Vanguard Health Systems is an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in five U.S.

United States

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 states: Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, Michigan

Michigan

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, and Texas

Texas

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. The company's headquarters are located in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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. Vanguard owns twenty-eight hospitals, including the ten Detroit Medical Center

Detroit Medical Center

The Detroit Medical Center, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has more than 2,000 licensed beds, 3,000 affiliated physicians and over 12,000 employees. The DMC is the affiliated clinical research site for medical program at Wayne State University...

 hospitals in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, five in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

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 and four in the Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

 area, and controls an additional three hospitals through joint ventures, for a total of 5,869 licensed beds . The company was number 747 on the 2006 Fortune 1000

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 ranking of the largest U.S. companies.

In April 2011, Vanguard Health Systems filed with the SEC to raise up to $600 million in an IPO which occurred on June, 22 2011. Previously the company was owned by the Blackstone Group.

Hospital Systems

• Abrazo Health Care
  Abrazo Health Care
  Abrazo Health Care is the second largest health care delivery system in Arizona, United States. Abrazo Health Care is located in Phoenix, Arizona and was established in 2003. The Abrazo system comprises five acute care hospitals and one cardiovascular-specialty hospital...
  
  
• Arizona Heart Hospital
  Arizona Heart Hospital
  Arizona Heart Hospital is a hospital specializing in cardiovascular care in Phoenix, Arizona, United States and is owned by Abrazo Health Care.-History:Arizona Heart Hospital opened in 1998 and was purchased by Abrazo Health Care in 2010. See...
  
  
• Arizona Heart Institute
  Arizona Heart Institute
  Arizona Heart Institute is a cardiovascular medical center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Arizona Heart was the country’s first freestanding outpatient clinic solely dedicated to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and blood vessel disease....
  
  
• Arrowhead Hospital
  Arrowhead Hospital
  Arrowhead Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Glendale, Arizona, United States.Arrowhead Hospital opened in 1988 and is an affiliate of Abrazo Health Care. Abrazo Health Care is the second largest health care delivery system in Arizona, United States...
  
  
• Detroit Medical Center
  Detroit Medical Center
  The Detroit Medical Center, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has more than 2,000 licensed beds, 3,000 affiliated physicians and over 12,000 employees. The DMC is the affiliated clinical research site for medical program at Wayne State University...
  
  
• Maryvale Hospital Medical Center
  Maryvale Hospital Medical Center
  Maryvale Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Maryvale Hospital provides general acute-care services and has become one of the fastest growing birthing centers in Arizona...
  
  
• Paradise Valley Hospital (Arizona)
  Paradise Valley Hospital (Arizona)
  Paradise Valley Hospitalis an acute care hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.-History:Paradise Valley Hospital opened in 1983 and is an affiliate of Abrazo Health Care. Abrazo Health Care is the second largest health care delivery system in Arizona, United States...
  
  
• Phoenix Baptist Hospital & Medical Center
  Phoenix Baptist Hospital & Medical Center
  Phoenix Baptist Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.-History:Phoenix Baptist Hospital opened in 1963 and is an affiliate of Abrazo Health Care. Abrazo Health Care is the second largest health care delivery system in Arizona, United States...
  
  
• West Valley Hospital
  West Valley Hospital
  West Valley Hospitalis an acute-care community hospital located in Goodyear, Arizona. Arizona, United States.-History:West Valley Hospital opened in 2003 and is an affiliate of Abrazo Health Care. Abrazo Health Care is the second largest health care system in Arizona, United States...