Touching lives….At Arlington Cancer Center, it’s our privilege to touch the lives of our patients every day. They widely recognized physicians, along with a highly skilled team of technologists, therapists, nurses and support staff, are committed to the fight against cancer while enhancing the health, dignity and wholeness of each patient by providing quality, compassionate care.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Rochester Region provides health insurance for members throughout six upstate New York counties. The company's insurance plans include traditional indemnity, Blue Choice (HMO), and BluePPO (PPO). Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Rochester Region also offers supplemental coverage, including dental and Medicare plans, as well as long-term care coverage, health assessment, and health care management services. The not-for-profit company is a subsidiary of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Flex Partners will bend over backwards to help bring a new medical device to market. The engineering firm provides established and start-up medical device firms with a host of design and development services, from prototyping to business development. The company has more than 20 patents on disposable and reusable devices used for urological, cardiovascular, orthopedic, oral and plastic surgical procedures. Other services include market research, competitor intelligence, brand creation, and executive recruitment. Flex Partners was founded in 1980.

River Parishes Hospital provides acute medical care for residents of Louisiana living between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The facility has more than 100 beds. Among its specialty services are cancer treatment, emergency medicine, obstetrics, and surgery. Its emergency department treats more than 18,000 patients each year. LifePoint Hospitals bought the facilty from Universal Health Services in 2004.

The Western Pennsylvania Hospital is a part of the West Penn Allegheny Health System. The 512-bed teaching hospital is affiliated with Clarion University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and Temple University. It offers specialized services such as emergency medicine, heart care, breast disease treatment, cancer treatment, orthopedics, and surgery (including microscopic surgery). Special facilities include an area burn center, cancer treatment center, and a hospice facility.

Albert Einstein Medical Center, an acute-care teaching hospital, and Germantown Community Health Services, a primary and emergency care center serving Northwestern Philadelphia. Its Belmont Behavioral Health facilities offer treatment for mental disorders and addictions, and MossRehab provides physical therapy. The not-for-profit network also operates a community hospital (Einstein at Elkins Park), a sub-acute care facility (Willowcrest), an outpatient surgery center, and a network of health clinics. The Albert Einstein Healthcare Network separated from the Jefferson Health System in 2008.

Legacy Emanuel Hospital was established in 1912 by the Lutheran Church. Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, part of the Legacy Health System, provides acute and specialized health care to residents of Portland, Oregon, and surrounding communities. The 400-bed teaching hospital's operations include centers devoted to trauma treatment, burn care, oncology, birthing, neurosurgery, orthopedics, and cardiology. It also houses the Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital, a 160-bed pediatric facility located on the same campus, and the area Life Flight Network, which is owned by a consortium of local hospitals.

Novation isn't reinventing the wheels of healthcare, just greasing them a little.Novation company offers management consulting and supply chain services to hospitals and other health care facilities. Novation is one of the largest health care supply chain management firms in the nation, serving tens of thousands of health care organizations. It procures medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceuticals, laboratory equipment, food, and other products needed to keep the nation's health care facilities running. Novation is an affiliate of health care alliances VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). Novation company was founded in 1998.

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center close to home. The center has been leading the fight against cancer for more than 65 years. Located on the Texas Medical Center campus, it is devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention. Part of the University of Texas System, the tertiary-care hospital helps some 95,000 patients annually with both inpatient and outpatient care. M.D. Anderson is a premier cancer research facility and discoveries in its labs are quickly put into practice with its patients. Additionally, the hospital is a teaching facility for medical professionals and researchers.

AGA Medical Holdings works to heal broken hearts. The company specializes in making medical devices for treating structural heart defects and vascular diseases. Its AMPLATZER occlusion devices use minimally invasive small catheters, which physicians can retrieve and position without the need for multiple devices or repetition of procedures. Approved for use in both Europe and the US, the company sell its devices in more than 100 countries. Its primary customers are pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons. Dr. Kurt Amplatz and director Franck Gougeon established AGA Medical Holdings in 1995. AGA Medical is being acquired bySt. Jude Medical.

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