri Club
Central Thousand Oaks Homeowners Association Inc.
Central Wisconsin Anime Inc.
Central Wisconsin ATV Club
Central Wisconsin Network Inc.
Chaffee Neighborhood Civic Association and Community Watch
Champions Advocacy Network Inc.
Chapel Hill Estates Assn.
Chapter 3 Disabled American Veterans Department of Idaho Inc.
Chapter 46 of York County Department of South Carolina
Chapter 7 Department of Tennessee Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 80 Department of Indiana Disabled American Veterans
Charlotte Matters
Chasco Fiesta Inc.
Chattahoochee Valley Bernese Mountain Dog Club Inc.
Chehalis Activators Club
Chelten Hills Model Railroad Club Inc.
Cherry Valley Riders
Chesapeake Kennel Club Inc.
Chestnut Hill Landmarks Committee
Chevy Chase Citizens Association
Chicago Housing Consulting Services Inc. Nfp
Chickaloon Community Council
Chinese American Association of Walnut Inc.
Chinese-American Professionals Association of Arizona
Chrome Czars Motor Club Inc.
Ciao Inc.
Cien Amigos
Cincinnati 912 Project Inc.
Circle K International Inc.
Circle K of North Dakota State University
Citizens Assembly Inc.
Citizens for Local Control of the Pittsburg Antioch Southeast Border
Citizens for Traditional Values Shiawassee Inc.
City Light Employees Association Inc.
City Park Commercial Association Inc.
Civic Trust Public Lobbying Company
Civitan Club of Elizabethton Tennesse Inc.
Clarendon Facilities Corporation
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Piranhas Swim Club Inc.
Clinton County Tea Party
Clonmel Community Club Inc.
Coalition for a Conservative Majority - Colorado Springs
Coalition for California
Coalition for Colorado Universal Health Care
Coalition for Missouris Future
Coalition of Energy Users
Coconino Plateau Water Advisory Council
Cody Stampede Parade Committee Inc.
Cody Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Coeur d'Alene Womens Softball Assoc.
Coffee Party USA
Coleto Creek Bar-B-Que Association
Collaborative for Community Health Inc.
Collin County Sheriff Reserve Inc.
Colorado 9-12 Project
Committee for a Fair Judiciary
Commodity Customer Coalition Inc.
Communities for a New California
Community Civic League of Federalsburg Inc.
Company C 8th California Volunteer Infantry Sons Veterans Reserve
Concerned Nation Inc.
Concord Bridge Homeowners Association
Conestoga Valley Homeschoolers
Conservative Roundtable of Texas
Continental Commercial Center Owners Association
Convention League Unlimited
Convoy Fox Hunters Conservation Club
Copper Country Associated Artists
Coraopolis Moon Township Lions Club
Cornerstone Property Owners Inc.
Corry Rod & Gun Club
Country Place Drive Homeowners Association
County Line Rural Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Coventry Lake Water Ski Club
Covington County Chapter Number 41 Department Of Alabama
Craft Guild of Nevada County
Craig Ranch Community Association
Crawfordville Lions Club
Creekside Home Owners Association
Crewe Barkeville Lions Club
Cripple Creek Property Owners Inc.
Cvfc 501c4
D A V Auxiliary Betsey Layne Unit 169 Inc.
Daleville Autumnfest
Dallas Agility Working Group
Dallas Tea Party Inc.
Daniel J Dale Det 1002 Marine Corps League Inc.
Danish Social & Benevolent Assn.
Dav Stonewall Jackson Chapter 9
Davenport Firemens Club
Defiance County Area Horsemens Association
Delta Housing Corporation of the District of Columbia
Denali Destroyers Derby Dolls
Department of New York Ladies Auxiliary Jewish War Veterans
Diablo Cycling Team
Dido Woman's Club
Disabled American Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
Disabled American Veterans - Chapter 22 A NJ Non-Profit Corp.
Disabled American Veterans 15
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 1 Fort Smith Arkansas Inc.
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 21 Springfield TN
Disabled American Veterans Fairbanks Chapter 2
Disabled American Veterans Faribault Chapter 20
Disabled American Veterans Josiah Broadfoot Chapter 6 Rhode Island
Disabled American Veterans Lawrence E Redmond 3
Disabled American Veterans Martin T Sofie Sunshine Chapter 13
Disabled American Veterans Milbank-Sisseton Chapter 19
Disabled American Veterans Pine Bluff 12
Disables American Veterans Buck- Crosby Chapter No. 6
District 44h State of New Hampshire Lions International
District 9 SW of the International Association Of Lions Clubs
District 9SE of the International Association Lions Clubs
District Ultras
Dixie Sport Shooting Association
Dodge County Law Enforcement Corporation
Doo Wop Cruisers Car Club
Dorchester Ruritan Club Inc.
Downtown Ellsworth
Driftskippers Inc.
Eagle Drive and Bison Way Neighborhood Association
Eagle Mountain Saginaw Rotary Club
East Dubuque Volunteer Fire Department
East Lake Chapter 43 Disabled American Veterans
East Middle School Home School Association Inc.
East Tawakoni Volunteer Fire Dept.
Eastern Brandywine Hundred Coordinating Council
Edison First Non-Profit
Edisto Island Lions Club
Educate Our State Advocates
Egg Track Club A NJ Nonprofit Corporation
Elkhorn Valley Sportsmen Club Inc.
Ellwood H May Environmental Park Association of Sheboygan Cty. Inc.
Elm Grove Tennis Club
Emerald Society of Fort Lauderdale Inc.
Emerging Technology Consortium
Employees Association Inc.
Enact the Plan
Envision Valley Stream
Equity for Excellence
Eritrean Community Cultural Development of Sonoma County
Espanola Valley Chapter No. 22 Disabled American Veterans
Essex Parade Committee Inc.
Essex Tea Party
Etowan County Conservation Club Inc.
Eugene P Long Chapter 32 Dpt. of New Mexico Disabled American Veterans
Fac Preservation Housing Development Fund Corporation
Fair Electricity Rate Action Fund
Fairness West Virginia Inc.
Faith and Freedom Coalition of Ohio
Falfurrias Golfers Inc.
Falmouth Chapter 26 Department of Kentucky Disabled American Veteran
Fan Freedom Project Inc.
Fans First
Farmer City BMX
Farnam Fireman Auction
Federated Garden Clubs of Albany
Filipino-American Association of Lincoln NE
Fin Feather & Fur Club
Fin N Feather Sportsmans Club Inc.
Firebaugh Business Association
Firemens Relief Association of Cre
Five Points Association Inc.
Flagstaff Tea Party-ROCN
Flathead Valley Kennel Club
Flint Hills EAA Chapter 1364 Inc.
Florida Builders for a Better Economy
Florida State Alliance of YMCAs Inc
Foothills Club West Community Association
Foothills Detachment of the Marine Corps League
For All the People Incorporated
Force Congress to Balance the Budget Inc.
Forest Ridge Henderson Heights Neighborhood Association Inc.
