ICON plc, a contract research organization, provides outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries primarily in the United States, Ireland, and rest of Europe. It specializes in strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support clinical development from compound selection to Phase I to IV clinical studies.

Methodist Hospitals of Dallas (which does business as Methodist Health System) serves the health care needs of northern Texas. The church-affiliated organization operates four hospitals and a number of clinics and medical facilities in and around the "Big D." The original hospital, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, opened in 1927. The 515-bed teaching and referral hospital boasts a Level II trauma center and an organ transplant program. Other facilities include the Methodist Charlton Medical Center, a 300-bed hospital that opened in 1975; the 80-bed Methodist Mansfield Medical Center; and the 200-bed Methodist Richardson Medical Center.

TranS1 Inc., a medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and marketing of products that implement its proprietary surgical approach to treat degenerative disc disease and instability affecting the lower lumbar region of the spine. The company offers TranS1 pre-sacral approach that enables spine surgeons to access and treat degenerative lumbar discs, as well as to perform fusion and motion preserving surgeries in the L4/L5/S1 region. Its products include AxiaLIF lumbar fusion implant, a threaded titanium rod to enable one-level L5/S1 fusions and two-level L4/L5/S1 fusions; AxiaLIF 360° implants, which consist of 3D Axial Rod plus its titanium facet screws for supplemental posterior fixation; and TranS1 access and disc preparation instruments. In addition, the company, through a partnership agreement with Life Spine, Inc., distributes Avatar, a minimally invasive pedicle screw system. It markets and sells its products through direct sales representatives and independent sales agents in the United States, as well as primarily through third-party distributors in Europe. The company was formerly known as aXiaMed, Inc. and changed its name to TranS1 Inc. in February 2003. TranS1 Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Bay Regional Medical Center provides a full range of medical services for the residents of Bay County, located at the tip of Saginaw Bay in eastern Michigan. A part of McLaren Health Care, the hospital's main campus has more than 400 beds and provides general medical and surgical care, as well as specialty care in areas such as cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, oncology, rehabilitation, orthopedics, and women's health. It also features an emergency room and Level II trauma center, and provides home health and hospice care. A second campus, Bay Special Care Hospital, is a long-term acute care hospital serving patients requiring hospital stays of longer than 25 days.

Princeton Community Hospital serves the residents of southern West Virginia. The health care facility provides acute care, home health care services, physical therapy, behavioral medicine, laboratory, and other health care services. Specialty medical divisions include cardiovascular and cancer care, organ transplants, radiology, sleep disorder diagnostics, and women's health. The hospital has about 190 beds and a medical staff of more than 100 physicians. Affiliates include the Athens Family Practice and Mercer Medical Group outpatient clinics and the Princeton Health Care Center nursing home. Princeton Community Hospital was founded in 1970.

Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) provides acute care and other health services to residents of Pine Bluff and an 11-county area of southern Arkansas. The private, not-for-profit hospital has about 450 acute care beds and offers general medical and surgical care, as well as services in a range of specialties, including geriatrics, cardiology, and oncology. It also has a 25-bed skilled nursing unit that cares for patients transitioning to long-term care or home care. A network of hospital-owned and affiliated clinics offers outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, wound care, and other ambulatory health services. Additionally, the health system operates a nursing school and home health and hospice agencies.

Corpus Christi Medical Center was founded in 1962 as a 26-bed care center. Corpus Christi Medical Center provides health care services to Texans living along the Gulf Coast. Part of the HCA family, the hospital system includes facilities spanning four campuses. The center boasts some 580 beds and offers acute care services. Corpus Christi Medical Center includes Doctors Regional, Bay Area, The Heart Hospital, and Northwest. Specialties include breast cancer treatment, heart disease care, orthopedic medicine, and neonatal intensive care. Most facilities include doctors' offices as well.

Bethesda Hospital provides specialty and long-term acute care services to the Twin Cities, Minnesota, area. The hospital provides programs including inpatient rehabilitation care for patients recovering from severe injuries such as brain trauma. It also offers respiratory and neurological programs, geriatric behavioral health services for patients with diseases such as Alzheimer's, and complex medical care for patients with multiple health conditions. Bethesda Hospital is part of the HealthEast Care System, which operates a network of facilities in the area.

Washington Dental Service keeps the pearly whites of the Pacific Northwest gleaming with its dental coverage plans.Washington Dental Service company provides a number of different coverage options, including fee-for-service plans, managed care plans, PPOs, and discount programs. It covers some 2.5 million sets of teeth, all of them through employer groups based in Washington. Washington Dental, founded in 1954, maintains a dental provider network of about 4,000 general dentists and specialists within the state, but also covers employees located outside Washington through its affiliation with Delta Dental Plans Association. The Washington Dental Service Foundation helps provide charitable dental care to communities.

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.

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