Pacific Dental Services brings smiles to the faces of dentists.Pacific Dental Services company provides management, administration, and IT services to affiliated dental practices so that dentists can focus on fixing smiles rather than managing the minutae of business. Pacific Dental Services does everything from help choose a site and design and staff the office to negotiate managed healthcare contracts and asset management.Pacific Dental Services company provides its services to some 185 dental practices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas. Pacific Dental Services was established in 1994 and has steadily grown its business by focusing on opening new offices, rather than through acquisitions.

ProMedica Health System is a not-for-profit health care provider offering a full spectrum of medical services to residents of Ohio and southeastern Michigan. The system is composed of about 10 hospitals (including the 800-bed Toledo Hospital) and nearly 300 other facilities, such as long-term care and rehabilitation centers, a physicians' group, research facilities, and urgent care centers. In addition, ProMedica has a comprehensive elder care program featuring assisted living, skilled nursing, and hospice facilities. The organization also provides HMO services. Founded in 1986, ProMedica is led by CEO Randy Oostra.

DePuy makes it possible for orthopedic patients to stand up straight and take a step in the right direction. A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, DePuy's businesses develop and market orthopedic joint reconstruction, spinal care products, and neurosurgical devices. As one of the world's largest suppliers of orthopedic products, DePuy's products include hip replacements; knee, shoulder, and spinal implants; internal and external fixator products for bone fractures; and operating room equipment and supplies. The company's products are used primarily by orthopedic specialists and neurosurgeons to treat patients with musculoskeletal defects resulting from diseases, deformities, trauma, or accidents.

International SOS heeds the call of foreign travelers in distress.International SOS company responds to traveler emergencies and calls for assistance through more than 30 International SOS medical care clinics and 25 alarm response centers staffed with doctors, security experts, translators, and air and ground transportation providers. These facilities are located across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. International SOS sells memberships to its global assistance network to individual travelers and small groups, as well as large multinational corporations, governments, not-for-profit agencies, and schools that have employees visiting or working abroad.

MacKay Life Sciences (formerly Biofield) is trying to blaze a trail in the diagnostic equipment market with its Biofield Diagnostic System, which employs single-use sensors to detect and examine changes associated with breast cancer. The system is based on the theory that epithelial cancers are characterized by changes in the electrical charge of the affected tissue; the sensors analyze these changes and identify if a lesion is malignant or benign. The process requires less than 20 minutes, and has possible applications to cancers of the ovaries, skin, prostate, and colon. Director James MacKay, through the MacKay Group, owns a majority interest in MacKay Life Sciences.

Factoid for the day: the first electric dental drill was invented in 1882 and the company that made it is now known as Sirona Dental Systems. The company still makes handheld dental instruments as well as imaging systems, dental CAD/CAM systems used in restorations, and a full line of other products used by dentists and dental laboratories worldwide. Its CEREC system is a 3-D computer-aided contraption for making ceramic restorations (such as crowns and bridges) in the dentist's office rather than a lab. The firm's imaging systems include traditional X-ray equipment and digital radiography systems. Other products include dental chairs (known as "treatment centers"), and instrument cleaning systems.

North Broward Hospital District, which operates as Broward Health, takes care of shark bites and more. The taxpayer-supported, not-for-profit health system serves the coastal city of Fort Lauderdale and the northern two-thirds of Broward County, Florida, with four acute care hospitals and a host of community-based centers. Flagship hospital Broward General Medical Center has more than 700 beds and features the Chris Evert Children's Hospital; all of the hospitals together have more than 1,500 beds. Broward Health boasts about 30 additional facilities, including family health and surgery centers, home health and hospice programs, and a sleep disorder clinic.

ZOLL Medical knows how to get your heart pounding. The medical equipment firm makes noninvasive cardiac defibrillators and pacing devices used in emergency situations to resuscitate hearts that have stopped beating. ZOLL Medical also makes disposable electrodes for use with its products, as well as related information technology software. The company's products are used primarily by hospitals, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel. It sells its wares through a direct sales force in the US and through sales representatives and distributors in some 140 countries around the globe. ZOLL Medical manufactures its products at four facilities in the US.

MAKO Surgical Corp. developed and markets the MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing system, a minimally invasive alternative to traditional knee replacement surgery for patients with early- to mid-stage osteoarthritis. Proprietary components of the system consist of visualization technology and a robotic arm (RIO) that help orthopedic surgeons prepare the knee joint for insertion of MAKO's resurfacing implants (RESTORIS) through a small incision. With marketing approval in the US and Europe, MAKO Surgical markets to hospitals and surgeons via a direct sales force and independent orthopedic product agents and distributors.

GF Health Products helps patients gain ground. A leading maker and distributor of wheelchairs, the company (also known as Graham-Field) distributes medical and surgical supplies, rehabilitative and respiratory equipment, home safety products, pressure management equipment, specialized furnishings, and lifts and other mobility aids. Brands include Lumex, Grafco, Basic American, and Everest & Jennings. GF's clients fall into four main categories: primary care, home care, long-term care (nursing homes), and acute care (hospitals). An investment group that includes some of GF Health Products' officers own the company.

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