Forest Voice Inc.
Fork and Hoe Garden Club
Fort Bend Voters League Inc.
Four County Area Exchange Club
Four Mile Community Club
Foxton Lake Association Inc.
Franklin County Cyclists
Franklin Meadows Homeowners Association
Free Congress Action Inc.
Freedom and Values Alliance Inc.
Freedom Club
Freedom Plains
Freedom Trail
Freedom Village Store
Friends of Arizona Trails
Friends of Belize Inc.
Friends of the Jeffersonville Twp. Public Library
Friends of the South End
Friends Of@Community Schools
Fulton County Sheriffs Assn.
Fund our Communities
Gainesville Texas Lions Club
Gallia County Coon Club
Garden Club of Montclair
Gay Asian Pacific Support Network Inc.
GCSSCA
General Sikorski Post 203 of Pav Association Inc.
Georgetown Rotary Club Inc.
Georgia Pack Military Order of the Devil Dogs Marine Corps League
Georgia Tea Party Inc.
Georgians for Smart Business Inc.
German Shepherd Dog Club of Atlanta Inc.
GFWC NM
Gibbonsville Improvement Association
Gillette Woods Association Inc.
Glacial Drumlin Horse Trail Association Inc.
Glasgow Foundation
Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association Inc.
Glendale Beagle Club Inc.
Glendale Hispanic Business & Professional Association
Glendale Lake Snowmobile Club
Glenn Pheasant Hunting
Gloucester County Minority Coalition Inc.
Gloversville Police Benevolent Assoc.
Goat Neck Community Center Inc.
Gold Coast Derby Grrls Inc.
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Goldsboro Wayne Aviation Association
Govern for America
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'Hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in N.J. homicide
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) ? A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet hero earlier this year was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death inside his home, authorities said.
Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, who became known as "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" after intervening in an attack on a California utility worker, was arrested on a murder warrant at a Philadelphia bus station, according to Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow. He was being held on $3 million bail.
Earlier in the day, Romankow said McGillvary was wanted in the killing of Joseph Galfy Jr., a Clark, N.J. attorney found dead in his home on Monday.
Galfy's body was found two days after authorities said he met McGillvary in New York City. He was found wearing only his underwear and socks by police who went to his home to check on his well-being.
Statements posted on McGillvary's Facebook page following the homicide indicated the encounter was sexual in nature, Romankow said, though he declined to go into specific detail.
On his Facebook page, McGillvary's last post, dated Tuesday, asks "what would you do?" if you awoke in a stranger's house and found you'd been drugged and sexually assaulted. One commenter suggests hitting him with a hatchet ? and McGillvary's final comment on the post says, "I like your idea."
It was a hatchet that helped give McGillvary a brief taste of fame in February when he gave a rambling, profanity-laced 5-minute interview to a Fresno, Calif. television station about thwarting and unprovoked attack on a Pacific Gas & Electric employee. The interview went viral, with one version viewed more than 3.9 million times on YouTube. He later appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Kimmel asked him what people were saying to him since the Feb. 1 incident. "Hey, you're Kai, that dude with the hatchet," he responded.
Romankow said McGillvary, who said in his TV appearance he prefers to be called "home-free" instead of homeless, traded on his newfound celebrity to meet fans across the country.
Romankow said McGillvary met Galfy on Saturday in Times Square, then spent at least two nights at his home on a cul-de-sac in Clark, 20 miles west of New York.
McGillvary's movements after that included two trips to meet a fan in Asbury Park, a trip to Philadelphia and another to Glassboro in southern New Jersey. He was considered armed and dangerous before his capture.
McGillvary swiftly gained notoriety after he was interviewed in February after he intervened in an apparently unprovoked attack that led to charges including attempted murder.
McGillvary said he was riding in a car with a man who veered into the worker, got out of the car, walked up to the utility worker and allegedly said, "I am Jesus and I am here to take you home." McGillvary said he then pulled a hatchet from his backpack and struck the driver in the head several times to subdue him, The Fresno Bee reported.
Last month, the driver entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the newspaper reported.
McGillvary also goes by the names Kai Lawrence, Caleb Kai Lawrence and Kai Nicodemus, prosecutors said. A reward of $5,000 was offered for information leading to his arrest.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/famed-hatchet-hitchhiker-arrested-nj-homicide-231626616.html
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, CNN And Evernote Apps Coming To Google Glass Today
Google announced a number of new partner apps today on stage at Google I/O during the "Developing for Glass" session. Facebook and Twitter were the highlights of the list, which also included Evernote, Tumblr, Elle and CNN, in addition to the previously announced NYT and Path apps.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/uWF1MS1Rwxc/
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This Self-Esteem Thing | Dances With Fat
In my recent blog post discussing what to say to girls about body image and self-esteem,? mentioned intrinsic self-esteem.? I?ve since received several questions about it so I thought I would go into more detail about it today. If self-esteem is a word that?s triggering to you, then you have both my apologies and my suggestion to try substituting self-worth or something else that works for you, the main idea here is to think about how we think of ourselves.
The theory that I?ve learned that makes the most sense to me is that there are two types of self-esteem ? intrinsic and extrinsic.
Extrinsic is what we get from external feedback:
- Roles:? We play lots of roles in life ? mother, father, sister, brother, partner, volunteer, employee, boss, parent, child etc.? and how we perform in these roles can inform how we feel about ourselves
- Social Approval:? This is about how we perform based on social conventions, stereotypes etc.
- Third Party information: This is about what we read/hear/learn about people who are like us.
Intrinsic Self Esteem
This is our sense of our innate value We are each the only person who can determine our intrinsic self esteem ? how we feel about ourselves ? and part of that is deciding what factors we include in our calculations.
Many people choose to determine their intrinsic self esteem based on their extrinsic self esteem values ? people are, of course, allowed to do this but it can be pretty problematic for a number of reasons.? Our performance in role values varies from day to day ? even minute by minute as anyone with a toddler can attest -? so one day we might feel like we are an excellent parent, employee and friend, and the next day we might feel like we are epic failures in all three.? If we base our intrinsic self esteem on our role values we can end up on a self-worth roller coaster that isn?t necessarily that much fun.? If we base it on societal approval and third party information then we are putting our sense of self worth entirely in the hands of other people, some of whom have the very specific goal of making us feel bad so that they feel better.
Another option is to realize that we are the only person in charge of how we feel about ourselves and that, as such, we can decide that we are intrinsically amazing and that there is nothing that will ever change that. If today we were a crappy employee, parent, and friend then we are an awesome person having a bad day, or maybe even a bad year. At any given time we may be damaged goods, but we are always goods nonetheless. (Bonus points for the movie reference)
If we can keep our intrinsic sense of self esteem high, then we can handle the extrinsic blows with our head held high.? We can see ourselves as always being worthy of respect, love, and good care ? and we can see that when we aren?t treated that way the issue lies with the people treating us poorly and not with us.? We shield ourselves from attacks made by those who are hoping to make themselves feel better by making us feel worse.? We can see through the lie that our belief that we are intrinsically amazing is somehow hubris or arrogance (a lie most often repeated by those who profit emotionally or monetarily from its dissemination.)
