Mercury Medical manufactures the medical equipment used to administer and monitor medical gasses for respiratory, anesthesia, and critical care. It also offers technical consulting services, equipment repair, and equipment reconditioning services. Customers include hospitals, biomedical clinics, and home care clients. Along with marketing its own products, its sales team also represents products from other life-support equipment manufacturers. It distributes products directly to institutional customers in the southeastern US; elsewhere it relies on a network of distributors. Mercury Medical ships its medical supplies for home health directly to customers through its ShurShip division.

BryanLGH Medical Center is the centerpiece of a not-for-profit health care system serving residents of Lincoln, Nebraska, and surrounding communities. The medical center, part of BryanLGH Health System, features two acute-care hospitals (BryanLGH East and BryanLGH West) housing a combined 530 beds. In addition to providing general medical and surgical care, it serves as a regional trauma center and provides specialty care in areas such as cancer, orthopedics, and cardiology. The medical center also operates several outpatient clinics and provides home health care services and wellness programs.

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.

Virtual Radiologic Corporation (vRad) is a national radiology practice working in partnership with local radiologists and hospitals to optimize radiology’s pivotal role in patient care. vRad’s more than 140 radiologists serve 1,200+ facilities (21% of U.S. hospitals), reading 3 million studies annually. Delivering access to extensive subspecialty coverage, vRad contributes to improved quality of patient care. And with its next-generation technology, vRad enhances productivity, helping to lower the overall cost of care while expediting time to diagnosis and treatment.

HeartWare International, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for the treatment of advanced heart failure. HeartWare International primarily offers the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, which includes a left ventricular assist device, or blood pump, patient accessories, and surgical tools designed to provide circulatory support for patients with advanced heart failure. It is also developing the Miniaturized Ventricular Assist Device, a miniaturized device intended for chronic heart failure patients. HeartWare International sells its products in the United States through its clinical trials; and as commercial products to customers in Europe and Australia. HeartWare International is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Ascent Healthcare Solutions is banking on the idea that one doctor's trash could be another doctor's treasure. The company is out to help hospitals with the three "R"s -- reduce, reuse, and recycle. Ascent focuses on reprocessing disposable medical devices for health care facilities (from small rural providers to surgery centers and group purchasing organizations). Its OR-based systems permit the collection of thousands of tons of devices marketed as "single-use," as well as a range of recyclable materials. After collecting the used devices, it cleans, sterilizes, tests, and then returns them from its centers in Florida and Arizona. The company is part of the MedSurg division of medical products maker Stryker.

Montgomery Regional Hospital is part of the HCA Virginia Health System, a regional arm of hospital giant HCA. Montgomery Regional is a general acute-care facility with 146 beds. It provides the standard range of medical, surgical, and therapeutic services to Southwest Virginia's New River Valley area. Among its specialty services are its Heartburn Treatment Center and an imaging center.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center provides medical and surgical care to the residents of Louisiana's capital city. Participating in teaching programs for LSU and Tulane medical schools, the health system has around 740 acute care beds and offers specialty care in pediatrics, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Our Lady of the Lake also includes two nursing homes, an independent-living facility for seniors, and other geriatric services, as well as a small, long-term care site for AIDS patients. It offers outpatient services at its main campus and at satellite facilities throughout the greater Baton Rouge area. Our Lady of the Lake was founded in 1923 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.

When health care supplies are on the line, Medline Industries goes toe-to-toe with the bigger guns, selling more than 100,000 products. The family-owned company's catalog includes hospital furnishings, exam equipment, housekeeping supplies, and surgical gloves and garments. The firm manufactures and distributes health care products to customers including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician practices, and home health providers. It also acts as a distributor for other manufacturers' products. In addition, Medline offers inventory and supply chain solutions for health care providers. Products are marketed by its more than 800 sales representatives through some 35 distribution centers in 20 countries.

American Medical Response (AMR). With thousands of vehicles in some 40 states, AMR is the largest contract provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance services in the US. Non-emergency services include transportation for medically unstable patients and such non-medical transport services as transfers to and from health care facilities.American Medical Response company provides around 3 million transports annually for customers that also include hospitals and local government agencies. AMR is a subsidiary of Emergency Medical Services, which is owned by Onex, an investment firm with holdings in health care and other industries.

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