So far, IHI has held three call-in sessions where participating hospitals share tips for implementing the program.

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About 500 hospital staffers have been on each call, IHI says.

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The shares of some of the largest companies (including Toyota, Toshiba, Toray, IHI, Hitachi and Kawasaki Heavy Industries) are up 15-30 percent from the beginning of the year on higher growth expectations.

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The formal IHI project wraps up in June.

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Heavy machinery maker IHI Corp.

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Among the largest underlying components of IHI, in trading today Medtronic, Inc. ( NYSE: MDT) is up about 1.9%, Covidien Plc ( NYSE: COV) is up about 1.4%, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc ( NYSE: TMO) is higher by about 2.9%.

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