Here?s an example:? I?ve been getting a lot of troll mail lately on my post about my first official 5k.? Most failed to comprehend the post, and think that I?m claiming to be an athlete soley based on my having having walked this 5k. Of course that?s not the case and wasn?t the point of the article, but so what if I was?? When did they get to be the ?Athlete Decider??? Was there a ceremony? Was it nice?? There are plenty of people, of all sizes, for whom walking a 5k is an athletic achievement and there is nothing in the world wrong with that.? There are plenty of people, of all sizes, for whom walking to the mailbox i an athletic achievement and if they want to do a butt-shaking happy dance with their newly acquired junkmail then I?m all for that and there is no reason that anyone would be against it that doesn?t begin and end with petty animus.
Anyway,? back to the example.? I?ve received tons of comments suggesting that, not only shouldn?t I be happy that I did the 5k, but I should feel bad about myself for not running it, that I should have been kicked out for walking, that nobody should be allowed to walk these races or do anything other than what the commenter has chosen to do.? These are easily identifiable as people in two camps ? those who are desperate to hold onto their stereotypes about fat people and thus have to find a way to negate fat people?s achievements/experience that don?t support their prejudice, and/or those? who are trying to increase their self-esteem by putting other people (in this case me) down.
Alas, I?m not the jackass whisperer and I can?t make these people behave like they?ve had some home training.? I do get to choose whether or not I want to fall for their crap.? I choose not.? In the end, I?m truly sorry that these people are in such a bad place but I?m not obligated, or willing, to fall on my self esteem sword to help them out of it.? I would suggest that you don?t have to either.
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Filmmaker Elia Suleiman Joins Doha Film Institute - The Hollywood ...
Qatar's Doha Film Institute on Wednesday said it has hired filmmaker Elia Suleiman?to the newly created post of artistic advisor.
Suleiman, a familiar face at the Cannes Film Festival and a former jury member for the event, will be tasked steering the territory's filmmakers and their ambitions.
DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al Khater?said the organization will want to harness his "infectious energy" to help find the "best new filmmaking voices."
Suleiman said: "We can imagine, desire, love and daydream. What is imagined, yet invisible to others, has the potential to become visible, and be shared. But we must not wait.? We must activate; we must participate. Take a leap. It is true that nothing is reassuring. But we will always have something to cling to; there is always hope. Hence the proposition of a structure ? a cinematic house of culture anchored to the principle of hope. I am convinced the essence of this hope is to be found among the new generations of visual poets from around the globe."
Suleiman's numerous accolades include the Black Pearl Award for Best Middle Eastern Narrative Film at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Film Festival for The Time that Remains?(2009).
Divine Intervention?(2002) won the jury prize and the international film critics prize (FIPRESCI) at Cannes and the best foreign film prize at the European Awards in Rome.
Chronicle of a Disappearance?(1996) won the best first film prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmmaker-elia-suleiman-joins-doha-523214
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
100 Integrated Health Systems to Know | Lists
May 15, 2013
Becker's Hospital Review has named "100 Integrated Health Systems to Know," a list based on health systems' range and coordination of healthcare services. The health systems listed here focus on the continuum of care, from wellness and preventive services to urgent care, inpatient care, outpatient care, hospice, health plan offerings and more. Many of these health systems have also demonstrated innovation through their participation in care and payment reform initiatives, such as accountable care organizations.
The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team selected health systems based on rankings by healthcare analytics company IMS Health, as well as health systems' financial, clinical and operational strength.
Note: This list is not an endorsement of included health systems or associated healthcare providers, and organizations cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Health systems are presented in alphabetical order.
Adventist Health (Roseville, Calif.). Adventist Health includes 19 hospitals, more than 150 clinics and outpatient centers, 39 rural health clinics, 14 home health agencies, six hospice agencies, four joint-venture retirement centers and 4,500 medical staff physicians. In addition to direct medical care, the system offers TelepharmacyWest ? telepharmacy services specially designed for rural hospitals to improve pharmacy capabilities ? and Adventist Health/Clinical Engineering Services, which includes imaging and therapy, clinical engineering, laboratory and medical gas services.
Adventist Health System (Altamonte Springs, Fla.). Adventist Health System includes 44 hospital campuses, including its flagship, 2,247-bed Florida Hospital in Orlando. In addition, the health system offers nursing homes, home health, behavioral health, family practices and a range of specialty services. Adventist Health System has an employee wellness program, "Wellness Our Way," that includes free health assessments and screenings and personal plans for nutrition and exercise. The system also offers medical externships and a healthcare leadership development program for college students.
Advocate Health Care (Oak Brook, Ill.). Advocate Health Care is the largest integrated healthcare system in Illinois, with more than 30,000 employees and roughly 6,000 affiliated physicians. The system has more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute-care hospitals, two children's hospitals and a variety of outpatient centers. Advocate features a 4,000-member physician group called Advocate Physician Partners, which collaborates with the system's hospitals through its clinical integration program. Advocate also has an accountable care organization called AdvocateCare ? a partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois ? and a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.
Alegent Creighton Health (Omaha, Neb.). Alegent Health, sponsored by Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, was formed in 1996. It changed its name to Alegent Creighton Health after it acquired Creighton Medical Associates and Creighton University Medical Center in fall 2012. With nearly 2,000 beds, 1,500 medical staff physicians and nearly 10,500 employees, Alegent Creighton Health is the largest non-profit, faith-based healthcare provider in Nebraska and southwest Iowa. The system includes 11 hospitals, a freestanding inpatient psychiatric facility, a spine hospital, skilled nursing facilities and Alegent Creighton Clinic, a multispecialty network with more than 100 locations.
Ascension Health (St. Louis). With more than 1,400 locations in 21 states and the District of Columbia, Ascension Health is the largest Catholic, non-profit health system in the country. The system offers acute-care services, long-term care, community health services, psychiatric care, rehabilitation services and residential care. Ascension Health has a subsidiary, Ascension Health Ventures, which invests in health companies, and a health IT service company, Ascension Health Information Services. In addition, the system partnered with Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2011 to form Ascension Health Care Network, a joint venture that provides an alternate funding source for the acquisition of Catholic hospitals and other healthcare provider entities.
Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee). Aurora Health Care offers care at 15 hospitals, 172 clinics, more than 70 pharmacies and the largest home care organization in the state. In fact, two-thirds of Aurora's care is delivered outside hospitals. As the largest private employer in Wisconsin, Aurora has roughly 30,000 caregivers and more than 1,500 employed physicians. Aurora offers residencies in family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pharmacy and radiology, as well as fellowships in cardiology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, MRI imaging and women's health.
Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Avera Health offers a range of acute-care, specialty care and wellness services at more than 300 locations. The health system includes Avera Medical Group, which is comprised of more than 545 physicians and other health professionals, and Avera Rural Health, which was established to support rural healthcare. Avera Health also offers health plans for individuals, employers and Medicare patients.
