Candelis (formerly Procom Technology) has an image of its future -- and it's in the health care arena. After years of focusing on general networked-attached storage (NAS) technology, Procom has shifted its interests to its Candelis division and its ImageGrid appliance for storing and retrieving medical images. ImageGrid incorporates NAS technology to help clinics, medical imaging centers, and hospitals access and manage their archives of patient images. Candelis also provides image processing workstations to help physicians view and interpret X-ray and mammogram images. In 2006 an investment group led by Procom's CEO, Alex Razmjoo, took the company private.

University Community Health company is a not-for-profit network of six hospitals in Florida's Tampa Bay area. Its three general hospitals -- two located in Tampa and one in nearby Tarpon Springs -- collectively house some 720 beds and provide emergency, surgical, and acute medical care, as well as provide outpatient services. The system also includes a specialty heart hospital, a women's hospital, and a long-term acute care hospital. University Community Health's name reflects its flagship facility's proximity to the University of South Florida. The company became part of the Adventist Health System in 2010.

The Heart & Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie (HFHI), the name pretty much says it all. HFHI is a hospital serving the "Treasure Coast" area in and around Port St. Lucie, Florida. It provides specialized medical services for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of health problems. The institute's 25-plus physicians offer services in areas such as radiology, audiology, nutrition, osteopathy, urology, and nuclear medicine. HFHI was founded in 1984 and serves about 40,000 patients annually.

American HealthChoice operates medical clinics, makes medical devices, and provides other health related services in the southeastern US. Its AHC Medical Clinics unit owns and operates eight medical clinics in Texas and Tennessee and provides support services to about 35 affiliated clinics. Through its TelmedCo unit, American HealthChoice offers telemedicine services, allowing doctors at its own and third-party clinics to get second opinions from remote specialists. A third unit, RehabCo, has developed the OmniBody Scan medical imaging system, which uses infrared technology to detect breast cancer and other conditions.

United Healthcare of Georgia, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, provides health insurance products and related services for nearly one million people in the Peach State; its provider network includes thousands of doctors and more than 150 hospitals. Products include dental, disability, health, life, and vision insurance coverage, as well as pharmacy benefits, for companies, their employees, and individual customers. UnitedHealth Group is the second-largest health insurer in the US (behind WellPoint) and has operations in all 50 states.

Sheridan Community Hospital certainly lives up to its "community" moniker. Local volunteers are considered a mainstay of the hospital, logging more than 4,000 hours of service every year. The facility offers residents of Montcalm, Michigan and surrounding counties emergency services, occupational health, cardiology, orthopedics, and general surgery. The hospital has begun testing the waters of 21st century technology by investing in digital imaging and high-tech scanning systems. Sheridan Community Hospital has also opened Edmore Care-West, its second family practice location in Edmore.

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.

Refractive is a $2.8 billion U.S. industry and includes LASIK, the world's most widely performed 'elective' procedure. Cataract is a $5.6 billion U.S. industry and is the world's most widely performed 'non-elective' procedure. And, by year-end 2005, 70 percent of adult Americans - 155.7 million people - were wearing some form of vision correction. At TLCVision, we see growth opportunities across the eye care industry. With over 13,700 doctor relationships, the Company positioned to take advantage of this industry growth.

Amedisys, Inc. is the nation's leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patients' homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice, and employs more than 16,000 skilled clinicians across the country. The Company's state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient's home health plan of care.

Synthes knows that, when it comes to surgery, sometimes synthetic is superior. Synthes makes devices, instruments, and implants used for the surgical treatment of bone disease or trauma. The company also markets implant coatings, synthetic bone replacement materials, and bioresorbable implants. It specializes in spinal devices, including disc replacement and cranio-maxillofacial implants. The company also designs and manufactures the kind of surgical power tools that the squeamish would prefer not to contemplate. Synthes works closely with the AO Foundation, a not-for-profit research organization specializing in osteosynthesis. Chairman Hansjörg Wyss holds 40% of the company's shares.

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