Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) invests in the health of the next generation. Founded in 1983, the hospital provides a comprehensive range of medical services specifically for children and adolescents in the greater Phoenix area. The hospital has about 350 beds and provides care in a number of pediatric sub-specialties, including childhood cancers, neuroscience, heart disease, trauma, and orthopedics. In addition to a newborn intensive care unit (NICU) at its main campus, PCH operates a second NICU on the campus of Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (a member of Banner Health). It also has several pediatric outpatient care centers in surrounding Phoenix suburbs.

OrSense makes non-invasive medical monitoring equipment, based on a technology called Occlusion Spectroscopy, that measures levels of blood glucose and hemoglobin via a ring-shaped cuff, which generates a readable transmission signal when placed on the finger. Patients can self-test with OrSense's devices, which are useful for anemia screening and diabetes monitoring. Biophysicist and company CTO Ilya Fine founded OrSense in 1996 after inventing its core technology. Leading investors include STAR Ventures and Israel Health Care Ventures.

Swedish Covenant Hospital takes the wellfare of Chicagoans to heart. The not-for-profit hospital is a 340-bed acute care facility that provides inpatient and outpatient services, emergency services, extended care, family medicine, home care, and occupational health care services in the Chicago area. Specialized offerings include cardiovascular, pediatric, cancer, women's health, and psychiatric programs. The hospital also has several satellite health care facilities offering outpatient services. Swedish Covenant Hospital, founded by the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1886.

PERSONAL-TOUCH HOME CARE, INC., began operations in 1974 and since then has grown into a national company with over 50 locations in 13 states. Each office is licensed by the State in which it operates and most of the offices are certified as home health agencies offering Medicare services. We provide skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy, medical social work and home health aides and companions. In addition to these traditional home health services, Personal- Touch has developed specialty programs, including mental health, pediatrics, maternal/child, hospice, rehabilitation, early intervention and early childhood education, dialysis, infusion and others.No matter how much the company has grown, we never forget the first word of our name?. PERSONAL. Everyone is devoted to providing the best possible care in the comfort of the patient?s home. Our services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We work with the patient, the family and the physician to map out an individualized, comprehensive home care plan, which meets the social, emotional and physical needs of the patient. We have wonderful, devoted employees who are ready to serve you and make you feel good again.

United Surgical Partners International (USPI) brings together surgeons from across the US and the UK. The company owns or manages about 165 short-stay ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals in the US and another four in the UK. The company creates centers from scratch, converts outpatient departments into stand-alone jointly run locations, and purchases existing facilities; contract management services are also available. USPI markets its facilities to patients, physicians, and insurance companies by touting their quality of care, convenience, and efficiency. Health care investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe owns USPI.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS Texas) would stock up on apples for its nearly 4 million customers. The reason? The not-for-profit insurer emphasizes preventive medicine to hold down the costs of operating its HMO, PPO, point-of-service, and indemnity insurance health care plans in Texas. The company's network has more than 40,000 doctors and 400 hospitals. A division of Chicago-based Health Care Service Corporation, BCBS Texas counts among its customers Continental Airlines, the University of Texas System, and Halliburton.

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, hospices, and a rehabilitation therapy business. Its skilled nursing facilities provide specialty care, such as chemotherapy, enteral/parenteral nutrition, tracheotomy care, and ventilator care, as well as offers various services, including room and board, special nutritional programs, social services, recreational activities, and related healthcare and other services. These skilled nursing facilities include Express Recovery, a unit that provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for patients recovering from conditions, such as joint replacement surgery, and cardiac and respiratory ailments. Skilled Healthcare Group company’s assisted living facilities provide residential accommodations, activities, meals, security, housekeeping, and assistance in the activities of daily living to seniors who are independent or who require some support, but not the level of nursing care provided in a skilled nursing facility. Skilled Healthcare Group also offers ancillary services, such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as rehabilitation therapy service to third-party skilled nursing operators. In addition, Skilled Healthcare Group offers hospice services comprising palliative and clinical care, education, and counseling with a focus on the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of terminally ill individuals and their families. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or leased 78 skilled nursing facilities and 22 assisted living facilities, together comprising 10,954 licensed beds in California, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, and New Mexico. Skilled Healthcare Group has a joint venture with APS Acquisition, LLC. that operates a pharmacy in Austin, Texas. Skilled Healthcare Group is based in Foothill Ranch, California.

St. Clair Health operates St. Clair Hospital, an acute care hospital with about than 330 beds serving residents in Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania. The health care provider offers inpatient and outpatient services including specialized units for cancer treatment, behavioral and mental health, cardiovascular therapy, physical rehabilitation, pulmonary therapy, women and children's health, and other niche services. St. Clair Hospital was established in 1954 by members of the Pittsburgh community. St. Clair Health also operates two outpatient centers, a surgical center, an imaging unit, and an occupational medicine division.

Scott & White serves the health care needs of Central Texas. The health care organization is a multi-specialty physician-led organization that operates hospitals in Temple, Brenham, Killeen, Round Rock, Taylor, and Waco. It also operates some 60 regional clinics throughout the area. More than 1,100 doctors are associated with the health network. Scott & White's flagship campus in Temple has about 640 beds and includes a children's hospital, a long-term acute care hospital, and a mental health clinic. Founded in the 1890s, Scott & White is a teaching affiliate of Texas A&M University and is also engaged in medical research. Additionally, the organization owns the Scott & White Health Plan.

New York City's Floating Hospital has its origins in a ferryboat ride for newsboys organized by The New York Times in 1866. The newspaper appealed to the public to provide funds for excursions each summer to help the young ragamuffins escape the sweltering streets for a few hours. Management of the program was turned over to a charity, St. John's Guild, in 1873, and the group soon began to put doctors on the ferryboats to provide health services for the newsboys and other city children. The organization provided ship-based until 2001, when it could no longer afford dock space. Today The Floating Hospital provides health care services to indigent New Yorkers via a network of clinics located throughout the city.

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