Banner Health (Phoenix). Banner Health delivers care in seven states through 23 acute-care hospitals and healthcare facilities, and offers hospice and home care. The health system participates as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization and partnered with Cigna in October for an accountable care initiative. Seventeen Banner Health facilities achieved stage 7 under HIMSS Analytics ? the highest stage of adopting electronic health records.
Baptist Health Care (Pensacola, Fla.). Baptist Health Care includes four hospitals, two medical parks, an orthopedic and sports medicine facility, a network of physicians and an affiliated cardiology practice. Baptist Health Care also offers several unique services, including subacute services at Baptist Manor, behavioral healthcare and vocational services at Lakeview Center and patient-centered excellence consulting from the Baptist Leadership Group.
Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables). Baptist Health South Florida includes approximately 14,000 employees and 2,000 physicians across its seven hospitals and cardiac and vascular institute. The system offers additional services through its outpatient diagnostic facilities, urgent care centers, sleep centers, endoscopy centers, rehabilitation facilities and home care program. Baptist Health South Florida is also partnered with Baptist Health Medical Group, a network of more than 100 physicians. In addition, Baptist Health South Florida includes the Baptist Health International Center of Miami, one of the largest hospital-based international programs in the country.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.). Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. includes 14 hospitals, six home care facilities, six hospice locations and four urgent care centers. Baptist Memorial also includes Baptist Health Services Group, a preferred provider organization with 54 hospitals and 200 ancillary facilities, and a multispecialty group called Baptist Memorial Medical Group. In addition, the system features Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences, a private college for undergraduate healthcare education.
Bassett Healthcare Network (Cooperstown, N.Y.). Bassett Healthcare has six hospitals in addition to skilled nursing facilities, community and school-based health centers and the Bassett Physician Group, a multispecialty group of more than 400 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Its Bassett Regional Network, a group of physicians and other health professionals, offer primary, preventive and outpatient care. Bassett Healthcare Network also features a home care company and medical supply company.
BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). More than 19,000 BayCare Health System employees and 2,800 physicians provide care at more than 200 care locations. The system features 10 hospitals in addition to BayCare Alliant Hospital, a 48-bed long-term acute-care facility on the first floor of one of BayCare's hospitals. BayCare also has various outpatient facilities, with services such as behavioral health, home care, imaging, laboratory services, orthopedics and wellness services.
Baylor Health Care System (Dallas). Baylor Health Care System offers more than 300 access points, including 30 owned, operated, joint ventured or affiliated hospitals, 28 ambulatory surgical/endoscopy centers, 91 satellite outpatient facilities, three senior health centers, six retail pharmacies, three Baylor Research Institute locations and 209 HealthTexas locations. HealthTexas Provider Network is a multispecialty physician group at Baylor that includes more than 590 primary and specialty care physicians. In addition to its care offerings, Baylor offers educational opportunities through the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Clinical Training Program in Dallas.
Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.). Baystate Health has 783 beds and 57 bassinettes across four facilities. In addition to inpatient care, Baystate offers a range of services throughout the continuum of care, including home health, home infusion and respirator and rehabilitation services. The system employs nearly 10,000 people and includes a physician practice, Baystate Medical Practices, which has 580 physicians. Baystate Health also holds a majority interest in Health New England, a health maintenance organization.
Beaumont Health System (Royal Oak, Mich.). Beaumont Health System is a three-hospital integrated system with numerous community-based medical centers, extended care centers, outpatient facilities and home medical equipment stores. Beaumont offers education through its Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, which was created in 2011 in partnership with Oakland University, and the system is affiliated with the University of Michigan and Wayne State University schools of medicine.
Bon Secours Virginia Health System (Richmond). Bon Secours Virginia Health System is comprised of Bon Secours Richmond and Bon Secours Hampton Roads, which together have seven hospitals, two health centers and several assisted living residencies and skilled nursing facilities, among other care settings. Bon Secours Medical Group, the physician practice of Bon Secours Virginia Health System, participates in an ACO with Cigna. Bon Secours Virginia is part of Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System, a non-profit system with locations in six states.
Broward Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). Broward Health, a six-hospital safety-net system, includes a multispecialty medical group with more than 60 physicians. It also offers outpatient services and home and hospice services in addition to inpatient care. The health system partners with the community to provide education and free screenings through Broward Health Community Health Services. Broward Health also provides a variety of healthcare and related services to the homeless through its Bernard P. Alicki Health Center.
Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.). Carilion Clinic includes 10 hospitals, the medical group Carilion Clinic Physicians and numerous physician offices, urgent care centers and outpatient facilities providing breast, sleep and wound care, in addition to other services. Carilion Clinic has a 50-percent ownership in both Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery Center and New River Valley Surgery Center in Christiansburg, Va. The system also participates in Doctors Connected, a Medicare accountable care organization, and offers health plans through Carilion Clinic Medicare Health Plan and MajestaCare.
Carolinas HealthCare System (Charlotte, N.C.). Carolinas HealthCare System includes more than 790 care locations, including academic medical centers, hospitals, surgical and rehabilitation centers, home health agencies and more. The system has more than 60,000 full- or part-time employees and serves as the Charlotte campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Catholic Health East (Newtown Square, Pa.). Catholic Health East includes 35 acute-care hospitals, four long-term acute-care hospitals, 26 freestanding and hospital-based long-term care facilities, 12 assisted living facilities, four continuing care retirement communities, eight behavioral health and rehabilitation facilities, 31 home health/hospice agencies and multiple ambulatory and community-based health services. CHE is the largest non-profit provider of home health services based on the number of visits, and it also offers the most programs under CMS' Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Catholic Health Initiatives (Englewood, Colo.). Spanning 17 states, Catholic Health Initiatives' facilities include 78 hospitals, 40 long-term care settings and assisted and residential-living facilities, two community health services organizations, two accredited nursing colleges and home health agencies. CHI also features an Institute for Research and Innovation, which includes centers for healthcare innovation, clinical research and translational research.
Catholic Health Partners (Cincinnati). Catholic Health Partners includes 24 hospitals in addition to long-term care facilities, home health agencies and nearly 5,600 affiliated physicians. CHP owns HealthSpan, a preferred provider organization that offers health benefits management, wellness and care management programs, among other services. CHP is currently implementing CarePATH, a comprehensive electronic heath record system, across all of its facilities. ?
Catholic Health System (Buffalo, N.Y.). Catholic Health System includes more than 8,200 full- and part-time associates, 1,200 physicians, four hospitals and numerous primary care, outpatient surgery and imaging centers. The system offers a clinical pastoral education program and the "RN to BSN" program, through which students can earn a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Catholic Health System also provides services through Catholic Medical Partners, a physician group created by a partnership between Catholic Health, Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, N.Y., and a network of associated physicians.
