Cook County Health & Hospitals System, Illinois

Centura Health Physician Group, Westminster, Colorado

Health First, Melbourne, Florida

Sinai Health System, Chicago, Illinois

Confidential Employer, Dallas, Texas

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California

UC Health, Cincinnati, Ohio

University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois

Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C.

Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center, Walsenburg, Colorado

University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso, Texas

CHRISTUS Health, Shreveport, Louisiana

FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Silver Spring, Maryland

Cambridge Health Alliance, Somerville, Massachusetts

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