LifeBridge Health links ailing patients to care and healing. Serving the Baltimore region, the not-for-profit company operates two acute-care hospitals, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Northwest Hospital, with specialties including oncology, neurology, pediatrics, and sports medicine. The LifeBridge Health network also provides long-term care at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital (nursing, subacute, and adult day care services) and the Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (formerly the Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home). The health system has some 1,200 beds total. Other operations include general physician practices and fitness centers.

NationsHealth aims to make it easier for Medicare patients to get their prescription drugs and medical supplies. NationsHealth delivers diabetes, ostomy, and other medical supplies, including insulin and insulin pumps, to the homes of about 80,000 patients. In addition, the company has partnered with CIGNA and other health insurers to provide marketing, training, enrollment service, distribution, billing, and collections for Medicare services. The CIGNA collaborative agreement is part of the CIGNA Medicare Rx Part D plan. NationsHealth is owned by investment firm ComVest.

St. Anthony's Medical Center serves St. Louis and Jefferson Counties in Missouri, as well as two southwestern Illinois counties. With about 770 beds and more than 800 affiliated physicians, the hospital provides a comprehensive offering, including inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, diagnostic, and behavioral health care. The hospital also operates a level two trauma center, a cancer center, and a pediatric emergency center, as well as several urgent care facilities. It also offers home health, hospice, laboratory, and pharmacy services. More than 60,000 patients visit the hospital's emergency room each year. St. Anthony's Medical Center was started in 1900 by the Franciscan Sisters of Germany.

UCI Medical Affiliates seeks out doctors looking to avoid paperwork.UCI Medical Affiliates company provides practice management services to about 60 freestanding medical clinics, mostly in South Carolina. (It has one center in Tennessee.) The clinics operate primarily under the Doctors Care and Progressive Physical Therapy names. UCI provides nonmedical management and administrative services, such as planning, accounting, insurance contracting and billing, non-medical staffing, and other office services. Its Doctors Care locations are urgent care clinics that handle minor emergencies and provide primary care services. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina is the company's principal stockholder.

MagnaBenefits aims to keep up with active retirees and help employers manage costs. Formerly known as MagnaCare Group, the company is a third-party administrator (TPA) that services group policies for retiree members, including claims and billing administration for health care plans and prescription drug policies. Its is primarily focused on helping employers reduce their costs and avoid liabilities under government accounting regulations. MagnaBenefits has customers in several types of organizations, from colleges and municipalities to trade unions and corporations.

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a health system serving residents of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. The not-for-profit organization (one of the largest rural health systems in the US) comprises nine hospitals with more than 1,000 beds, as well as dozens of clinics, home health care agencies, and retail pharmacies. Its largest hospital in Hazard, Kentucky, has 310 beds and features an inpatient psychiatric unit that serves as the state mental health facility. Several of the system's hospitals are Critical Access Hospitals, a federal government designation for rural community hospitals that operate in medically underserved areas.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG manufactures ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic products, including examination and surgical microscopes, diagnostic systems, laser surgery equipment, and intraocular lenses. It sells directly to ophthalmology clinics and private practices and takes advantage of the worldwide distribution network of its controlling parent Carl Zeiss. Carl Zeiss Meditec also makes surgical microscopes used in neurological and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries, including tumor removal and nerve reconstruction procedures.

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital was founded as a geriatric hospital by the the Benedictine Sisters of Yankton, South Dakota, in 1958. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital has more than 250 beds and provides acute and long-term rehabilitation, as well as subacute care. The hospital treats patients with a variety of orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and neurological conditions such as cancer, cerebral palsy, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. Each patient has a full team of physicians to help integrate and treat all symptoms.

At Puget Sound Blood Center, when we talk about the work of our Research Institute, what we are really talking about is saving lives. Many recognize the lifesaving work of the Blood Center for its role in maintaining the blood supply for Western Washington. But that is only the beginning of how the Blood Center touches the lives of people all over the world. The Blood Center is widely considered the premier knowledge source on blood research and transfusion medicine and has been developing cutting-edge technologies and establishing best practices in this field for over sixty-six years. Medical institutions worldwide rely on the Blood Center's research work. Scientific equipment manufacturers, as well as pharmaceutical companies turn to the Blood Center for help in developing effective equipment and successful therapies that are saving lives around the world every day.

LecTec Corporation licenses topical patches that deliver over-the-counter drugs through the skin. Its patents, used by pharmaceutical companies, include adhesive patches, wound dressings, and inhalation therapies. LecTec formerly made its products, but ceased manufacturing a few years ago and is now an intellectual property licensing and holding company. LecTec licenses its technology to Novartis for that company's Triaminic Vapor Patch, a cough suppressant for adults and children. LecTec is pursuing additional licensing agreements with Novartis, as well as seeking other licensing partners. It's also looking to expand its product portfolio through research and development opportunities.

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