Christus Health (Irving, Texas). Christus Health encompasses nearly 350 facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and outpatient centers and other facilities. The health system also includes a continuing care division that provides home care, palliative care, hospice and other post-acute care services, and co-owns a seven-hospital system in Mexico. Christus offers the US Family Health Plan, a TRICARE Prime option for family members of active-duty military members, retirees and their eligible family members.
Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic integrates healthcare, education and research through locations in Ohio, Canada, Florida and the United Arab Emirates. Cleveland Clinic offers care at more than 50 buildings on its main campus alone, in addition to family health and surgery centers, specialty centers and other outpatient sites. The system promotes healthcare innovation through several ventures, including CCF Innovations, which commercializes Cleveland Clinic-developed technologies. In February, Cleveland Clinic Florida and Florida Blue signed a letter of intent to create an accountable care program.
Community Health Network (Indianapolis). Community Health Network has more than 200 sites of care, including specialty and acute-care hospitals, surgery centers, school-based clinics, nursing homes and patient-centered medical home practices. The system includes Community Physician Network, a primary care and multispecialty physician group, and offers insurance through Community ProHealth. In February, Community Health Network entered into a partnership agreement with Indianapolis-based Wishard-Eskenazi Health to improve access to high-quality healthcare.
Covenant Health (Knoxville, Tenn.). Covenant Health has more than 1,000 affiliated physicians and includes seven acute-care hospitals, a psychiatric hospital, a rehabilitation center, a nursing home and a hospice and home care agency. Covenant Health also operates the Fort Sanders Nursing Department, a baccalaureate nursing education program at Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens. In addition, the system owns a physician practice management company, Covenant Medical Management, which supports approximately 125 physicians in roughly 45 medical practices.
CoxHealth (Springfield, Mo.). CoxHealth is a five-hospital system with more than 70 physician clinics in addition to various outpatient facilities. Cox HealthPlans, an affiliate of CoxHealth, provides insurance for nearly 45,000 enrollees. CoxHealth also includes CoxHealth Network, a company focused on enterprise growth through contracting, sales and business development.
Dignity Health (San Francisco). Offering services in 17 states, Dignity Health is one of the largest hospital providers in the country and the largest hospital system in California. The system offers services across the continuum of care, from urgent care to inpatient care to chronic care management, home care and palliative care. Dignity Health also participates in an accountable care organization with a physician group and payor to serve members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis). Fairview Health Services is an academic health system affiliated with the University of Minnesota, and includes seven hospitals and more than 40 primary care clinics, among other sites of care. Fairview's physician network includes an integrated medical practice of more than 700 employed physicians and more than 700 affiliated academic physicians within University of Minnesota Physicians. The system also works with Fairview Physician Associates, a group of 630 independent physicians, and operates a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization.
Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington, Vt.). Fletcher Allen Health Care is partnered with the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, creating Vermont's University Medical Center. Fletcher Allen offers primary care and is creating patient-centered medical homes. In addition, Fletcher Allen co-founded an accountable care organization, OneCare Vermont, with Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system.
Franciscan Health System (Tacoma, Wash.). Franciscan Health System, an affiliate of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, includes five hospitals in addition to surgery centers, dialysis centers and occupational health and physical therapy clinics, among other facilities. The system's physician-led Franciscan Medical Group provides primary and specialty care at more than 100 clinics. Franciscan Health System also has a scholarship program that supports full-time study in selected healthcare-related fields in college or vocational school programs.
Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.). Geisinger Health System serves more than 2.6 million residents throughout 44 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania at hospitals, outpatient clinics and other care facilities. In addition to providing medical care, the system provides tools to other organizations through the Geisinger Consulting Group. For example, the group offers ProvenHealth Navigator, Geisinger's advanced medical home model, and ProvenCare, a methodology for implementing evidence-based care. Geisinger also offers insurance through its Geisinger Health Plan.
Genesis Health System (Davenport, Iowa). Genesis Health System includes four hospitals, a medical education foundation, a visiting nurse association and numerous specialty centers and outpatient facilities. The system also operates Genesis Health Group, a network of physicians, and Genesis Psychology Associates, a behavioral health services practice. Genesis Health System offers home care, hospice and HealthQuest, a free membership program for people ages 50 and older that includes community discounts, educational opportunities and meal programs.
Greenville (S.C.) Health System. Greenville Health System, an academic healthcare delivery system, has four acute-care hospitals across five medical campuses, two specialty hospitals, three long-term facilities, a variety of outpatient facilities and approximately 1,270 affiliated and employed medical staff members. Greenville Health System also includes University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Greenville and a simulation center.
Gundersen Health System (La Crosse, Wis.). Physician-led Gundersen Health System, formerly Gundersen Lutheran Health System, consists of three hospitals, four nursing homes, 24 medical clinics and a variety of other health clinics. The system is undergoing a "campus renewal" project that will result in all private rooms, new operating rooms, a trauma and emergency center and enhanced behavioral health services. The health system also offers the Gundersen Lutheran Health Plan.
HCA Midwest Health System (Kansas City, Mo.). HCA Midwest Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, is comprised of nine hospitals, six surgery centers and one psychiatric care facility. Its physician network, Midwest Physicians, includes more than 280 physicians at more than 130 locations.
Health First (Rockledge, Fla.). Health First includes four hospitals, multiple outpatient and wellness services, trauma and heart centers and four fitness centers. In February, Health First launched Health First Medical Group, a collaboration of Health First's existing physician group and physicians of Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates, certain assets of which Health First recently acquired. With 246 physicians and more than 1,040 associates, the combined group is the largest multispecialty physician group in Brevard County, Fla. Health First also offers commercial and Medicare health plans.
Henry Ford Health System (Detroit). In addition to providing acute care at five hospitals, Henry Ford Health System provides primary care, preventive services and specialty services along with its educational and research offerings. The system includes Henry Ford Medical Group, one of the country's largest group practices with more than 1,200 physicians, and Henry Ford Physician Network, a physician-led subsidiary of the system focused on clinical integration. The system also offers health insurance through its Health Alliance Plan, which covers more than 648,000 members and companies.
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis). Indiana University Health is partnered with Indiana University School of Medicine and offers care at 19 hospitals, numerous outpatient centers and homes. IU Health includes IU Health Physicians, a group of more than 900 physicians and 1,500 staff members, and IU Health Quality Partners, a physician-led clinical integration program. In addition, the system offers Medicare Advantage health plans and business solutions, such as occupational health and pharmacy benefit management.
Inova Health System (Falls Church, Va.). Inova Health System is a network of six hospitals, numerous outpatient facilities, primary and specialty care physician practices, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, emergency and urgent care centers and more. The health system conducts research through its Inova Translational Medicine Institute and research programs on neuroscience and liver and obesity issues. In addition, Inova offers educational opportunities for undergraduates and provides residencies and fellowships for graduates.
Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). Intermountain Healthcare is comprised of 22 hospitals, including an orthopedic specialty hospital, more than 185 physician clinics and Intermountain Medical Group, which has more than 900 physicians and clinicians. Intermountain is home to the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, which supports clinical research and process management, and an Invention Management Office, which translates physicians' and employees' ideas into products and services. Intermountain also has an affiliated health insurance company, called SelectHealth.
