Hackensack University Medical Center hospital has nearly 800 beds and serves the residents of northern New Jersey and parts of New York. Hackensack University Medical Center administers general medical and surgical care, as well as an array of specialty care. The medical center provides treatment for sick kids through its Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and the Tomorrow's Children's Institute (specializing in cancer and blood disorders). Founded in 1888, the system has more than 1,500 physicians and dentists on staff (it adds about 100 doctors each year).

CaroMont Health is an independent not-for-profit health care system serving residents of Gastonia, a community just west of Charlotte in North Carolina's Piedmont region. Anchoring CaroMont Health is Gaston Memorial Hospital, a 435-bed medical and surgical facility that features a birthing center, an inpatient psychiatric ward, and specialized facilities for heart disease, cancer, sleep disorders, diabetes, and wound care. Other operations include a nearly 100-bed nursing home, an outpatient surgery center, and about 30 primary and specialty medical practices. CaroMont Health also provides home health and hospice care services. CaroMont Health is governed by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.

Wellmont Health System provides general and advanced medical-surgical care to residents of northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. The health system consists of about a dozen owned and affiliated hospitals that collectively have more than 1,300 licensed beds. One of its facilities is a rehabilitation hospital operated in partnership with HealthSouth. Wellmont also operates numerous ancillary facilities, including an assisted living center, a mental health clinic, home health care and hospice agencies, and outpatient centers. The health system was founded in 1996.

FHC Health Systems provides stability through its behavioral health care services, which are offered to millions of people through its operating subsidiaries. Its majority-owned subsidiary ValueOptions manages behavioral care benefits offered by commercial and public health plans, serving some 23 million people. Through its Rx Innovations unit, the company provides institutional pharmacy and laboratory services for long-term care facilities and other treatment centers. FHC's FirstLab subsidiary offers drug testing and employment screening, while its Corporation for Standards and Outcomes focuses on performance management for public agency programs. CEO and majority owner Ronald Dozoretz founded FHC in 1983.

Stanly Regional Medical Center (SRMC) provides a wide range of general medical services to residents in and around Stanly County in North Carolina. Formed in 1950, the hospital has 120 beds and is under the management of Carolinas HealthCare, which owns or manages about two dozen regional hospitals. The two organizations agreed to the management contract in 2009 to provide SRMC with more access to resources, such as group purchasing, help with physician recruitment, and supply-chain management. SRMC is affiliated with a number of other organizations including about a dozen clinics, a home health agency, a medical equipment company, and a nursing home.

Hospice of Michigan provides specialized health care services for people with a terminal illness and support for their loved ones. These services focus on comfort measures and pain control, or palliative care. Palliative care is directed by the patient and family along with the patient's physician or hospice medical director. Nurses, social workers, home health aides, spiritual advisors and trained volunteers work as an expert team to provide palliative care. The team focuses on providing comfort and pain relief when a cure is not possible. The goal is to help each person live as fully as possible and to help the family and loved ones participate in the person's care.

Primary Health Care Limited is one of Australia's leading listed healthcare companies. Primary is a service company to medical and allied health professionals. A broad range of medical and related services are offered in Primary's network of medical centres and pathology centres across Australia. Primary is also a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions to medical practitioners, medical practices and hospitals.

Getting ready for a dental implant, or just wanting to look that gift horse in the mouth? AFP Imaging (dba ImageWorks) can assist you. The company makes imaging systems, for medical, dental, veterinary, and industrial markets. Products range from good old-fashioned film-based X-ray machines and film processors to digital computed tomography scanners and three-dimensional digital radiography systems (including both the sensors and software to display images on computer screens). Its digital radiography systems are designed for use in both human and animal dental diagnostics. In addition to selling its own products, ImageWorks distributes imaging products from other manufacturers.

Texas has universities, horse farms, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton. Formerly Denton Community Hospital, the organization is a full-service, acute care facility serving northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. Following a 2005 completion of the hospital's expansion project, it houses some 250 private rooms, nine surgical suites, two cardiac catheterization labs, and a 28-bed ER department. It opened a neonatal ICU in 2006. Texas Health Presbyterian Denton is owned by local healthcare giant Texas Health Resources (THR).

Akers Biosciences,Inc. manufactures a variety of point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests. In addition to tests for such diseases as malaria, it has produced screening tools to detect drug and enzyme levels in blood. ABI has also developed sniffing devices to detect breath alcohol as well as diseases such as lung disease and diabetes through breath analysis. Another product whiffs for biological warfare agents in the air. Its Tri-Cholesterol product is a home-use test kit. ABI customers include healthcare facilities (hospitals, physicians' offices) as well as the US military and aid organizations.

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