Baystate Health is the largest health care services provider in western Massachusetts. The system operates four acute-care hospitals with a total of more than 780 beds, and a specialized children's hospital with nearly 60 bassinettes. Baystate Health offers ancillary medical services, including cancer care, respiratory care, infusion therapy, visiting nurse, and hospice services. The system holds a majority of Health New England, a for-profit HMO with more than 100,000 members in western Massachusetts. Baystate Health is the only Level 1 Trauma Center and teaching hospital in the region.

Syneron Medical makes and markets laser-based medical devices designed to rejuvenate human skin, reduce wrinkles, and treat vascular and pigmented lesions as well as acne and cellulite. Syneron also manufactures products used to remove unwanted body hair. Operating in the cosmetic surgery or "aesthetic medical treatment" space, Syneron markets its products directly to doctors and other health practitioners globally. The company's products combine optical energy derived from light waves with electrical energy and use specially designed software. Syneron acquired rival aesthetic-device maker Candela in a 2010 deal worth about $65 million.

Q-Med seeks a smooth future, but thus far it still has a few wrinkles in its plans. The company develops and manufactures the high-tech goo Restylane dermatologists inject to fill in lines and creases in facial skin. Its Durolane product, also based on its non-animal sourced hyaluronic acids, is used as an injection to treat osteoarthritis of the knee. Its products are distributed in over 70 countries, but only Restylane has received FDA approval for use in the US. The Swedish company entered the US exchanges by buying up the shell of a public company in 2008.

LogistiCare is a go-between for getting between your house and the doctor's office.LogistiCare company brokers non-emergency transportation services for health plans, government entities (such as state Medicaid agencies), and hospitals throughout the US. Using its call centers and a network of some 1,100 independent, contracted transportation providers, the company coordinates the medical-related travel arrangements of its clients' members. In addition, it contracts with local school boards to coordinate transportation for special needs students.LogistiCare company provides more than 17 million trips each year for clients in some 40 states. Logisticare is a subsidiary of Providence Service.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) traces its roots to Deaconess Hospital, founded in 1896, and Beth Israel Hospital, established in 1916. Though it's the official hospital for this Major League Baseball team, it's perhaps better known for being a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. BIDMC has about 620 beds and provides general medical and surgical care, as well as outpatient services, at its facilities. In addition to a Level 1 trauma center, BIDMC offers specialized care in such areas as organ transplantation, breast cancer care, and cardiac surgery.

Cambridge Heart makes noninvasive tools for diagnosing cardiac arrest and ventricular arrhythmia. Its CH 2000 system conducts cardiac stress tests and measures extremely low levels of T-wave alternans, an irregularity in an electrocardiogram indicating the risk of sudden cardiac death. Another product, the Heartwave II System, allows T-wave alternans screenings to be performed with any stress test system. The company's Microvolt T-Wave Alternans technology can detect the smallest heartbeat variation, measuring from one-millionth of a volt. The company markets its products in the US through direct sales and representatives; it also has international distributors.

Stormont-Vail HealthCare has been serving the residents in northeastern Kansas since 1884. Its facilities include the 590-bed Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, an emergency and trauma center, an outpatient surgery center, and a network of community clinics located throughout the 12-county region. The Cotton-O'Neil name appears on centers treating heart disease, cancer, skin problems, and digestive system ailments, as well as various clinics and ExpressCare locations. Specialized services include behavioral health, obstetrics, orthopedics, and physical and occupational rehabilitation.

Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) provides health programs that Northeasterners can fall back on. The company is a not-for-profit HMO providing health insurance products and related services to more than 200,000 members throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company's health insurance offerings include HMO, PPO, point of service (POS), traditional indemnity, Medicaid, and Medicare. Fallon Community Health Plan also provides third-party administration (TPA) services to employers. It also operates the Summit ElderCare nursing home through its ElderCare program. Fallon Community Health Plan was founded in 1977.

Candelis (formerly Procom Technology) has an image of its future -- and it's in the health care arena. After years of focusing on general networked-attached storage (NAS) technology, Procom has shifted its interests to its Candelis division and its ImageGrid appliance for storing and retrieving medical images. ImageGrid incorporates NAS technology to help clinics, medical imaging centers, and hospitals access and manage their archives of patient images. Candelis also provides image processing workstations to help physicians view and interpret X-ray and mammogram images. In 2006 an investment group led by Procom's CEO, Alex Razmjoo, took the company private.

Jupiter has another important bigtime resident who's outta this world -- or at least its services are. Jupiter Medical Center consists of a nearly 160-bed, not-for-profit hospital and a 120-bed, sub-acute long-term care facility in Jupiter, Florida (just north of West Palm Beach). Specialty services include cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, wound care, birthing, and pain management. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Established in 1956 as the convalescence center for a retirement village, the medical center was transformed into a full-service acute-care hospital in 1979.

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