Excela Health's hospitals and clinics hope to rank as excellent health care providers to residents of southwestern Pennsylvania. Members of the health system, which serves Pennsylvania's Westmoreland, Indiana, and Fayette counties, include Westmoreland Hospital, Latrobe Hospital, and Frick Hospital. Combined, the facilities give Excela Health some 615 acute care beds. In addition to general medical and surgical care, the hospitals offer outpatient and specialty treatment in areas such as heart disease, cancer, and women's health. The system operates ancillary businesses as well, including a home health and hospice agency, surgery centers, primary and specialty care clinics, and an ambulance service.

Miami Jewish Health Systems is helping people of all ages, cultures and religious preferences enjoy longer, healthier, more enriched lives by providing leading-edge care and independence-enhancing services. The goal is to maximize the potential of each person served, whatever their age, physical state or socio-economic condition. Whether the individual wants to live in their own home, requires short-term therapy, long-term care, or specialized services, Miami Jewish Health Systems has been recognized as offering the highest quality care, the most supportive services and the broadest array of choices for our patients and residents. As the largest and most innovative provider of health care for seniors in the Southeast, Miami Jewish Health Systems treats 3,700 people daily through our Centers of Excellence, Residential Living, Community Care, Alzheimer’s and Memory Care and Nursing and Medical Care programs.

SSM Health Care System began with five nuns who fled religious persecution in Germany in 1872 only to arrive in St. Louis in the midst of a smallpox epidemic. They formed their first hospital there in 1877. Today the not-for-profit system, sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, owns or manages 15 acute care hospitals with about 4,000 licensed beds. The company also operates physicians' practices and two nursing homes, and it offers rehabilitation, home health care, hospice, and skilled nursing services. Its facilities are located in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

Glendive Medical Center is more than a hospital…it is a fully-integrated medical system which includes: Gabert Clinic, Extended Care, The Heritage and Eastern Montana Veterans Home. Glendive Medical Center (GMC) is a full-service, 25-bed acute care hospital with 24-hour emergency care, full medical and surgical services and an attached 71-bed skilled Extended Care facility. We are dedicated to being a leader in providing and promoting health and wellness to the residents of east central Montana and western North Dakota. GMC is a designated Critical Access Hospital.

Biodex Medical Systems aims to have a Rolodex overflowing with customers for its health care equipment. The company designs and manufactures a variety of products for the diagnostic radiology market, as well as equipment used for physical rehabilitation such as treadmills, elliptical cross-trainers, and balance testing equipment. Diagnostic supplies include tables, stretchers, and stools for medical imaging, as well as radiation shields, lung ventilation systems, and storage and dosing devices for nuclear medicine applications. Biodex Medical Systems' products are marketed through direct sales reps and international distributors. The company also offers technical support and clinical training for its equipment.

Nephros, Inc., a medical device company, engages in developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification. It primarily develops hemodiafiltration (HDF) products and technologies for treating patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). The company also offers OLpur HD 190 high-flux dialyzer cartridge for use with hemodialysis or HDF machines. It has three products in various stages of development in HDF modality to deliver therapy to ESRD patients, which include OLpur MDHDF filter series consisting of MD190 and MD220 diafilters for HDF therapy; OLpur H2H, an add-on module designed to allow the common types of hemodialysis machines to be used for HDF therapy; and OLpur NS2000 system, a stand-alone HDF machine and associated filter technology. In addition, the company also develops dual stage ultrafilter water filtration system. It markets its products primarily to healthcare providers, such as hospitals, dialysis clinics, managed care organizations, and nephrology physician groups. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in River Edge, New Jersey.

By developing, manufacturing, and marketing hearing protection products, Sonomax Technologies, wants to lower the incidence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) to nil. The company sells its custom-fit earpieces as workplace safety devices and also puts its technology to work elsewhere filtering sounds in hearing aids, military headsets, and music earbuds. The company sells directly and through distributors in Canada, through distributors only in the US, and through licensees elsewhere. The Montreal-based company is led by CEO Nick Laperie.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery,Inc. a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the company makes surgical devices and equipment for open surgeries and minimally invasive procedures. Its products include endoscopic tools, adjustable gastric bands, breast biopsy systems, and the Harmonic Scalpel, which simultaneously cuts and cauterizes tissue using ultrasonic technology to minimize damage during surgery. The company also operates the Endo-Surgery Institute, an educational facility in Cincinnati, as well as additional training centers in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Japan. Ethicon Endo-Surgery markets its products in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a largest health benefits provider, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama administers individual, corporate and federal employer-sponsored, and Medicare health plans to more than 3 million members representing about 30,000 companies. Its insurance products include PPO and high-deductible health plans, as well as dental policies. The company also sells long-term care insurance (dubbed Preferred LTC), and it provides disease management services and wellness programs. It is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is a bastion of health in the thick of tobacco country. The not-for-profit system, known as WFUBMC, comprises Wake Forest University Health Sciences (founded in 1902, includes the School of Medicine), the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals (founded in 1923, with facilities devoted to geriatrics, cancer, pediatrics, and more), and Wake Forest University Physicians. The regional system includes about 20 community hospitals and primary care offices and another 100 satellite clinics, consulting operations, and health fairs. WFUBMC offers rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, and a unit devoted to coordinating special services for international patients.

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