Cardinal Health Medical distributes health care supplies to hospitals, laboratories, doctors' offices, and other health care-related entities in the US and Canada. Working from more than 40 warehouses, it offers a broad range of surgical instruments, medical equipment, furniture, gloves, gowns, lab containers, syringes, and skin-care and respiratory care products. The medical supply division also provides logistics and cost-control solutions, makes a line of medical textile supplies, and assembles and distributes sterile and non-sterile Presource kits for medical and surgical procedures. Part of Cardinal Health, the division works side-by-side with the Cardinal Health Pharmaceutical distribution unit.

Amedisys, Inc. is the nation's leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patients' homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice, and employs more than 16,000 skilled clinicians across the country. The Company's state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry's first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient's home health plan of care.

Norton Healthcare takes care of people in the land of horse farms and blue grass. Norton Healthcare company owns and operates four acute-care hospitals and manages numerous additional health care facilities in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Specialty services include cancer treatment, women's health, orthopedics, and heart care. Its Norton Hospital is a 720-bed facility in Louisville that serves as a teaching facility for the University of Louisville. Other facilities include Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Suburban Hospital, and Norton Brownsboro Hospital. One of the largest health care systems in Kentucky, Norton Healthcare has a staff of some 2,000 physicians at its 50 clinic locations.

Memorial Health University Medical Center is the flagship facility of the Memorial Health System, which serves residents of a 35-county region in southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. An affiliate of Mercer University School of Medicine, the tertiary care facility provides such services as cardiac and trauma care, cancer treatment, and rehabilitation. The hospital has some 530 beds and includes the Backus Children's Hospital; it also operates cancer research programs. As part of Memorial Health System, the medical center is affiliated with primary and specialty care clinics and physician networks.

Echo Therapeutics,Inc. develops instruments for transdermal (through the skin) drug delivery and diagnostics. Its devices use gentle abrasion and ultrasound technologies to painlessly extract analytes or introduce drugs without breaking the skin. The firm's proprietary Prelude SkinPrep technology platform is being developed for use in glucose monitoring under the name Symphony. Echo is also developing a system to provide needle-free drug administration of lidocaine and other pharmaceuticals. Echo is also developing Azone, a transdermal technology used for reformulated drugs already on the market.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (BCBSWY) provides health insurance products and related services to more than 100,000 members in Wyoming. The company's insurance products include managed care programs for businesses and individuals, as well as supplemental dental, vision, prescription drug, and Medicare coverage. BCBSWY provides health insurance to Wyoming's Kid Care program, which offers coverage to children from low-income families. It also provides affordable coverage options through its Caring Foundation. In addition, the company provides benefits administration services.

Antares Pharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, focuses on self-injection pharmaceutical products and technologies, and topical gel-based products. It offers injection devices, which include Medi-Jector Vision for insulin; Zomajet 2 Vision, Zomajet Vision X, Twin-Jector EZ II, and Tjet for human growth hormone; Vibex pressure assisted auto injector platform that enables a controlled pressure delivery of drugs into the body utilizing a spring power source; and disposable pen injectors, which are needle-based devices designed to deliver multiple injections from multi-dose drug cartridges. Antares Pharma also develops/commercializes Anturol, an oxybutynin ATD (advanced transdermal delivery)gel, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of overactive bladder; Elestrin, a transdermal estradiol gel for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause; LibiGel, a transdermal testosterone gel that is in Phase III clinical studies for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction; Nestorone contraceptive formulation products, which has completed Phase II clinical trials; and Ropinerole to treat a central nervous system. Antares Pharma, Inc. markets its products to pharmaceutical companies primarily in the United States and Europe. It has collaborative arrangements and license agreements primarily with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Population Council, Ferring Pharmaceuticals BV; Eli Lilly and Company; JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.; and Solvay Pharmaceuticals BV, as well as a strategic alliance with Uman Pharma. Antares Pharma, Inc. was formerly known as Medi-Ject Corporation and changed its name to Antares Pharma, Inc. in January 2001. Antares Pharma, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Ewing, New Jersey.

Dreyer Medical Clinic is more than just one little clinic. The multi-specialty physician group has in excess of 140 doctors representing more than two dozen medical specialties. With about 10 offices located throughout the Fox Valley in northeastern Illinois, the group serves nearly half a million patients each year. Along with primary and specialty care, Dreyer Medical offers a wide range of ancillary services, including lab work, radiology, and counseling. It is owned by Advocate Health Care and is affiliated with Provena Mercy Medical Center and Rush-Copley Medical Center. The clinic, serving Aurora and some suburbs of Chicago, was established in 1922 by Dr. John Dreyer.

Paynesville Area Health Care System wants is for any of its patients to be in pain. The district-owned healthcare system provides general medical care, radiology, and rehabilitative services to the Paynesville, Minnesota, region. The system includes a 25-bed critical access hospital, as well as several clinics. Specialty services include obstetrics, surgery, hospice, and emergency medicine. The system also offers education programs and support groups. Attached to the hospital is a nearly 60-bed skilled nursing home and independent senior apartment complex. The hospital's specialty clinic offers access to more than 60 specialists.

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