Jackson Health System (Miami). Jackson Health System offers care at six hospitals, including a rehabilitation hospital, behavioral health hospital and children's hospital. The county-owned system also includes long-term, primary and specialty care centers and school-based clinics, among other sites of care. The system has primary academic affiliations with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Jackson Health System also includes Jackson Health Plans, which offers HMO and special needs HMO plans.
Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.). Kaiser Permanente is comprised of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and subsidiaries, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and The Permanente Medical Groups, a physician-owned and -operated practice. As of 2011, Kaiser had 37 hospitals, 611 medical offices, more than 16,600 physicians and roughly 173,000 employees. Kaiser Permanente also has an advanced health information system, Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect, which connects all the system's medical facilities. KP HealthConnect is the largest private deployment of an electronic health record in the world, according to the system. ?
KentuckyOne Health (Louisville). KentuckyOne Health was created in 2012 through the partnership of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare in Louisville, Ky., and Saint Joseph Health System in Lexington, Ky. The system later partnered with the University of Louisville (Ky.) Hospital and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center in Louisville. KentuckyOne delivers care in nearly 200 locations, including hospitals, physician groups, specialty institutes and more. In addition to inpatient and specialty services, KentuckyOne offers home and palliative care.
Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. Lancaster General Health consists of Lancaster General Hospital, Women & Babies Hospital, a range of outpatient centers, VNA Community Care Services, co-owned Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital and Lancaster General Medical Group, which includes more than 100 family physicians and specialists. The health system also offers patient portal MyLGHealth, which allows patients to manage their health online.
Legacy Health (Portland, Ore.). Legacy Health provides care at six hospitals, two affiliated ambulatory surgery centers, numerous medical office buildings and specialty care and primary care clinics. All of Legacy's primary care clinics are transitioning to patient-centered medical homes. Legacy includes Legacy Medical Group, which consists of more than 300 employed physicians and other providers. Legacy Health also has a research institute and the Legacy Institute for Surgical Education and Innovation.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (Allentown, Pa.). Lehigh Valley Health Network has two full-service hospitals at three hospital campuses; community clinics, including 40 primary and specialty clinics; and a variety of other care facilities. The health system is partnered with the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa. The health system and medical school created a program called SELECT to prepare medical students for leadership roles in medicine. LVHN also offers Valley Preferred ? a preferred provider organization.
MaineHealth (Portland). In addition to several health systems and hospitals, MaineHealth includes Maine Mental Health Partners, a network of mental health providers; HomeHealth Visiting Nurses; Maine Physician Hospital Organization; NorDx, a laboratory services company; and Synernet, an outsourced provider of administrative services to healthcare providers. MaineHealth also has an accountable care organization that participates in CMS' Medicare Shared Savings Program.
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mayo Clinic has hospitals at its three healthcare campuses in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jackson, Fla., and Rochester, Minn. Mayo Clinic also includes Mayo Clinic Health System, which is a group of clinics, hospitals and other facilities serving more than 70 communities in Iowa, Georgia, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In addition, Mayo Clinic offers the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which connects member healthcare organizations with Mayo Clinic expertise through online tools and other resources. Besides direct healthcare services, Mayo Clinic offers an array of educational and research opportunities.
McLaren Health Care (Flint, Mich.). McLaren Health Care includes 10 hospitals as well as ambulatory surgery centers, a regional network of cancer centers, assisted living facilities and more. McLaren Medical Group manages McLaren Health Care's ambulatory network and employs more than 150 primary care physicians and specialists. MHC offers commercial and Medicaid HMOs and point-of-service and preferred provider organization products through McLaren Health Plan. In addition, MHC owns a medical malpractice insurance company called McLaren Insurance Company.
MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.). MedStar Health is comprised of 10 hospitals as well as nursing homes, ambulatory care centers and other facilities. The system also has 20 health-related businesses, including a visiting nurse association, a managed care organization and an orthotics and prosthetics company. MedStar Health includes MedStar Physician Partners, a network of more than 100 physicians across nearly 30 offices. In addition, MedStar Health has a health business diversity program called MedStar Partners. The program connects MedStar Health with local small businesses and minority- and woman-owned businesses.
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Houston). With 12 hospitals, numerous specialty services and 5,500 affiliated physicians, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is the largest non-profit health system in southeast Texas. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School. The Memorial Hermann Physician Network includes physicians from Memorial Hermann Medical Group and UTHealth, as well as private physicians and specialists. In addition, the system includes MHealth and MHealth Insurance Company.
MemorialCare Health System (Fountain Valley, Calif.). MemorialCare Health System includes six hospitals, two medical groups, an independent practice association, retail clinics and various outpatient health centers. The system offers residency and fellowship programs at two of its hospitals. MemorialCare also features myMemorialCare, an ambulatory electronic medical record system, and MemorialCare Link, a web-based application connecting providers to information in the health system's EMR.
Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.). Mercy is the sixth largest Catholic healthcare system in the country, with 32 hospitals, 300 outpatient locations and 1,700 integrated physicians across four states. Mercy also has outreach ministries, including a behavioral health clinic and a health advocacy program, in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition to having an integrated electronic health record system throughout the organization, Mercy offers its patients an online portal called MyMercy to access their records, schedule appointments and communicate with providers.
Mercy Health System (Janesville, Wis.). Mercy Health System has 68 facilities, including three hospitals, in 26 communities across Wisconsin and Illinois. The health system has four core service areas: hospital-based services; clinic-based services; post-acute care and retail services; and insurance products. MercyCare Insurance Company offers several insurance products, including an HMO, Medicare supplement and Medicaid HMO.
Mercy Springfield (Mo.) Communities. Mercy Springfield Communities, formerly known as St. John's Health System, is part of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy and includes approximately 85 facilities and more than 500 integrated physicians. In addition to inpatient care, the health system offers home and hospice care, palliative care, pastoral care and research and development, among other services. In January, Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.) and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities were selected to participate in CMS' Medicare Shared Savings Program as an accountable care organization.
Methodist Healthcare (Memphis, Tenn.). Methodist Healthcare features seven hospitals, home health services, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care centers, diagnostic centers, sleep centers and a hospice residence. The health system has primary teaching partnerships with the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis. Methodist Healthcare and the University of Memphis created the Maurice Elliott Leadership Institute for Methodist managers and directors, the Center for Health Care Economics and the Center for Health Care Technology.
Mountain States Health Alliance (Johnson City, Tenn.). Mountain States Health Alliance encompasses 13 hospitals, 21 primary and preventive care centers, multiple outpatient care sites and a medical group with more than 250 providers. The system also includes Mountain States Healthcare Network, a group of more than 50 acute-care and long-term care providers with access to MSHA services, such as group purchasing, home health management and strategic planning support. MSHA also participates in an accountable care organization called AnewCare Collaborative.
MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.). MultiCare Health System includes five hospitals, as well as numerous outpatient specialty centers, primary and urgent care clinics and other services and community outreach programs. In addition to health services, MultiCare offers revenue cycle assessment, strategy and optimization assistance for healthcare providers through MultiCare Consulting Services. The system connects inpatient and outpatient physicians with patients' medical records through MultiCare Connect, an electronic health record system. Patients can contact providers and schedule appointments via the online service MyChart.
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System (New York City). NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System consists of a host of acute-care hospitals ? including its flagship, 2,409-bed NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ? specialty facilities, continuing care facilities and ambulatory care centers across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Most members of the health system are academic affiliates of either Weill Cornell Medical College or Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.
North Mississippi Health Services (Tupelo). North Mississippi Health Services includes a medical center, a community hospital system, a regional network of more than 30 primary and specialty clinics and nursing homes. The health system offers managed care programs to industry and business employers through HealthLink, its preferred provider organization, and third party administrator services through Acclaim.
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (Great Neck, N.Y.). North Shore-LIJ Health System offers care at 16 hospitals, three skilled nursing facilities and nearly 400 ambulatory physician practices. In addition, the system includes North Shore-LIJ Medical Group, which has more than 2,400 full-time physicians, the Center for Learning and Innovation and the Patient Safety Institute. North Shore-LIJ has nursing school affiliations with 15 colleges and universities, and is preparing to offer health plans.
NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.). Four-hospital NorthShore University HealthSystem has approximately 2,100 affiliated physicians, more than 800 of whom are part of the multispecialty group practice NorthShore Medical Group. The health system is also the principal teaching affiliate for the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and offers a range of educational programs. In 2003, NorthShore became one of the first healthcare organizations in the country to successfully launch a system-wide electronic medical record, which is called NorthShoreConnect.
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago). Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has two hospitals and a physician group, Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group. The system's flagship hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, has approximately 1,600 affiliated physicians and is the primary teaching hospital for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare also includes an insurance company that provides professional and general liability coverage to the health system and professional liability coverage to the physician group Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.
Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Novant Health, which includes 13 acute-care facilities, more than 100 outpatient facilities and more than 350 physician practice facilities across four states, recently launched a branding campaign to more visibly unite its facilities. In March, Novant Health began a collaborative accountable care initiative with Cigna that will affect more than 60,000 Cigna health plan members who receive care from a Novant Health physician. The health system also offers Novant Health Shared Services, a company that provides shared services and management models with partnered healthcare organizations.
Ochsner Health System (New Orleans). Ochsner Health System has eight hospitals and more than 38 health centers. As one of the largest non-university-based physician training centers in the nation, Ochsner hosts more than 200 Ochsner-sponsored medical residents, more than 300 medical residents from affiliated residency programs, more than 600 medical students and 400 allied health students annually. In addition to inpatient, primary and specialty care, Ochsner also offers pharmacy services.
OhioHealth (Columbus). OhioHealth includes seven hospitals and multiple outpatient facilities, such as imaging centers, mammography centers and urgent care centers. OhioHealth also offers occupational health services, home health, hospice and clinical trials. In addition, OhioHealth features a Research and Innovation Institute. In June 2011, OhioHealth partnered with health insurer Medical Mutual and the Medical Group of Ohio to form an accountable care organization called Health4.
OSF HealthCare (Peoria, Ill.). OSF HealthCare includes OSF Healthcare System, OSF Medical Group, OSF Home Care Services, OSF Saint Francis ? which includes healthcare-related businesses ? and OSF Healthcare Foundation. OSF Healthcare System consists of eight hospitals and medical centers, one long-term care facility and two colleges of nursing. In addition, OSF Healthcare participates in CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program.
Palmetto Health (Columbia, S.C.). Palmetto Health offers care at four hospitals, a facility featuring an ambulatory surgery center, diagnostic center and medical office building, facilities designed for elderly patients and other sites of care. In addition, Palmetto Health operates Baptist Easley (S.C.) Hospital through a joint venture with Greenville (S.C.) Health System. Palmetto Health also has a simulation center and 12 medical residency and eight fellowship programs.
Partners HealthCare (Boston). Founded by Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in 1994, Partners HealthCare now includes more than 20 health centers in addition to community and specialty hospitals, a physician network, a home care agency and a health plan, among other entities. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, the health system focuses on medical research and education. Partners HealthCare also participates in CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Albuquerque, N.M.). Eight-hospital Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a non-profit health system, the largest managed care organization in New Mexico and a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. The health system includes Presbyterian Medical Group, which has more than 500 physicians and practitioners at more than 30 locations, as well as women's, children's, heart and cancer centers.
ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio). ProMedica has 11 member and affiliate hospitals and a medical practice, ProMedica Physicians, which includes more than 300 physicians and midlevel providers. In addition to clinical care services, ProMedica includes Paramount, a regional maintenance organization in northwest Ohio, and the Academic Health Center, an academic collaboration with The University of Toledo. ProMedica also formed ProMedica Physicians Accountable Care Organization, which is part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.). Providence Health & Services has 27 hospitals, 250 physician clinics and numerous assisted living facilities, long-term care facilities and hospice and home health agencies across five states. Providence offers insurance for commercial groups, Medicare and Medicaid members and individuals and families through Providence Health Plans. In addition, an affiliation between Providence and Seattle-based Swedish Health Services aims to improve quality, increase access to care and lower costs.
Riverside Health System (Newport News, Va.). Riverside Health System includes five hospitals, a long-term acute-care hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a behavioral health center, medical group practices, retirement communities and outpatient facilities, including diagnostic and surgery centers. The health system also offers several home care services, including hospice, medical equipment, pharmacy and in-home private care. Riverside Health System is also part owner of Virginia Health Network, a preferred provider organization.
Rochester (N.Y.) General Health System. Rochester General Health System is comprised of eight integrated affiliates: two hospitals, including its flagship Rochester General Hospital, an assisted living and nursing rehabilitation center, a short- and long-term care living center, a medical group with more than 40 practices, a behavioral health network, an independent living program for seniors and an ambulatory services division. Through Rochester General Hospital Research Institute and partnerships with institutions like the Cleveland Clinic, the health system also includes clinical and translational research programs.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare (Charleston, S.C.). Roper St. Francis Healthcare has more than 90 facilities and physician offices, including three hospitals and plans to build another. The system also includes diagnostic centers, outpatient surgery centers and urgent care centers. The health system has nearly 800 physicians on staff in addition to more than 180 physicians who are part of the network Roper St. Francis Physician Partners.
Saint Francis Health System (Tulsa, Okla.). Saint Francis Health System is comprised of five hospitals, including two acute-care hospitals, a children's hospital, a heart hospital and a psychiatric hospital. The health system also includes Warren Clinic, a physician group with more than 350 physicians and providers in more than 70 locations. In addition, Saint Francis Health System offers home care and hospice services.
Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D., and Fargo, N.D.). Sanford Health is the largest rural non-profit healthcare system in the country, with 126 locations across eight states. Sanford Health includes 35 medical centers, 140 clinic locations and 1,360 physicians, and is developing international clinics in Ghana, Israel and Mexico. Sanford Health also offers its own health plan for individuals and Medicare members.
