The leading provider of hospital medicine in the U.S., IPC The Hospitalist Company delivers management services to hospitalist practices operating in more than 500 facilities. IPC providers deliver high quality care efficiently and cost-effectively, supported by IPC-Link®, the most sophisticated, comprehensive hospitalist-centric software. IPC facilitates dramatic improvements for three constituencies:

Vytra Health Plans is vital to the health of Long Islanders. The managed care organization provides health insurance and related services to the employees of some 7,500 businesses on Long Island. Vytra Health Plans offers a variety of plans, including HMO, PPO, and consumer-driven options to more than 250,000 members. In addition to providing fully insured plans to its commercial customers, it operates as a third-party administrator for self-insured employers.Vytra Health Plans company was founded in 1985 as ChoiceCare. Vytra Health Plans is a subsidiary of Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP), which is part of EmblemHealth.

HMSA was founded in 1989 to increase the profile of Hitachi's medical imaging products in the US. Hitachi Medical Systems America (HMSA) supplies medical imaging equipment to the US hospital market, just as parent Hitachi Medical Corporation (HMC) supplies a full line in Japan. HMSA markets, distributes, and supports HMC's advanced diagnostic imaging products, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and HI VISION brand ultrasound systems. Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. is one of the leading distributors of open MRIs in the US. Its parent company's Altaire brand was developed specifically for the US market. Other MRI systems are sold under the Oasis, Echelon, and AIRIS brands.

DJO Incorporated is one of the world's largest orthopedic medical device makers, the company develops and manufactures products that are used in rehabilitation, pain management, and physical therapy. They range from ankle braces and traction systems to electrotherapy and bone growth stimulation devices. DJO also makes and distributes surgically implanted joint replacement products for the knees, hips, and shoulders. Its products are sold globally under a host of market-leading brands, including Aircast, Compex, DonJoy, Empi, Ormed, and ProCare. The company sells its products directly and through dealers and distributors mainly in the US and Europe.

Lincare Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to home health care market in the United States. It provides home oxygen equipment, including oxygen concentrators, which are stationary units that provide a continuous flow of oxygen by filtering ordinary room air; and liquid oxygen systems, which are thermally insulated containers of liquid oxygen. The company also offers respiratory therapy services, such as nebulizers and associated respiratory medications that provide aerosol therapy for customers suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma; continuous positive airway pressure devices, which maintain open airways in customers suffering from obstructive sleep apnea by providing airflow at prescribed pressures during sleep; non-invasive ventilation that offers nocturnal ventilatory support for customers with neuromuscular disease and COPD; and ventilators, which support respiratory function in severe cases of respiratory failure. In addition, it provides various home infusion therapies, including parenteral nutrition, intravenous antibiotic therapy, enteral nutrition, chemotherapy, dobutamine infusions, immunoglobulin therapy, continuous pain management, and central catheter management. Further, the company supplies home medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other supplies. As of February 8, 2010, Lincare Holdings managed approximately 1,056 local centers in 48 states. Lincare Holdings Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.

Nassau Health Care keeps residents healthy in the suburbs of the Big Apple. The health system operates Nassau University Medical Center, which has some 530 beds, as well as the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, a skilled nursing center with 590 beds. Other operations include about a half-dozen community health centers and a home health care agency serving the people of Long Island. Nassau University Medical Center's specialized services include trauma, burn care, orthopedics, psychiatry, and obstetrics. Nassau Health Care is a public benefit company governed by a representative board appointed by state and county officials.

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests. The clinical reference lab performs tens of thousands of tests daily on blood, body fluids, and tissue for clients that include teaching hospitals, hospital groups, clinics, government entities, and other labs across the US. Its test menu includes thousands of assays, ranging from routine screenings (such as allergy and infectious diseases tests) to highly complex genetic and molecular tests.

Theragenics' seeds, sold under the names TheraSeed and I-Seed, are tiny rice-sized radioactive implants used to fight prostate cancer. The devices (known more generally as brachytherapy seeds) are a common treatment for early-stage prostate cancer; they release radiation within the tumor that kills cancerous cells with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Theragenics sells the devices directly to hospitals and through distribution agreements throughout the US and in Europe. In addition to its brachytherapy business, Theragenics' surgical products unit makes vascular and wound care products, including sutures and guidewires.

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, which includes a nearly 200-bed main hospital and nine outpatient centers throughout Massachusetts, provides a variety of rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities or who are recovering from surgery, illness, or injury. Its inpatient programs include rehabilitation for vascular disease, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and stroke; the network also provides outpatient rehabilitation in such areas as sports injury, physical and occupational therapy, sleep diagnostics, and arthritis management. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School and is a member of the Partners HealthCare System.

Minntech helps patients stay bloody well clean. The company produces a variety of medical devices and sterilants. Its kidney dialysis products include hemodialysis concentrates, dialyzer reprocessing systems, and hemodialysis blood pumps. Minntech also makes water filtration and disinfecting products used by drug companies, hemodialysis providers, and semiconductor makers, among others. Its Medivators division makes reprocessing systems and chemicals that disinfect endoscopy equipment. The company sells its products primarily to hospitals, clinics, and kidney treatment centers through distributors around the world. Minntech is a subsidiary of Cantel Medical.

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