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.

Pronger Smith Medical Care helps heal prickly conditions in the Chicago areas. The health care provider is a multi-physicians practice group of nearly 50 physicians who operate from the company's medical clinic locations. Pronger Smith provides primary care services such as family and internal medicine and pediatrics. Its specialty health care offerings include cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, neurology, and rheumatology. Pronger Smith Medical Care company specializes in providing health care services to patients in Chicago's southern and southwestern suburbs. Pronger Smith Medical Care was established in 1947.

Atrion Corporation develops and manufactures ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and fluid delivery devices primarily for medical applications in the United States and internationally. Atrion Corporation manufactures soft contact lens storage and disinfection cases; and the LacriCATH line of balloon catheters used in the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children and adults. It develops the MPS2 Myocardial Protection System, a proprietary technology delivering fluids and medications to the heart during open-heart surgery; cardiac surgery vacuum relief valves; Retract-O-Tape silicone vessel loops; inflation devices for balloon catheter dilation, stent deployment, and fluid dispensing; and Clean-Cut rotating aortic punch and PerfectCut Aortotomy System, both of which are used in heart bypass surgery. Atrion manufactures various intravenous fluid delivery products comprising medical tubing clamps; swabbable luer valves; and luer syringe check valves and one-way valves. It produces inflation systems and valves used in marine and aviation safety products; one-way and two-way ‘Breather’ valves for use on electronics cases, munitions cases, pressure vessels, transportation container cases, escape slides, and other medical and non-medical applications; and a line of products designed for safe needle and scalpel blade containment, as well as the ACTester product line consisting of instrumentation and associated disposables used to measure the activated clotting time of blood. Atrion Corporation also provides contract manufacturing services for other original equipment manufacturers of medical devices; and owns and maintains a 22-mile high-pressure steel pipeline in north Alabama that is leased to an industrial gas producer that transports gaseous oxygen to its customers. It sells its products through a sales force. Atrion Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Allen, Texas.

Bloomington Hospital is a general medical-surgical hospital that serves a ten-county region in south central Indiana. The not-for-profit hospital -- which includes a 350-bed main campus in Bloomington and a 25-bed rural hospital in Paoli -- provides care in a number of medical specialties, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, orthopedics, and neuroscience. It also runs a home health care and hospice agency, two urgent care clinics, several long-term care facilities, and five physician practices under the name Southern Indiana Medical Group. In late 2007 Bloomington Hospital agreed to join Indiana health system Clarian HealthPartners.

The Cooper Health System keeps folks along the Delaware River shoreline feeling fine. The not-for-profit organization includes clinics and hospitals located throughout southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley, including the 560-bed Cooper University Hospital and The Children's Regional Hospital. Cooper University Hospital is a teaching campus for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Its physicians operate in about 80 specialties. Founded in 1887, the health care system provides trauma, cancer, cardiology, neuroscience, psychiatric, and orthopedic specialty centers. It also operates satellite clinics and provides home health services in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Southern Hills Medical Center opened in 1979, the 120-bed hospital provides health care services to patients in and around Nashville, Tennessee. Specialized services include heart, neurology, oncology, and orthopedic care. The organization was among the first hospitals in the nation to be designated an Accredited Chest Pain Center (by the Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers). The hospital partners with United Neighborhood Health Services to provide primary care services through the Wallace Road Family Clinic on the Southern Hills campus. Southern Hills Medical Center is part of the TriStar Health System, which is owned by health care giant HCA.

CRAssociates (CRA) provides management and consulting services for the health care industry. The company's service areas include strategic planning, staffing, medical claims processing, cost control, and outsourced management. It provides operational assistance to primary care facilities, occupational health centers, and community outpatient health clinics across the US. Among CRA's clients are Chrysler, Prairie Band Nation, and several government agencies including the the US Army and the US Air Force. CRAssociates company was founded by CEO Charles H. Robbins in 1998.

In 1816, James Leacock published a series of experiments carried out in Edinburgh, which showed that blood transfusion could save the life of animals. James Blundell, a contemporary of Leacock's during his training in Edinburgh Medical School, was the first to transfuse humans with human blood in 1818. Some of the earliest attempts to emulate Blundell and the largest series of transfusion in the 19th century were carried out in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). However, it was not until Landsteiner discovered the major A, B and O blood groups in 1901 that blood transfusion could develop as a rational treatment.

Dental Health Alliance looks after a million smiles. The company is a dental preferred provider organization (PPO) serving about 1 million members. Its clients include employer groups, insurance companies, third-party administrators, and associations. Dental Health Alliance boasts about 60,000 dentists nationwide and has plans for further growth through affiliations and direct contracts. Dental Health Alliance organization allows member dentists to negotiate their own fees. Founded in 1994 by a group of dentists, Dental Health Alliance is now owned by Assurant Employee Benefits, a division of specialty insurance provider Assurant.

Elliot Hospital was founded in 1890. The health care organization operates Elliot Hospital, an acute care hospital with nearly 300 beds. It is also home to the Elliot Regional Cancer Center, The Max K. Willscher Urology Center, and has one of only three Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the state. In addition to general and surgical care, the hospital offers rehabilitation, behavioral health, cardiology, and lab services. The system also operates a physician network offering primary care services to nine towns in the southern part of the state.

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