Scripps Health (San Diego). Scripps Health includes four acute-care hospitals on five campuses, a network of outpatient facilities and home care. In addition, the system offers Scripps Coastal Medical Center, a group of more than 100 primary care and specialty physicians, and Scripps Clinic, a network of more than 500 physicians covering 50 medical and surgical specialties. Scripps Health also offers residency and fellowship programs.
Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.). Sentara Healthcare has more than 100 care sites, including 10 acute-care hospitals, a variety of outpatient centers, home care and hospice services and nursing and assisted living centers. The health system has 3,680 providers on its medical staff and three medical groups with nearly 620 providers combined. In addition, Sentara Healthcare offers its own health plan called Optima Health.
Sharp HealthCare (San Diego). Sharp HealthCare includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals and two affiliated medical groups with more than 1,000 physicians, among other healthcare facilities and services. The system offers the Sharp Health Plan, the only San Diego-based commercial health plan. Sharp HealthCare is also one of CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations.
Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Spectrum Health includes nine hospitals, 130 ambulatory sites, two physician groups totaling more than 750 providers and a health plan. Spectrum Health's continuing care division offers home care, hospice, palliative care, rehabilitation services and infusion pharmacy services, among others. The system also features Spectrum Health Physician Alliance, which is a network of physician groups and includes physician-hospital organizations and independent practice organizations.
SSM Health Care (St. Louis). SSM Health Care owns 18 hospitals, has a minority interest in five hospitals, manages one hospital, has affiliations with several rural hospitals and owns two nursing homes. The system also has more than 7,000 employed and affiliated physicians. In April, SSM Health Care and Madison, Wis.-based Dean Health Systems, a multispecialty physician group, signed an agreement to integrate Dean into SSM Health Care.
Steward Health Care System (Boston). In addition to 11 hospitals, Steward Health Care System features a medical group, a home care company, a college offering nursing degrees, a charitable medical service organization and a physician network. This network, called Steward Health Care Network, provides physicians with medical management services and financial expertise, among other services. Steward operates a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization called Steward Promise.
Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.). Sutter Health includes 24 hospitals, 27 ambulatory surgery centers, behavioral health centers, long-term care facilities and research institutes. The health system has nearly 5,000 affiliated physicians in its Sutter Medical Network, which includes multiple medical foundations and medical groups. Sutter Health is also affiliated with Sutter Physician Services, which provides healthcare management services to providers, facilities and payors.
Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Texas Health Resources includes 25 owned, operated, joint ventured or affiliated acute-care and short-stay hospitals. The system also includes 18 outpatient facilities, more than 250 additional community access points and a physician group with more than 500 physicians and more than 200 physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Its Texas Health Research & Education Institute offers research, continuing education and training.
TriHealth (Cincinnati). TriHealth offers care at more than 80 locations, including its four hospitals, three ambulatory centers and five specialty institutes, in addition to numerous physician offices. Many primary care physician practices owned by TriHealth have been accredited as patient-centered medical homes by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The health system also offers a research institute and is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Trinity Health (Novi, Mich.). Trinity Health includes 47 acute-care hospitals, 432 outpatient facilities, 33 long-term care facilities, multiple home health offices and hospice programs and 3,400 employed physicians and residents. The system also includes Trinity Health International, which provides aid to healthcare organizations across the world, and Mount Carmel Health Plan, an operator of a Medicare Advantage program in Ohio.
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (Tyler, Texas). Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics has five hospitals, including a rehabilitation hospital and a long-term acute-care facility, several urgent care locations and a multispecialty medical group with more than 350 physicians and mid-level providers at 36 clinic locations. The health system also offers Senior Insurance Services, a program to help senior citizens understand Medicare supplemental insurance plans.
UC Davis Health System (Sacramento, Calif.). UC Davis Health System includes UC Davis Medical Center, UC Davis School of Medicine, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and UC Davis Medical Group, a 1,000-member physician group. The health system also has specialty clinical and research centers, including the Institute for Population Health Improvement, the Center for Health and Technology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UnityPoint Health (Des Moines). UnityPoint Health, formerly called Iowa Health System, offers care in eight large regions across Illinois and Iowa. The health system includes 15 owned and 14 affiliated hospitals, 280 physician clinics and home care and hospice locations. UnityPoint Health offers MyUnityPoint, a patient portal for health management, and HealthNet, a private network connecting healthcare facilities throughout the Midwest.
University Hospitals (Cleveland). University Hospitals encompasses the tertiary medical center University Hospitals, a children's hospital, a women's hospital, a cancer center, a large network of primary care physicians and outpatient centers, and more than 24,000 physicians and employees. The system's flagship hospital, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, is an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University. The health system also operates the independent UH Accountable Care Organization and a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO called UH Coordinated Care Organization.
University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor). University of Michigan Health System includes three hospitals, six specialty centers and more than 120 clinic locations in addition to a medical school, a school of nursing and a faculty group practice. The system's U-M Faculty Group Practice participated in CMS' five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration ? a precursor to accountable care organizations. The health system also has a Pioneer ACO and participates in a separate Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center integrates medical, insurance and international services through its three major operating units. The system offers patient care at more than 20 hospitals and more than 400 outpatient locations, and employs more than 3,200 physicians. UPMC's Insurance Services Division offers health plans to employers and their employees, individuals and Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program members. Through its International and Commercial Services Division, UPMC extends its expertise to markets around the world, including Ireland, Kazakhstan and Japan.
WellSpan Health (York, Pa.). WellSpan offers care at three hospitals, including a surgery and a rehabilitation hospital, and 35 outpatient locations. The health system also includes WellSpan Medical Group, which has more than 500 members, WellSpan VNA Home Care and business services. WellSpan's healthcare management company, South Central Preferred, offers preferred provider organization services, third party administrator services and worksite wellness services.
WellStar Health System (Marietta, Ga.). WellStar Health System has five hospitals, 14 satellite diagnostic imaging centers, a skilled nursing facility, an inpatient hospice facility, a skilled nursing facility and more than 100 outpatient locations. The health system's physician group, WellStar Medical Group, has more than 500 primary care providers, specialists and advanced practitioners.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.). Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is comprised of seven acute-care and specialty hospitals, two outpatient centers, three long-term care facilities and hospice and home health agencies. The system's Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group and Metro Physicians includes more than 360 physicians. Wheaton Franciscan is also affiliated with more than 1,300 local physicians.
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System. Yale New Haven Health System encompasses four delivery networks: Bridgeport, Greenwich, Yale-New Haven and the Northeast Medical Group. Together, these delivery networks include five hospitals, rehabilitation centers, a visiting nurse association, a hospice provider, an ambulatory services corporation, a physician-hospital organization, an independent physicians association, a real estate management company and a system-wide physician group. The system also offers graduate medical education programs through its affiliation with the Yale School of Medicine, managed care services and Yale New Haven Health Senior Assurance, a Medicare supplemental insurance program.
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