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Medical manufacturing is made of several segments including orthopedic devices, instrumentation, implantable devices, patient-matched devices, and point-of-care-manufacturing. Driven by both innovation and regulation, medical device manufacturing continues to outperform the economy.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Medical Services in McHenry County

Health Systems

  • Northwestern University Health System
  • Mercy Health System
  • Sherman Health System

Medical Facility Inventory

  • 3 acute-care hospitals
  • 1 sub-acute hospital
  • Level Two Trauma Centers
  • An on-site Flight for Life helicopter
  • 2 fitness centers
  • 4 immediate care centers
  • Breast Center location in Crystal Lake
  • 16 rehabilitation clinics
  • 2 back & spine centers
  • 13 physician care centers
  • 3 diabetes centers
  • one cancer center 

Facts about Healthcare in McHenry County

In 2016 McHenry County was ranked among the Top 5 Healthiest Counties in Illinois in a state-by-state ranking, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

County-based hospitals provide everything on the continuum of healthcare from wellness and prevention to end-of-life care.

There is a health and fitness center that provides classes and fitness training, pool therapy and several other services.

Full surgical, orthopedic and obstetrics/gynecology services are available through the area hospitals.

Behavioral Health and Physical Rehabilitation are specialties within the county

There are several outpatient sites for physical, occupational and speech therapy.

Over 30 medical specialties are represented on the medical staff of the local hospitals, and there is an Occupational Medicine program available to businesses in the Northern Illinois region.

Resident/Patient Healthcare overview

  • 95.2% of the population of McHenry County, IL has health coverage
  • 62.2% on employee plans
  • 10.4% on Medicaid
  • 11.3% on Medicare
  • 9.82% on non-group plans
  • 1.5% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in McHenry County was $8,262 in 2014.

On average, in McHenry County:

  • Primary care physicians see 1,829 patients per year
  • dentists see on average 1668 patients per year
  • mental health providers see 625 patients per year.
Medical Services

Medical Technology in McHenry County

The United States remains the largest medical device market in the world, with a market size of around $156 billion, and it represented about 40 percent of the global medical device market in 2017. U.S. exports of medical devices in key product categories identified by the Department of Commerce (DOC) exceeded $41 billion in that year. The medical technology industry (commonly referred to as medical devices) consists of articles, instruments, apparatuses, or machines that are used in the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease, or for detecting, measuring, restoring, correcting, or modifying the structure or function of the body for some health purpose. Typically, the purpose of a medical device is not achieved by pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic means.

The industry is responsible for almost 2 million jobs in the United States, including both direct and indirect employment. Medical technology directly accounts for well over 500,000 of these jobs. More than 80 percent of medical device companies in the United States consist of fewer than 50 employees, and many (notably start-up companies) have little or no sales revenue. The medical technology industry employs people in all 50 states. U.S. medical device companies are highly regarded globally for their innovative and high technology products. R&D spending continues to represent a high percentage of medical device industry expenditures, averaging 7 percent of revenue. Compared to several other industries including automotive, defense, and telecommunications, the medical device industry invests a higher percentage of yearly revenues into product innovation, reflecting the competitive nature of the industry and constant innovation and improvement of existing technologies.

The medical device industry relies on several industries where the United States holds a competitive advantage, including microelectronics, telecommunications, instrumentation, biotechnology, and software development. Collaborations have led to recent advances including neuro-stimulators, stent technologies, biomarkers, robotic assistance, and implantable electronic devices. Since innovation fuels the medical device sector’s ongoing quest for better ways to treat and diagnose medical conditions, when coupled with patient life expectancy increasing and aging populations globally, the medical device sector should continue growing at a positive rate in the future.

Top Companies in McHenry County

10,154+ Businesses

Employing over 122,505 People

65 Trains Daily

Carrying 39,600 Commuters Each Way

Top 5 Ranking

of Healthiest Counties in Illinois