Angiotech Pharmaceuticals is teaching old devices new tricks. The firm develops medical products that combine devices with drugs to make them more effective with fewer side effects. Its flagship product in the Pharmaceutical Technologies segment is the TAXUS drug-eluting stent, which Boston Scientific sells and for which it pays Angiotech royalties. The stent is used to open up diseased arteries, and the drug coating keeps scar tissue from forming and creating a new blockage. The company's Medical Products segment makes the Quill wound closure system and other single-use medical products for interventional radiology, ophthalmology, and surgery. Angiotech has facilities in North America and Europe.

Franciscan Services Corporation was founded in 1984. Franciscan Services Corporation is a Catholic health care system sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio. The health system operates hospitals, long-term care centers, and nursing homes in Kentucky, Ohio, and Texas. Its facilities are organized into regional provider groups including Trinity Health System (Ohio), St. Joseph Health System (Texas), Trinity Health Services Corporation (Texas), and Franciscan Living Communities (Kentucky and Ohio). Franciscan Services operates a total of about 925 hospital beds and 1,700 senior living units. It also manages counseling centers and shelters for domestic violence victims.

St. Joseph's has been caring mercifully for residents in the Hot Springs environs for well over a century. St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center, the second-oldest hospital in Arkansas, has more than 300 beds and provides acute and tertiary care, as well as home health care. The hospital is a not-for-profit health facility and is part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System. It has specialty units focused on cancer, cardiovascular, women, and senior care. Established in 1888, in 2010 St. Joseph's Mercy announced it would acquire local rival HealthPark Hospital as well as HealthFirst Physicians Group and Hot Springs Village Clinic. All of the acquired medical providers will operate under the St. Joseph Mercy moniker.

The Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York is a non-profit social service organization, is dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with epilepsy and their families. Our program services are available to residents of New York City and Westchester County. Services are made possible through contractual agreements with New York City, New York State and Westchester County. All informational services are provided free of charge. Some programs have admissions criteria.

Dr. TATTOFF has consistently set the bar for the highest quality medical service and friendly, professional customer service since its first clinic opened in 2004. Our clinical staff has more experience performing laser procedures than anyone else, having performed tens of thousands of procedures. At Dr. TATTOFF you know you are getting the best service available from the world’s most experienced provider.

First Choice for health care owned by about 450 physicians and 11 hospital systems and other hospital entities, First Choice Health Network is an independent PPO (Preferred Provider Organization). It also provides health-benefits management services and third-party administration services for self-funded plan sponsors. First Choice Health Network contracts with more than 40,000 health care professionals and 220 hospitals in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The company was founded in 1985, and has grown through acquisitions.

Sage Products knows that when it comes to warding off disease and infection, it pays to be wise. Sage Products company manufactures and distributes a variety of hygiene products for bathing, incontinence, and oral care. It also makes gloves, gowns, warmers for its cleansing cloths, and industrial microwaves. Sage sells its products worldwide to health care providers, consumers, and the military through supply contracts and through its consumer-products Web site. Many Sage products are water-free, including prepackaged bathing cloths and preoperative skin preparation cloths, making them particularly useful for troops in the field. Sage was founded in 1971 by CEO Vincent Foglia and director Paul Hills.

Aspirus is a non-profit, community-directed health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin. With more than 4,300 employees, Aspirus serves people in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan through an extensive hospital and clinic network, home health & hospice care, pharmacies, critical care, medical goods, nursing homes, a philanthropic & research foundation, and an affiliated physician network.

Rex is a king of health care in Raleigh. Part of the UNC HealthCare System, Rex Healthcare is a not-for-profit health care provider which serves residents of Raleigh and the rest of Wake County, North Carolina. Founded in 1894, Rex Healthcare includes the 430-bed acute-care Rex Hospital and two nursing homes with 230 beds, as well as primary and specialty care clinics throughout the area. Specialty centers and clinics provide services such as birthing, cancer treatment, same-day surgery, heart and vascular care, pain management, and sleep disorder therapy. Rex also provides home health and mobile emergency medical services. UNC HealthCare also includes affiliate UNC Hospitals.

BG Industries (BGI) wants patients to rest comfortably. The company makes a variety of therapeutic mattresses designed to prevent the irritation of patients' skin during medical care. Its product lines include the MaxiFloat pressure reduction mattresses and the AccuMax pressure relief series. BGI also develops other health care products such as tamper-resistant psychiatric beds, stretcher pads, operating and emergency room cushions, mattress covers, and therapeutic neck pillows. Its products are sold through a global network of distribution partners. The company was established in 1967.

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