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Helen Keller Hospital is a not-for-proft, community hospital in Sheffield, AL. An acute care facility, Helen Keller Hospital is licensed to operate 185 beds. History Colbert County and the City of Sheffield opened a Hospital, March 22, 1921. At the time, this was called Colbert County Hospital. It is now known as Helen Keller Memorial Hospital, part of the Colbert County Healthcare Authority. Other healthcare entities under the umbrella the Colbert County Healthcare Authority include Red Bay Hospital, North Alabama Sleep Disorders Center and Northwest Practice Management. On May 21, 1979, the name of the hospital was changed to Helen Keller Hospital in honor of that great lady and world-renowned humanitarian. The continued growth of the Northwest Alabama Healthcare Authority is a result of the dedication of the Board of Trustees, the citizens of Colbert County and the hospital employees, who deliver excellent patient care. Helen Keller Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals assuring the finest in medical care by the process of review inspection and updating. The Authority is governed by a nine-member Board of Trustees from Colbert County appointed by the County Commission serving in staggered six-year terms. While the Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for the operation of the Authority, the details are delegated to the Authority President.
TherOx, Inc. (TherOx) is a private, venture-financed medical device company based in Irvine, California, dedicated to elevating the standard of care for treatment of heart attack patients. A heart attack is caused when an artery in the heart becomes blocked. Current treatment of heart attack is to reestablish blood flow in the blocked artery as quickly as possible. Typically, this is done with a combination of medication and a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) which may include the placement of a (intracoronary) stent. PCI successfully restores blood flow, but damage to the patient’s heart remains. Blood flow in the microvasculature downstream from the blockage is compromised, and critical heart muscle tissue is damaged – or infarcted – due to oxygen deprivation brought on by the heart attack. The intent of SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy from TherOx is to salvage damaged heart tissue by placing a high concentration of oxygen (~760 – 1,000 mmHg, or 5 – 7 times normal levels) into the patient’s blood plasma and delivering it directly to the area impacted by the heart attack. SSO2 Therapy serves as a complement to PCI and stenting. Immediately following the interventional procedure, proprietary technology from TherOx mixes a pre-specified concentration of “SuperOxygenated” saline solution with the patient’s blood to produce SuperOxygenated blood. The SuperOxygenated blood is then delivered through a catheter to the oxygen deficient tissue. Company research has confirmed in clinical studies that SuperSaturated Oxygen Therapy has the potential to reverse ischemia and may resuscitate tissue that may otherwise die. SSO2 Therapy circulates the patient`s own blood via the existing arterial access site used for the stenting procedure. Thus, no new access site is required. The TherOx DownStream System and DownStream Cartridge bear the CE Mark but are not available for commercial distribution in the EU at this time.
Providence Health & Services is a non-profit, Catholic health care system operating multiple hospitals across eight states, with headquarters in Renton, Washington.
Grapevine Imaging and Pain Mgmt is a Grapevine, TX-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Best Fitness is a Chelmsford, MA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.