New England Alliance for Health (NEAH) brings together physicians looking to improve health in the New England region. The alliance, formerly known as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, provides a wide range of health care services to residents of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont through a network of about a dozen community hospitals, home health care agencies, and mental health centers. Each member of the alliance is an independently owned and operated not-for-profit organization with its own board of directors. Collaborative services provided by NEAH include procurement, human resources, information technology, and finance, as well as the coordination of facility policies and planning.

DEKA Research and Development is perhaps best known for its founder and president Dean Kamen -- and for the Segway Personal Transporter he invented. DEKA is a design and engineering firm that develops innovative technologies, many of them in the field of medical devices. The Segway itself was an offshoot of the iBOT, an all-terrain, stair-climbing wheelchair the company developed with Independence Technology, a unit of Johnson & Johnson. (Kamen founded a separate company in 1999 to market the Segway.) DEKA's other products include a portable dialysis machine developed in partnership with Baxter International and an improved intravascular stent made with J&J's Cordis. DEKA was founded in 1982.

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.

Bionostics was incorporated in Acton, Massachusetts in 1981 as a developer, manufacturer and distributor of turnkey quality products for OEMs in critical health care. Bionostics is a world leading provider of calibration and quality control for Critical Care / Point-of-Care and Diabetes Diagnostics test systems.Bionostics acquired RNA Medical in 1986, which added a direct-to-hospital product line for quality control and calibration verification materials.In 2001, Bionostics relocated to a 45,000 ft2, modern manufacturing facility located in Devens, Massachusetts specially designed to accommodate the business processes of Bionostics; to facilitate efficient and orderly operations; and to provide adequate space and infrastructure to facilitate future expansion.

TechniScan (formerly TechniScan Medical Systems) is developing a gentler means of mammography. Its Svara ultrasound imaging system uses a water bath and ultrasound reflective tomography technology to produce scans of the entire breast in about 10 minutes. TechniScan's images are intended to be used when further testing is needed following a conventional mammogram screening. The development stage company was founded in 1984. TechniScan shortened its name when it completed a reverse merger with shell company Castillo Inc. to become a public entity in 2009.

Commonwealth Health Corporation started out in 1926 as a 35-bed hospital. The holding company houses a full spectrum of health care facilities and services including The Medical Center, a 500-bed regional health care system comprised of three hospitals, long-term health care providers, and senior care, among other services. Commonwealth's outpatient offerings include nutrition therapy, a women's center, diabetes programs, and adult day care. The corporation's Center Care Health Benefits Program supplies employers with products and services to support the distribution and administration of employee benefits and healthcare services.

Bangkok Hospital Samui wants to be a paragon of health in the City of Angels. The 50-bed Thai hospital serves both local residents and foreign travelers with a wide range of health care and emergency medical services. Specialty areas include cardiology, surgery, pediatrics, and psychiatry. It also offers a variety of medical check-up packages, as well as health care treatment for tourists in their hotel rooms. The hospital is part of the Bangkok Hospital Group, which is operated by the Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company. Bangkok Hospital Samui, established in 2004, is focused on increasing the number of foreign patients it sees, who already make up more than half of its patient base.

Lyall Willis was formed in 1898 and became a UK Ltd Company in 1920 primarily dealing in the export of UK manufactured goods. Lyall Willis & Co. Ltd. later moved its focus to becoming suppliers and distributors of Surgical Instruments, Diagnostic devices as well as Medical and scientific Instrumentation. Over the years Lyall Willis Surgical has built up considerable experience in the healthcare market specifically relating to its extensive range of Surgical Instruments and Diagnostic devices. To develop the UK market Lyall Willis offered a customer orientated service to medical trade companies throughout the UK as well as the NHS Trusts. Most of our sales and marketing is carried out through the instrument trade and distributors. Lyall Willis Surgical has become well known for stocking over 2,000 different types of surgical instruments available for next day despatch throughout the UK. With a total stock of over 400,000 surgical instruments, Lyall Willis surgical is able to respond quickly to customer demand and always strives to deliver more than 98% of orders on time and in full.We hold a current ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2003, MDD 92/43/EEC certification and mark all our instruments with "CE" Mark and MDA Registration number "CA 001080". We also supply our own branded Sphygmomanometers marked with our registration number 0473. All surgical instruments are made from the highest-grade quality stainless steel to meet the requirements of BS 5194 part 1-4. We also supply bespoke surgical instruments where required by our customers. Furthermore Lyall Willis Surgical has expanded its operations into the supply of Single Use Sterile Surgical Instruments and Procedure Packs including Drapes. We have set up our own Clean Room Facility at our Factory in Bexhill-on-sea. Further additions to our scope include diagnostic devices such as Sphygmomanometers, Stethoscopes, Hammers, Tuning Forks, Laryngoscopes, and currently we have been successful on both Re-Usable and Single Use Framework Agreements and are suppliers to numerous NHS Supply Chain Contracts.

Those wanting to see more clearly might benefit from products made by Abbott Medical Optics (formerly Advanced Medical Optics). The subsidiary of Abbott Labs makes eye care products in three key segments: corneal, refractive, and cataract. The company's corneal products include contact lens solutions and eyedrops for consumers. Its refractive and cataract product lines focus on professional devices, equipment, and accessories used in laser vision correction procedures and cataract surgery; it is the global leader in LASIK surgical devices. Surgery products are marketed to eye surgeons and surgery centers worldwide through a direct sales force.

Ventana Medical Systems wants to be a window into the cause of cancer. The company's slide staining systems (sold under the names BenchMark, NexES, and Symphony) are used to automate the processing and microscopic analysis of human tissue for the detection and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Ventana also sells consumables such as reagents and slides needed to operate the systems. It uses a direct sales force to market its products to hospital, anatomical pathology, and drug discovery labs around the globe. Its products are used by many cancer research centers, including the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The firm is led by CEO Hany Massarany and owned by Roche.

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