Graymark Healthcare wants its businesses to help remedy the ills of small-town Americans. Through its operating subsidiaries, Graymark Healthcare acquires and operates independent pharmacies and sleep diagnostic centers, many of which are located in smaller US markets. Its ApothecaryRx subsidiary manages 18 pharmacies doing business in a handful of central US states, and the company's Sleep Disorder Centers (SDC) subsidiary manages about 10 sleep diagnostics businesses in the South and Midwest. Formerly Graymark Productions (a film production firm), Graymark changed its name in 2008 following the acquisitions of ApothecaryRx and SDC. The firm has agreed to sell its ApothecaryRx stores to Walgreen.

Some people would say that DCI began when the doors to the first clinic were opened. Some would also say that's starting in the middle. The true beginning lies in the heartbreaks and successes of early dialysis. In 1943, during the time of World War II, Willem Kolff invented the first practical dialysis machine, the rotating drum. Kolff's invention was revised and redeveloped and even inspired others to create new dialysis machines and tools. By 1948 the Kolff-Brigham Dialysis Machine and the Skeggs Leonards Plate Dialyzer were created.

Crittenton Hospital opened its doors in 1967. Crittenton Hospital treats patients in the "other" Rochester-- Rochester, Michigan, that is. Crittenton Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) serves the western counties of the suburban Detroit area. The not-for-profit hospital has 290 beds for acute care, but also provides primary and secondary care as well. Crittenton Hospital operates an ambulatory surgical center and offers such services as urgent pediatric care, rehabilitative therapy, inpatient psychiatric services, and a sleep analysis lab. It is a teaching campus for the medical schools of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, founded in 1986, is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. The institute carries it out its stated mission of contributing to the prevention and cure of cancer through patient care, research, and education. It operates a 200-bed medical and surgical facility, as well as outpatient treatment programs, a blood and marrow transplant program, and The Moffitt Clinic at Tampa General Hospital. Its research programs include study in the areas of molecular oncology, immunology, risk assessment, health outcomes, and experimental therapeutics.

Bard Access Systems is all about giving doctors an all-access pass. The C. R. Bard division makes vascular access products such as dialysis catheters and central lines, as well as feeding tubes and equipment to inject contrast media for use with its ultrasound systems. It also provides ports, introducers, guidewires, and related accessories. The catheters are used to deliver chemotherapy, antibiotics, nutrition, and other products directly to the circulatory or other bodily systems. Bard Access Systems' products are sold under brands including Equistream, PowerPICC, PowerPort, and Site-Rite. The company also offers online clinical training to teach clinicians how to use their products.

Bluegrass Family Health (BFH) does provide health care services in the Bluegrass State. Bluegrass Family Health company is a not-for-profit subsidiary of Baptist Healthcare System that offers HMO, POS, and PPO health insurance plans to its customers. Established in 1993, BFH serves hundreds of thousands of members in counties throughout Kentucky, as well as in areas of Indiana and Tennessee, through direct sales agents and independent brokers. BFH contracts with hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, and other health care providers to offer services to its enrollees. The firm is led by CEO James Fritz.

Catholic Health East marries the physical and the spiritual in its vast network of not-for-profit health care facilities. As one of the largest religious health systems in the country, Catholic Health East carries out its mission of healing the sick through more than 30 acute-care hospitals, 25 freestanding and hospital-based long-term care facilities, about two dozen assisted living homes, and numerous behavioral health and rehabilitation centers. Operating in 11 states along the East Coast from Maine to Florida, Catholic Health East is also one of the country's largest providers of home health care services. The health care organization is sponsored by seven religious congregations and Hope Ministries.

Biosense Webster makes products that explore, and in some cases alter, the terrain of the human heart. Its catheters and imaging systems are used by electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists worldwide to find and treat heart arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms.) Its CARTO XP EP Navigation System uses 3-D imaging technology to map the heart's electrical activity and lets doctors navigate the heart using the company's diagnostic catheters. Biosense Webster also makes therapeutic ablation catheters and systems that destroy faulty electric pathways in the heart that cause arrhythmias. Biosense Webster is a member of parent Johnson & Johnson's medical devices and diagnostics division.

Palms West Hospital, part of the HCA system of healthcare providers, is a 175-bed acute care hospital that serves western Palm Beach County, Florida. The hospital's specialized care programs include cardiopulmonary services, diabetes education, a birthing center, diagnostics, and rehabilitation. Its pediatric department boasts an emergency clinic and intensive care unit. The medical campus includes physician offices and an outpatient surgery center (Palms West Surgicenter). Palms West Hospital is part of the HCA East Florida division. Affiliate Integrated Regional Laboratories provides medical testing for Palms West and other area facilities.

Franciscan Services Corporation was founded in 1984. Franciscan Services Corporation is a Catholic health care system sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio. The health system operates hospitals, long-term care centers, and nursing homes in Kentucky, Ohio, and Texas. Its facilities are organized into regional provider groups including Trinity Health System (Ohio), St. Joseph Health System (Texas), Trinity Health Services Corporation (Texas), and Franciscan Living Communities (Kentucky and Ohio). Franciscan Services operates a total of about 925 hospital beds and 1,700 senior living units. It also manages counseling centers and shelters for domestic violence victims.

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