University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah

The Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Center, a division of the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, Falls Church, Virginia

Brooke Grove Retirement Village, Sandy Spring, Maryland

CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas

CHRISTUS Health, Corpus Christi, Texas

CHRISTUS Health, Shreveport, Louisiana

Cook County Health & Hospitals System, Illinois

Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, Arizona

OSF Healthcare, Pontiac, Illinois

Providence Health & Services, Tarzana, California

Vivage Senior Living, Lakewood, Colorado

Carolinas HealthCare, Charlotte, North Carolina

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