Mills-Peninsula Health Services provides care to communities in and around Burlingame, California. The group includes Peninsula Medical Center, an acute-care hospital in Burlingame; Mills Health Center, an outpatient diagnostic, surgery, and rehabilitation facility in San Mateo; and a skilled nursing center in Burlingame. The facilities have more than 400 beds and provide specialty services such as cancer care, cardiovascular therapy, behavioral health, radiology, respiratory care, and senior services. The health system's inpatient rehabilitation program is part of the Mills Health Center. Mills-Peninsula Health Services is part of the Sutter Health network.

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has been operating (so to speak) in the Queens Borough of New York since before the nation of Jamaica even was born. Originally founded in 1892, the hospital serves Queens and eastern Brooklyn with general medical, pediatric, psychiatric, and ambulatory services. The facility has about 430 beds. The hospital's specialty services include a coma recovery unit, a dialysis center, a psychiatric emergency department, a rehabilitation center, as well as a traumatic brain injury recovery unit. Its Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home has more than 200 beds; it also operates a network of family health clinics. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a subsidiary of MediSys Health Network.

Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers is a management company that oversees the operations of about 18 skilled nursing facilities targeting the elderly throughout Texas. Regency and its affiliate, Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, are independently contracted by facility owners to manage their sites. Each of the facilities are full-service rehabilitation centers, with full-time physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapists. Its managed facilities also provide Alzheimer's and wound care, as well as dining, laundry, social, religious, and transportation services. Chairman Donald Kivowitz founded the company in 1989.

Community Hospital Watervliet originally a private residence and later a nursing home -- opened its doors in 1979. The not-for-profit, acute care hospital provides medical care for the denizens of Watervliet, Michigan and surrounding townships. Among its specialized services are emergency medicine, obstetrics, cardiology, pediatrics, and pain management. Community Hospital is affiliated with Borgess Health. Community Hospital Watervliet also operates the Tri-City Medical Center, a medical group practice.

Union Hospital is the flagship facility of the Union Hospital Health Group, a health care system serving communities in western Indiana and eastern Illinois. The not-for-profit hospital has about 340 beds and provides general medical and surgical care, as well as specialty services in areas such as women's health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and sports medicine. It also provides occupational health and physical rehabilitation, and offers medical training programs. Other facilities in the Union system include Union Hospital Clinton (formerly West Central Community Hospital), physician practices, specialty clinics, and a home health agency. Union Hospital's roots go back to 1892.

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center is a cornerstone of health care in the Rocky Mountains. The hospital, operated by HCA-HealthONE, provides primary and tertiary care services to folks living in the Denver area and throughout Colorado. The health care facility has some 680 beds and offers more than 80 medical specialties. Presbyterian/St. Luke's also has a specialized unit dedicated to pediatrics, and it is building a new pediatric facility, the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. Other specialty departments include centers for orthopedics, sleep therapy, weight loss, cancer care, and cardiology.

The future of sutures is what medical device company SuturTek is all about. The company develops and manufactures patented needle-protective suturing devices that may be used in place of manual hand-suturing techniques during certain medical procedures for wound closure. SuturTek's line of suturing products include reusable hand-held devices that hold disposable cartridges preloaded with curved needles. Use of the suturing devices aids in the prevention of suture needle sticks and blood-borne virus infections and reduces related risks and liabilities. The company was founded by president and CEO Jerry Brecher and CTO John Meade, and it is backed by venture capital investment firms.

Meridian Medical Technologies (MMT) wards off attacks of allergies and nerve gas alike. The company develops and manufactures auto-injectors designed to provide emergency drug delivery. As a primary supplier to the US and allied governments and law enforcement agencies, MMT provides auto-injectors filled with antidotes to chemical nerve agents and insecticide poisoning, as well as anti-convulsant and pain medications, which are typically used by emergency responders. Its brands include AtroPen and DuoDote. The product best-known to civilians is the EpiPen auto-injector, which is filled with epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction). The company is a subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals.

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.

Seniors hate living in nursing homes; states hate paying for them. Enter Senior Whole Health (SWH), a health services plan that aims to keep more low-income seniors living independently at home. SWH consolidates the benefits of Medicare and Medicaid into one easy-to-join plan that pays claims, handles customer service issues, and contracts with primary care providers. It also offers around-the-clock access to nurses, exercise programs, prescription drug coverage, transportation, and multilingual translators. SWH serves more than 6,000 members in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. It is at the top of the heap as one of the country's 500 fastest-growing private companies, according to Inc.

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