Vanguard Health Systems
Vanguard Health Systems was an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in five U.S. states: Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. The company's headquarters were located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanguard owned twenty-six hospitals, including the ten Detroit [Medical Center] hospitals in Detroit, Michigan, five in San Antonio, Texas, four in the Chicago area, four in the Phoenix, Arizona area, and controlled an additional three hospitals through joint ventures, for a total of 6,201 licensed beds.
On February 26, 2001, Charles N. Martin Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville and other investors invested $3.2 million to the combined companies of Health Connections Inc. and Coactive Systems Corporation.
Charles N. Martin, former CEO of Ornda Healthcorp, started Vanguard with funding from Morgan Stanley. The [Blackstone Group] acquired a majority stake in Vanguard in 2004. The company went public in 2011, with Blackstone continuing to have a controlling stake. Vanguard was acquired by Tenet Healthcare in 2013.
Hospital systems
- Abrazo Health Care
- Arizona Heart Hospital
- Arizona Heart Institute
- Arrowhead Hospital
- Baptist Health System
- Detroit Medical Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Macneal Hospital
- Maryvale Hospital Medical Center
- Paradise Valley Hospital (Arizona)
- Phoenix Baptist Hospital & Medical Center
- Westlake Hospital
- West Suburban Medical Center
- West Valley Hospital