Putting hospital corners on the sheets for about 3,000 beds is all in a day's work for the HCA Virginia Health System (formerly HCA Richmond Health System). Part of the HCA family, the system operates about a dozen hospitals in central, northern, and southwestern Virginia. Its hospitals include Alleghany Regional Hospital, CJW Medical Center (which includes the Levinson Heart Hospital), Henrico Doctors' Hospital (and its Retreat Hospital campus), John Randolph Medical Center, and Montgomery Regional Hospital. The medical system also operates general health clinics, imaging centers, and surgery centers for outpatient procedures.

Centra Health is a constellation of hospitals, medical practices, outpatient facilities, and other services targeting the health care needs of residents in central Virginia. At its core are two acute care facilities in Lynchburg: 270-bed Lynchburg General, which is the region's main emergency center and specializes in orthopedic and cardiac care; and Virginia Baptist, a roughly 315-bed facility focusing on cancer treatment, women's and pediatric care, mental health, and rehabilitation. Aside from its acute care operations, Centra owns primary care physicians' practices, a home health care service, nursing homes, and numerous other physical and behavioral health businesses.

Wabash County Hospital is a small community hospital with 25 beds and offers patients a range of services including cancer treatment; cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; critical and acute care; and general, laparoscopic, and orthopedic surgery. The facility also provides hospice and home health care programs, occupational health services, and emergency medicine.

Becton, Dickinson and Company was founded in 1897 and is based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents worldwide. The company’s BD Medical segment produces medical devices, which are used in healthcare settings. This segment’s product line includes needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters for medication delivery; prefilled IV flush syringes; syringes, pen needles, and other drugs used in the treatment of diabetes; prefillable drug delivery devices; surgical blades/scalpels and regional anesthesia needles and trays; critical care monitoring devices; ophthalmic surgical instruments; and sharps disposal containers. Its BD Diagnostics segment provides products for the safe collection and transport of diagnostics specimens, as well as instrument systems and reagents to detect infectious diseases, healthcare- associated infections (HAI), and cancers. Its product line consists of integrated systems for specimen collection; safety-engineered blood collection products and systems; automated blood culturing systems; molecular testing systems for sexually transmitted diseases and HAIs; microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems; liquid-based cytology systems for cervical cancer screening; rapid diagnostic assays; and plated media. Its BD Biosciences segment produces research and clinical tools that facilitate the study of cells and its components. Its product line comprises fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers; monoclonal antibodies and kits for performing cell analysis; reagent systems for life sciences research; cell imaging systems; laboratory products for tissue culture and fluid handling; diagnostic assays; and cell culture media supplements for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Becton serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public.

Minntech helps patients stay bloody well clean. The company produces a variety of medical devices and sterilants. Its kidney dialysis products include hemodialysis concentrates, dialyzer reprocessing systems, and hemodialysis blood pumps. Minntech also makes water filtration and disinfecting products used by drug companies, hemodialysis providers, and semiconductor makers, among others. Its Medivators division makes reprocessing systems and chemicals that disinfect endoscopy equipment. The company sells its products primarily to hospitals, clinics, and kidney treatment centers through distributors around the world. Minntech is a subsidiary of Cantel Medical.

Sangui BioTech International focuses on the fluid of life -- blood. The firm specializes in developing oxygen-carrying agents to treat blocked arteries, anemia, or acute blood loss through its Sangui GmbH subsidiary. Also in the pipeline at Sangui is an implantable blood glucose monitor for diabetics. Other products include Pure Moisture, an anti-aging skin care product; HemO2Spray, a spray-on wound treatment; and Chitoskin, a wound dressing that is said to facilitate rapid healing of wounds. Professor Wolfgang K. Barnikol founded the company in Germany in 1995.

GAMA GROUP's product offering runs the gamut from medical equipment used for treating humans to specimen cups used in diagnosing animals. The Czech company makes disposable medical equipment and laboratory supplies, the latter for both human and veterinary markets. Its medical equipment division specializes in catheters, infusion sets, and enteral nutrition equipment, as well as PVC tubes used as components in medical devices. The company also makes laboratory equipment (pipettes, Petri dishes, and test tubes) and veterinary supplies (including specimen containers and sampling kits). It operates primarily in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Sparks Health System brings good health to western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The not-for-profit health system operates Sparks Regional Medical Center, a nearly 500-bed community-based hospital, along with a broad range of health care programs and diagnostic facilities. With Arkansas' oldest hospital (founded in 1887) as part of its operations, Sparks boasts an impressive lists of "firsts," including the state's first heart institute (Stanley E. Evans Heart Institute) and the state's first ultrasound equipment. However, an expensive renovation and economic woes pinched the company and in 2009 it was acquired by health care giant Health Management Associates (HMA).

Boston Medical Center (BMC) offers a full spectrum of health care services, from prenatal care and obstetrics to surgery and rehabilitation. BMC is also the city's largest provider of indigent care, spending millions of dollars annually on care for uninsured patients and offering free screenings and other community outreach programs. The not-for-profit hospital boasts about 640 licensed beds, 1,300 physicians, and includes a Level 1 trauma center, acute rehabilitation facilities, and neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. The center is the primary teaching hospital of Boston University's School of Medicine.

Fauquier Hospital was founded in 1925. Fauquier Hospital takes care of the populace of rural northern Virginia. The multi-location system provides medical, surgical, outpatient, and home health care services to a four county area. With more than 85 beds, the facility is the only hospital in Fauquier, and also serves Culpeper, Prince William and Rappahannock Counties. Specialized services include emergency medicine, oncology, rehabilitation, and cardiac and pulmonary care. The hospital's emergency room has more than 30 private rooms and services about 30,000 patients each year. Fauquier Hospital partners with Prince William Hospitalto operate the Cancer Center at Lake Manassas.

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