Coram, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apria Healthcare. Coram infuses healing for its patients. Coram company, also known as Coram Specialty Infusion Services, provides intravenous administration of drugs, as well as specialty pharmaceuticals distribution. With some 80 branches across the US, Coram administers infusion therapies such as parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, pain medications, and hemophilia treatments to patients in their homes and at more than 50 ambulatory infusion sites (located inside some Coram branches). The firm also supplies patients with home respiratory equipment; and its CoramRx unit distributes specialty pharmaceuticals (i.e. high-cost drugs for serious diseases) to patients.

Molnlycke Health Care products help doctors to clean you up and pull you together. Hospitals and health care professionals turn to the company's single-use surgical and wound care products to treat infected wounds, scars, and skin tears. Its surgical division makes antiseptics, face masks, scrub suits, and surgical gloves and gowns, while its wound care division makes dressings and swabs. Molnlycke Health Care operates about 25 offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, with manufacturing plants in Asia and Europe. Established in 1997, Molnlycke is a majority owned subsidiary of Swedish firm Investor AB.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals is teaching old devices new tricks. The firm develops medical products that combine devices with drugs to make them more effective with fewer side effects. Its flagship product in the Pharmaceutical Technologies segment is the TAXUS drug-eluting stent, which Boston Scientific sells and for which it pays Angiotech royalties. The stent is used to open up diseased arteries, and the drug coating keeps scar tissue from forming and creating a new blockage. The company's Medical Products segment makes the Quill wound closure system and other single-use medical products for interventional radiology, ophthalmology, and surgery. Angiotech has facilities in North America and Europe.

MacKay Life Sciences (formerly Biofield) is trying to blaze a trail in the diagnostic equipment market with its Biofield Diagnostic System, which employs single-use sensors to detect and examine changes associated with breast cancer. The system is based on the theory that epithelial cancers are characterized by changes in the electrical charge of the affected tissue; the sensors analyze these changes and identify if a lesion is malignant or benign. The process requires less than 20 minutes, and has possible applications to cancers of the ovaries, skin, prostate, and colon. Director James MacKay, through the MacKay Group, owns a majority interest in MacKay Life Sciences.

Munson Healthcare was founded in 1915. Munson Healthcare is a not-for-profit health care system serving some 25 counties in northern Michigan. Its flagship facility is Munson Medical Center, a regional referral hospital with about 390 beds and offers specialty services including cancer treatment, behavioral health, cardiac care, and orthopedics. Munson Healthcare also has management agreements and other types of affiliations with about a dozen other hospitals in the region. In addition, Munson Healthcare operates urgent care and community clinics, home health care and hospice agencies, an ambulance service, and the Northern Michigan Supply Alliance, a supply chain management group co-owned with Trinity Health.

When health care supplies are on the line, Medline Industries goes toe-to-toe with the bigger guns, selling more than 100,000 products. The family-owned company's catalog includes hospital furnishings, exam equipment, housekeeping supplies, and surgical gloves and garments. The firm manufactures and distributes health care products to customers including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician practices, and home health providers. It also acts as a distributor for other manufacturers' products. In addition, Medline offers inventory and supply chain solutions for health care providers. Products are marketed by its more than 800 sales representatives through some 35 distribution centers in 20 countries.

Alden Management Services, Inc. was founded in 1971 by president Floyd Schlossberg as an offshoot of the Alden Bennett Construction Company. Alden Management Services, also known as The Alden Network, operates about 40 independent living, assisted living, and skilled rehabilitation and nursing facilities primarily throughout Illinois, but also in Wisconsin. Its elder care facilities provide a wide range of services such as rehabilitation, Alzheimer's care, long-term care, hospice, and infectious disease management. Alden Management Services also offers programs for children and young adults with special needs. Alden's pediatric services include behavioral management, nursing care, and physical therapy.

Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital (ETCH), with more than 150 beds, provides a full range of health care services to children from eastern Tennessee and nearby portions of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia. Among its 90 specialized services are cardiology, neonatal care, orthopedics, and psychiatry. The hospital also offers several outside support services, including those for families of children stricken by cancer. Its emergency department treats some 70,000 patients each year. The hospital's roots are in the foundation of Knox County Crippled Children's Hospital in 1937, with less than 50 beds.

St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care has the health of Sunshine Staters covered like SPF 90 sunblock! Part of the BayCare Health System, St. Joseph's-Baptist provides a wide range of services to residents of Florida's Tampa Bay area. The not-for-profit system includes St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Joseph's Women's Hospital, and St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa, as well as South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City. All of the hospitals provide primary, emergency, and surgical care. St. Joseph's-Baptist also operates institutes for the treatment of cancer, heart ailments, neurological disorders, and behavioral health services. The system houses a senior retirement community and an area network of physicians.

From its humble beginning in 1918 as a small community center, Harrison Medical Center has grown into the region's busiest heath system with five campuses serving four counties in Washington State. Harrison's main campus in Bremerton provides general inpatient medical and surgical care and emergency services -- including a Level III trauma center. Its Silverdale campus provides mom and baby care, pediatrics, and specialty services including robotic surgery and weight loss surgical procedures. Harrison's locations in Port Orchard and Belfair provide urgent care services and the Poulsbo campus specializes in cancer care. Combined the five campuses employ about 400 doctors and see more than 17,000 patients annually.

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