Tampa General Hospital keeps the medical tempo humming in west-central Florida. The medical center provides general medical and surgical care, as well as tertiary offerings including a Level 1 trauma center, a burn unit, a pediatric ward, women's and cardiovascular centers, and an organ transplant unit. The not-for-profit hospital has about 930 acute-care beds, as well as 60 beds in its rehabilitation unit, which specializes in helping patients recover from stroke, head or spine trauma, and other neuromuscular conditions. In addition, Tampa General is the primary teaching hospital for The University of South Florida College of Medicine. It also conducts research and operates community care centers in the Tampa area.

WakeMed is a network of medical centers including two hospitals, outpatient and emergency clinics, rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing centers, laboratories, physicians' offices, and home care service agencies. Its hospitals, the WakeMed Raleigh Campus and the WakeMed Cary Hospital, include specialty divisions such as heart care, stroke, trauma, critical care, diabetes, asthma, and children's and women's centers. Combined, its facilities offer about 870 beds. WakeMed also conducts research and medical training programs.

Children’s National Medical Center is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the metropolitan Washington area and is the only freestanding children’s hospital between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Atlanta. Serving the nation’s children for 140 years, Children’s National is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.Children’s internationally recognized team of pediatric healthcare professionals care for more than 360,000 patients each year who come from throughout the region, nation and world. Serving as an advocate for all children, Children’s is the largest non-governmental provider of pediatric care in the District of Columbia, providing more than $50 million in uncompensated care. In addition, Children's serves as the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care as well as neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology, and neurosurgery.

Luminex Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary biological testing technologies and products for applications in the life sciences and diagnostic industries in the United States. It offers xMAP technology, an open architecture and multiplexing technology, which allows simultaneous analysis of up to 500 bioassays from a single drop of fluid by reading biological tests on the surface of microscopic polystyrene beads called microspheres. The company’s xMAP technology is used in various segments of the life sciences industry, which includes the fields of drug discovery and development, clinical diagnostics, genetic analysis, bio-defense, protein analysis, and biomedical research. It operates in two segments, Technology and Assay. The Technology segment offers instruments, such as compact analyzers that integrate fluidics, optics, and digital signal processing, as well as peripheral components; FLEXMAP 3D system for use as a general laboratory instrument in life science research and diagnostics markets; and consumables comprising microspheres and sheath fluid. The Assay segment involves in the development and sale of assays on xMAP technology for use on Luminex’s installed base of systems. It offers various assay products, which consists of a combination of chemical and biological reagents, and the company’s proprietary bead technology used to perform diagnostic and research assays on samples. Luminex Corporation serves pharmaceutical companies, clinical laboratories, research institutions, and medical institutions. It has a collaboration agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation. Luminex Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Applied Scintillation Technologies (AST) is a maker of imaging and detection products that utilize phosphor and scintillation technologies. More simply put, AST offers X-ray and other imaging devices that are used in the medical, dental, security, and instrumentation industries. Products include laser alignment devices, infrared digital cameras, phosphor screens, photometers, and radiometers. Founded in 1920, the company was originally called Levy West Laboratory and was an early maker of phosphors for X-ray machines. It was at one time a subsidiary of Levy Hill Group Plc, but members of AST's management (through an entity called TQ Scientific) bought the firm in 2007.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) provides health care coverage to about 700,000 residents of The Beef State. The company's insurance plans include PPO, HSA (Health Savings Accounts), and group, as well as those for senior citizens. BCBSNE also offers dental, vision, long term care, and Medicare/Medicaid supplemental coverage. The company specializes in providing health care coverage to Nebraska farmers through the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Its network includes about 94% of the state's physicians and all of its non-government hospitals. BCBSNE began operations in 1939.

MAKO Surgical Corp. developed and markets the MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing system, a minimally invasive alternative to traditional knee replacement surgery for patients with early- to mid-stage osteoarthritis. Proprietary components of the system consist of visualization technology and a robotic arm (RIO) that help orthopedic surgeons prepare the knee joint for insertion of MAKO's resurfacing implants (RESTORIS) through a small incision. With marketing approval in the US and Europe, MAKO Surgical markets to hospitals and surgeons via a direct sales force and independent orthopedic product agents and distributors.

Antigua (pronounced An-tee'ga) and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadaloupe, and to the north and west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin.As the largest of the British Leeward Islands, Antigua is an English speaking country approximately 14 miles long and 11 miles wide, with a surface area of 108 square miles. The population of Antigua is roughly 68,000.

Emergency Medical Services Corporation company is the parent of AMR Inc., the largest private ambulance service in the US, and EmCare Holdings, a leading medical staffing firm that specializes in filling emergency rooms with doctors and nurses. AMR has approximately 3,300 contracts with clients (cities, government agencies, health care providers, and insurance companies) in more than 35 states for emergency and non-emergency transport services. EmCare provides staffing services to more than 450 hospitals and physician groups in 40 states. Private investment firm Onex controls the company.

B. Braun Medical Ltd. is the UK arm of German medical supplier B. Braun Melsungen. The company manufactures and distributes a wide range of medical and surgical supplies. While it supplies such operating room basics as sutures and fluid administration equipment, it also makes larger computer-assisted surgery guidance systems and implant materials. Orthopedic implants and devices for trauma care are manufactured at the company's Sheffield headquarters. Its Sterilog facilities provide equipment sterilization services for hospitals. Its disposable products are destined for use in hospitals, medical offices, and home care settings. B. Braun Avitum provides dialysis treatment through 15 centers in the UK.

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