BSD Medical has developed equipment to provide hyperthermia treatment, specifically for treating cancer (including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and cervical cancer) in tandem with chemotherapy and radiation therapy or as a stand-alone treatment. BSD Medical was the first to develop an approvable hyperthermia system, which uses focused radio frequencies and microwaves to heat cancer cells until they die. The company's devices are designed to target superficial tumors, as well as tumors located deep within a patient's body. Its products are sold to clinics, hospitals, and other cancer-treatment institutions through its sales force and external distributors.

Vanguard Health Systems wants to lead the way to better health care. The company operates more than a dozen for-profit acute care hospitals located in mostly affluent urban and suburban markets in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas; all told, the hospitals have more than 4,000 licensed beds. Vanguard's medical campuses generally include outpatient facilities and medical office buildings that form local health care networks providing a continuum of care. Vanguard also runs three managed health care plans that serve more than 200,000 members in Arizona and Illinois (though its hospitals account for about 75% of its sales). The Blackstone Group owns a majority stake in the company.

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Ascension Health is transforming healthcare by providing the highest quality care to all, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. Ascension Health, which provided $1.08 billion in care of persons who are poor and community benefit last year, is the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, and the third-largest system (based on revenues) in the United States. Our mission-focused Health Ministries provide acute care services, long-term care, community health services, psychiatric, rehabilitation and residential care. Our sponsors began this ministry of faith hundreds of years ago. Today we continue their legacy through the work of more than 113,000 associates serving in more than 500 locations in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

HeartWare International, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for the treatment of advanced heart failure. HeartWare International primarily offers the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, which includes a left ventricular assist device, or blood pump, patient accessories, and surgical tools designed to provide circulatory support for patients with advanced heart failure. It is also developing the Miniaturized Ventricular Assist Device, a miniaturized device intended for chronic heart failure patients. HeartWare International sells its products in the United States through its clinical trials; and as commercial products to customers in Europe and Australia. HeartWare International is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Zila is developing and commercializing oral cancer detection technology, as well as equipment used to prevent and treat periodontal disease. Its lead cancer diagnostic product is the ViziLite Plus test kit, which uses a chemiluminescent light source to detect cancerous oral lesions. Despite its FDA approval as an adjunctive diagnostic (to be used along with other methods), the ViziLite has yet to fully take off in the US. Other products include the periodontal scalers, probes, fluoride rinses, and cleaning equipment for office and home use. After experiencing financial difficulties, Zila was acquired by private drugmaker TOLMAR Holding in 2009.

SHPS wants to turn employees into savvy consumers of health care.SHPS company provides administrative services that integrate traditional benefits administration with disease management programs and decision-support tools that encourage users to stay healthier and use benefits more wisely; the hoped-for end result is lower overall health care costs. SHPS provides its services -- including online benefits administration, program design, call center support, and absence management programs -- to midsized and large employer groups and government agencies; it also provides services to insurers, third-party administrators, and other health care companies. Investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe owns SHPS.

Mindray Medical International is a Cayman Islands holding company, publicly traded in the US, and doing business in China primarily through operating subsidiary Shenzhen Mindray. As for the medical part of the business, Mindray Medical International develops, manufactures, and markets a range of medical devices, including patient monitoring and life support devices, medical imaging systems, and in-vitro diagnostic instruments. With a direct sales force and a distributor network in China, the US, and Europe, its products are sold in more than 160 countries worldwide. Customers include hospitals, clinics, government health bureaus, and original equipment manufacturers.

St. Mary's Health Care System cares for the residents of northeast Georgia. Its primary facility, St. Mary's Hospital, has some 200 acute-care beds. From health and wellness programs to women's and children's services, the hospital also has centers dedicated to outpatient rehabilitation, home health, and long-term care. Specialty services include neurology, cardiovascular care, orthopedics, and gastroenterology. The organization is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and traces its roots to the founding of St. Mary's Hospital in 1906. St. Mary's Health Care System is a member of the Catholic Health East family of hospitals.

Shasta Regional Medical Center serves counties in northern California. The medical center offers a variety of services in areas such as surgical and critical care, emergency and trauma, and cardiac care. It has a capacity of about 250 beds. Specialty units include the complex's Chest Pain Center, Vascular Wellness Center, and Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory. Other services include diabetes care, neurosciences, orthopedics, radiology, and oncology. Shasta Regional is operated by hospital management firm Prime Healthcare Services.

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