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Banner Health is a non-profit health system in the United States, based in Phoenix, Arizona. It operates 23 hospitals as well as specialized facilities. The health system is the 2nd largest employer in Arizona, only second to Walmart, employing more than 35,000 men and women.〔()〕 The organization provides emergency care, hospital care, hospice, long-term/home care, outpatient surgery centers, labs, rehab services, pharmacies, and more recently has begun operating primary care physician clinics, which include Banner Arizona Medical Clinic and Banner Medical Group. In 2010, it reported assets of $6.4 billion and revenues of $4.9 billion. Banner Health was created in 1999 through a merger between Lutheran Health Systems, based in North Dakota, and Samaritan Health System, based in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2001, Banner sold its operations in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota, and became solely based in Phoenix.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Phoenix Business Journal )〕 Banner also operates a Medicare Advantage insurance plan in the valley referred to as Banner MediSun.〔()〕 Banner is in the process of undergoing organizational change and is in the innovation stage. Banner Health has partnered with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the original three comprehensive cancer centers in the United States established by the National Cancer Act of 1971, and has built a $90 million cancer center in Gilbert, Arizona. For 2014, MD Anderson Cancer Center was ranked #2 for cancer care in the "Best Hospitals" survey published in ''U.S. News & World Report''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = US News and World Report )〕 MD Anderson is widely regarded as among the best cancer hospitals in the United States. In 2006 Banner Health launched a telemedicine program. The health system determined the telemonitoring saved 34,000 ICU days and close to 2,000 lives in 2013 based on APACHE II predicted length of stay and mortality rates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Becker's Hospital Review )〕 The Arizona Board of Regents recently approved Banner Health to take over the University of Arizona Health Network and will include the transition of UAHN and UA medical center's staff in Tucson to a Banner entity. The move was made to enhance the financial foundation of the University Medical Center and to reinvest in the facilities and operations of the medical center. The transaction also includes the affiliated UAHN physician medical groups. ==Awards== * 2011 Arizona's Most Admired Companies〔 * 2010 Arizona’s Most Admired Companies〔()〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AZ Most Admired Companies )〕 * Top 100 Hospitals to work for, 2009 * Banner Good Sam in Phoenix, AZ and North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO have reached magnet hospital status〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banner Health」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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