St. Tammany Parish Hospital serves communities in St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish along the northern shores of Lake Ponchartrain in eastern Louisiana. The hospital has about 240 beds and offers acute care, diagnostic, rehabilitation, and community wellness services. It also includes centers and clinics specializing in surgery, breast care, cardiology, and sleep disorders. In addition, St. Tammany Parish Hospital operates a home health and hospice agency, an outpatient services center, and a primary care physicians' office. The not-for-profit hospital opened its doors in 1954.

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.

Genesis HealthCare is owned by a group of private equity investors from Formation Capital and the private equity arm of real estate investment firm J. E. Roberts. Genesis HealthCare Corporation cares for people when care is what counts. The company operates about 200 assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in more than a dozen states throughout the eastern US. Its facilities have some 25,000 beds total. Genesis HealthCare's rehabilitation division provides speech, physical, and occupational therapy services through contracts with health care providers. The company also offers respiratory therapy, adult day care, Alzheimer's care, dialysis, and home and hospice care.

Paradigm Medical Industries wants to keep those baby blues seeing clearly with its ophthalmic surgical and diagnostic equipment. Its FDA-approved products include its Blood Flow Analyzer, which measures pressure and blood flow within the eye and is used for early diagnosis of glaucoma, and a line of ultrasound biomicroscopes, which create high-resolution images of the eye that doctors use to diagnose and treat disease. The company has stopped development on its laser cataract removal system (branded Photon) because of lack of funds; it is focusing instead on marketing its diagnostic product line to ophthalmologists and optometrists.

Masonicare was established in 1995, but its roots date back to 1895 when the Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut established a home for orphans and the elderly with Masonic ties. The not-for-profit corporation is led by CEO Stephen McPherson. It may have started out as a place for elderly Masons to retire to, but today Masonicare provides senior health care services to all Connecticut seniors, Mason or not. The firm operates retirement and nursing homes, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, assisted living communities, and home and hospice care. In addition to physical therapy and rehabilitation, the group also provides inpatient and outpatient mental health care for seniors.

Bonutti Technologies is on the lookout for the next big thing in medical devices. The company discovers, develops, and delivers innovative surgical and rehabilitation products. Its research and development programs focus on instruments, implants, and procedure technologies with applications in orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation therapy; successfully developed products are often spun off into independent companies. Other programs are conducted through licensing and partnership agreements with medical equipment firms such as Stryker. Bonutti Technologies markets a limited-incision total knee replacement called the L-I Approach. The company was founded by CEO Peter Bonutti.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a learned institution: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital organization is affiliated with both the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. NewYork-Presbyterian comprises two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, which conduct educational and research programs in partnership with the universities. The two facilities combined have about 2,300 beds and offer patients specialized programs for burns, digestive diseases, pediatrics, women's health, gene therapy, and infertility. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is part of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.

Raulerson Hospital, part of HCA, is an acute care hospital with some 100 beds. The facility serves the community of Okeechobee and surrounding areas in eastern Florida. The hospital provides a variety of general medical services including diagnostic imaging, laparoscopic surgery, intensive care, neurology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, and physical therapy. Specialty units include a cardiopulmonary department, a sleep disorder lab, a diabetes education unit, and outpatient testing and surgery centers. Raulerson Hospital is part of HCA's East Florida division.

Norman Regional Health system operates in and around Norman, Oklahoma through the full service, 340-bed Norman Regional Hospital and affiliated health centers, including Moore Medical Center Services and the HealthPlex, a 150-bed specialty hospital focused on cardiology, orthopedic and spine, and women's and children's services. Moore Medical Center's services include include acute care and surgery, diagnostic, and outpatient health care services. The organization's programs include behavioral medicine, rehabilitation, a women's center, and a sleep disorder clinic. The hospital was established in 1946.

Symmetry Medical covers both sides of any orthopedic implant procedure. The company makes orthopedic implants such as hips and knees and the surgical instruments used to insert such devices. In addition to making numerous products for the orthopedic implant market, the company markets its products to physicians who deal with spinal injuries and general trauma, dental work, cardiovascular care, and ophthalmology. Symmetry also manufactures plastic and metal cases to organize, hold, and transport medical devices. Additionally, it makes aerofoils and aircraft engine parts on the side for a few aerospace customers. The company uses a sales and marketing force of about 100 people to promote its products worldwide.

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