Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries offers senior living communities and a range of services for children, youths, families, and older adults in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, annually touching the lives of nearly 100,000 persons. Its name meaning “one assigned by the church to minister to the needs of others,” Diakon was formed by the Jan. 1, 2000, affiliation of Tressler Lutheran Services of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Lutheran Services Northeast—itself an affiliation between The Lutheran Home at Topton, Pa., and Lutheran Welfare Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Hazleton. With its deepest roots originating in 1868, Diakon’s history includes the legacy of service of such additional organizations as Lutheran Social Services of Maryland, Baltimore.

Founded in 1995, Active Day serves over 3,000 clients per day through the nation’s largest network of medical adult day care centers, in-home personal care services and outpatient rehabilitation facilities. Learn more about our management and some of our remarkable clients. They programs are designed to meet the needs of elderly and disabled adults and their caregivers by providing a cost-effective alternative to nursing home or institutional care that promotes the client’s ability to remain independent.

LiDCO Group cares about the status of your heart. The company develops and manufactures minimally-invasive medical devices primarily for use in the field of cardiovascular monitoring. Its products include the LiDCO System (a sensoring product) and the LiDCOplus and PulseCO System (monitoring products), which can be used together to collect data electronically and monitor how well high-risk cardiovascular patients' hearts are performing. The company was established in 1991, and it bases its products on research that comes out of the Applied Physiology Laboratory at St. Thomas' Hospital. LiDCO sells its products worldwide.

IntegraMed America's specialty is identifying and entering niche medical markets throughout the US. IntegraMed America company operates through two segments: Fertility Services and Vein Clinics. As one might imagine, the company's fertility services include in vitro fertilization (IVF), artificial insemination, and other reproductive assistance through about 100 clinics in metropolitan markets. IntegraMed also supplies administrative and management support to its clinics through the Fertility Services division, which also helps guide potential parents through the IVF process. The second division, Vein Clinics, operates about 35 vein treatment centers throughout the US.

Freeman Health System offers comprehensive health and behavioral health to the residents of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma through three hospitals with a total of more than 400 beds. Specialty facilities include a full-service cardiothoracic and vascular program at the Freeman Heart Institute, and behavioral health services through its Ozark Health Center. The community-owned Freeman system also operates two urgent care centers, a separate sleep center, several doctors' office buildings, and serves as a teaching hospital with three residency programs (ear, nose, and throat; emergency medicine; and internal medicine).

Memorial Hospital (Illinois) first opened its doors in 1958. The Bellevue, Illinois-based hospital is owned and operated by Protestant Memorial Medical Center, a community-based not-for-profit organization. Memorial Hospital provides general medical, surgical, and emergency care, as well as pediatric, home health, and cardiovascular care. Specialty services include treatment for sleep disorders and women's health. The hospital also operates Memorial Convalescent Center, a nearly 110-bed skilled nursing facility, and the Belleville Health and Sports Center which provides fitness facilities to promote community health.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals is teaching old devices new tricks. The firm develops medical products that combine devices with drugs to make them more effective with fewer side effects. Its flagship product in the Pharmaceutical Technologies segment is the TAXUS drug-eluting stent, which Boston Scientific sells and for which it pays Angiotech royalties. The stent is used to open up diseased arteries, and the drug coating keeps scar tissue from forming and creating a new blockage. The company's Medical Products segment makes the Quill wound closure system and other single-use medical products for interventional radiology, ophthalmology, and surgery. Angiotech has facilities in North America and Europe.

Employing the Latin word for breast, SenoRx's name says it all: the company develops, manufactures, and distributes biopsy systems and breast tissue markers used in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Its primary diagnostic product, EnCor, is a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy probe system with which a doctor may collect tissue samples and biopsies through a proprietary transparent tissue collection chamber. The system allows the doctor to examine the quality of the specimen mid-probe, rather than performing numerous biopsies. Other core products include Contura MLB, a radiation therapy device. SenoRx was acquired by medical device maker C.R. Bard for about $200 million in 2010.

Milford Regional Medical Center, Inc. is a comprehensive healthcare system that comprises the Medical Center; Tri-County Medical Associates, Inc., an affiliated physician practice group; and the Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation. The Medical Center is located at the intersection of Routes 140 and 16 in Milford, MA. A full-service, community and regional teaching hospital, Milford Regional is a 121-bed, nonprofit, acute-care facility serving a region of 20-plus towns. With close to 200 physicians on our active medical staff and an additional 100 courtesy or consulting physicians, patients are assured of receiving high-quality care in multiple specialties. Our physicians are skilled in the most advanced procedures and technology, and provide personalized patient care in a warm and caring environment. Many hold teaching appointments at New England’s finest medical schools, preparing the doctors of tomorrow.Milford Regional’s $45 million patient care center includes eight state-of-the-art operating suites, consolidated surgical services (including admitting and pre-admission testing) and a medical/surgical floor with private rooms, many with advanced patient monitoring capabilities. In addition, our Maternity Center has been expanded and updated to include a new nursery that will accommodate 16 bassinets, six new postpartum rooms and the renovation of current maternity rooms, of which three include whirlpool labor tubs. Milford Regional’s newest venture, a $25-million cancer center, opened recently. This 54,000 square foot structure houses comprehensive cancer services (including radiation therapy) from the world-renowned Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center.

MHM Services (MHM) is there for inmates who get a bad case of the blues. Through its MHM Correctional Services subsidiary, the company contracts with jails and prisons across the US to provide mental health services to inmate populations. It operates in about 15 states (usually via statewide contracts) and provides psychiatric staff, as well as pharmacy and clinical management programs. Founded as Mental Health Management in 1981, the company started out providing mental health services to hospitals and community agencies. The firm began to focus on state correctional facilities in the late 1990s. MHM is led by CEO Michael Pinkert, who owned about 35% of the company before it went private in 2001.

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