Alcon, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices, and consumer eye care products to treat primarily diseases and disorders of the eye in the United States and internationally. It offers various prescription ophthalmic pharmaceutical products for glaucoma treatments; anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, and combination therapies to treat bacterial, viral, and fungal infections of the eye and to control ocular inflammation; products to treat ocular allergies; combination anti-infective/anti-inflammatory products for ear infections; and generic ophthalmic and otic pharmaceutical products. The company’s ophthalmic surgical products consist of surgical equipment, single-use, and disposable products for cataract surgery; vitreoretinal surgical products; surgical procedure packs; and refractive products. Its consumer eye care products include contact lens care products, such as disinfecting solutions, cleaners, and lens rewetting drops; vision care products, including artificial tears to treat dry eye syndrome and ocular vitamins, as well as dietary supplements, such as Age Related Eye Disease Study Formula, Lutein, and Zeaxanthin formula. The company sells its pharmaceutical products to physicians, distributors, wholesalers, hospitals, government agencies, and large retailers; surgical products directly to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, and through distributors; and consumer eye care products directly to retailers and optical chains, as well as to distributors for resale directly to smaller retailers and eye care professionals. It was formerly known as Alcon Universal S.A. and changed its name to Alcon, Inc. in December 2001. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Hunenberg, Switzerland. Alcon, Inc. is a subsidiary of Nestle S.A. As of August 26, 2010, Alcon Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Novartis AG.

Western Dental can help if you're in Arizona, California, or Nevada. The dental health maintenance organization (DHMO) serves customers from about 200 offices and dental clinics and some 1,700 dentists, orthodontists, and other dental health specialists. The company offers a variety of individual and group plans; services include general dentistry, orthodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, and endodontics. Western Dental also accepts most major private insurance including PPOs and DHMOs. Western Dental's roots go back to 1903, when Dr. Curtis Beauchamp founded Western Dental company to provide low-cost dental services.

Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, a Catholic Health Initiatives affiliate, is a 300-bed acute care hospital that serves the Lincoln, Nebraska, area. The hospital's services include a burn and wound care center, cardiac and pulmonary care, and cancer treatment; some 500 physicians are affiliated with the facility. The hospital also operates community health clinics, urgent care centers, and physical therapy clinics, as well as home health and hospice organizations. Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center was originally founded as a simple frontier hospital in 1889 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

Winter Haven Hospital has more than 500 beds. In addition to general medical, surgical, and emergency care, the health care facility offers specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. And it offers outpatient care through an ambulatory surgery and diagnostic center, as well as about half a dozen primary care clinics. The hospital's Regency Medical Center is a 50-bed facility providing maternity and other health care services for women and newborns. Winter Haven Hospital is owned by not-for-profit Mid-Florida Medical Services.

Sharp HealthCare is not-for-profit hospital has some 330 beds and is a designated trauma center for San Diego County. Specialties include cardiac care, women's health, multi-organ transplantation, and cancer treatment. It also provides skilled nursing, home health, and hospice services. Sharp Memorial Hospital first opened in 1955. Sharp HealthCare completed reconstruction efforts on the Sharp Memorial facility in early 2009; the new hospital has improved inpatient, surgery, emergency, trauma, and intensive care facilities.

St. Luke's Episcopal Health System cares for Lone Star Staters through flagship St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, which performed the first heart transplant in the US. St. Luke's Episcopal Health System also operates smaller area hospitals, the Texas Heart Institute, a network of community clinics, and other specialized services in and around Houston. Founded in 1954, the system has some 950 beds and a medical staff of more than 600 doctors. The company's physicians provide more than 20 clinical services in more than 40 specialties.

Northside Hospital can treat the acute care facility, which houses the Tampa Bay Heart Institute, has some 290 beds and provides a gamut of medical services to the residents of Pinellas County, Florida. The Heart Institute offers surgical, diagnostic, and rehabilitation services for cardiac patients. In addition to its cardiovascular expertise, Northside Hospital offers specialized treatment for patients with spine disorders and chronic pain conditions, as well as diagnostic imaging, orthopedics, rehabilitation, urology, outpatient surgery. Northside Hospital is part of the HCA family.

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center for some medical treatment. Phelps Memorial hospital provides both physical and mental health care services to residents of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown in Westchester County, New York. Specialized services include cardiology, emergency care, oncology, orthopedics, and psychiatry. The 240-bed medical center has gone through some major renovations in recent years, more than doubling its size with the addition of a new emergency department, new offices, more inpatient beds, and an inpatient pediatrics unit. Phelps Memorial is one of four hospitals that make up the Stellaris Health Network.

Vision-Sciences, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets products for endoscopy. The company operates through two segments, Medical and Industrial. The Medical segment designs, manufactures, and sells a line of endoscopy-based products, including flexible endoscopes and sheath or EndoSheath disposables primarily to the ENT, urology, gastroenterology, and pulmonology markets. The Industrial segment designs, manufactures, and markets flexible borescopes under the Machida brand name. This segment offers various products, such as modulars, slim levers, knobs, battery operated portable flexible borescopes, industrial videoscopes, and portable video processors primarily to the aircraft engine manufacturing and aircraft engine maintenance industries. The company offers its products to the ENT doctors, urologists, gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, pulmonologists and other airway management doctors in hospitals, medical clinics, and physicians’ private offices. It provides its products through sales representatives in the United States; and through independent distributors in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Orangeburg, New York.

Since 1927 Middle Tennessee Medical Center has been committed to physical, emotional and spiritual healing. MTMC is the leading healthcare provider in Rutherford County and we continue to grow our services in order to meet the healthcare needs of our community. MTMC is in the process of building a new $268 million facility that will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The hospital will provide 286 all-private patient rooms and is designed to facilitate a healing and spiritual environment. Our mission is to serve all persons, with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable, while improving the health of individuals and communities. MTMC provides both physical and financial support for many community programs. In fiscal year 2007, MTMC gave almost $12 million in charity care. Saint Thomas Health Services’ regional health system consists of five hospitals – Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and the Center for Spinal Sugery in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville – and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. STHS is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States.

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