Sheridan Community Hospital certainly lives up to its "community" moniker. Local volunteers are considered a mainstay of the hospital, logging more than 4,000 hours of service every year. The facility offers residents of Montcalm, Michigan and surrounding counties emergency services, occupational health, cardiology, orthopedics, and general surgery. The hospital has begun testing the waters of 21st century technology by investing in digital imaging and high-tech scanning systems. Sheridan Community Hospital has also opened Edmore Care-West, its second family practice location in Edmore.

Cogent Healthcare has pulled together the personnel to make a convincing argument for managed hospital care.Cogent Healthcare company manages inpatient care programs at hospitals in 20 states.Cogent Healthcare company deploys its own hospitalists (doctors who specialize in hospital medicine) and other personnel to run programs that manage the care of patients from the time they're admitted to the moment they're discharged. The programs also provide follow-up care to patients. Additionally, Cogent's program management services include the implementation of standardized clinical processes and information technology solutions for improving communication and efficiency. Cogent Healthcare company was founded in 1997.

Encision Inc., a medical device company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of surgical instruments primarily in the United States. Encision company's products provide safety to patients undergoing minimally-invasive surgery. It offers a line of Active Electrode Monitoring (AEM) surgical instruments, which prevents stray electrosurgical burns from insulation failure and capacitive coupling. The company's product line includes a range of articulating instruments, such as scissors, graspers, and dissectors; fixed-tip electrodes; and suction-irrigation electrodes. It also provides line of handles used for advanced laparoscopic procedures that incorporate stiffer shafts and ergonomic features; and markets AEM monitor product line, which is used in conjunction with AEM Instruments. Encision company sells its products primarily to hospitals through its direct and independent sales representatives. Encision Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Masonicare was established in 1995, but its roots date back to 1895 when the Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut established a home for orphans and the elderly with Masonic ties. The not-for-profit corporation is led by CEO Stephen McPherson. It may have started out as a place for elderly Masons to retire to, but today Masonicare provides senior health care services to all Connecticut seniors, Mason or not. The firm operates retirement and nursing homes, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, assisted living communities, and home and hospice care. In addition to physical therapy and rehabilitation, the group also provides inpatient and outpatient mental health care for seniors.

Davol keeps operating rooms in business. The company makes medical instruments and supplies for a number of surgical specialties, including hernia repair, hemostasis, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, wound management, and orthopedics. Its hemostasis products include the Ativene brand of hemostat products used to staunch bleeding during surgery. The company also makes suction and irrigation equipment for wound care and laparoscopy, and an autotransfusion unit used in orthopedic procedures. Its hernia repair patches, plugs, grafting tissue, and fixation devices are offered under the Bard and Davol brands. Davol is a subsidiary of medical products company C.R. Bard.

Health Management Systems (HMS) specializes in squeezing pennies for Uncle Sam's health insurers. Health Management Systems company supplies information management services and software used by government health agencies and government-sponsored managed care firms to recover money from health care providers that were either overpaid or paid in error. The company's services include retroactive insurance claims reprocessing and third-party liability recovery, as well as pharmacy recovery services for the overpayment of pharmaceuticals. HMS operates nationwide out of more than two-dozen regional offices. Health Management Systems is a subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp.

Kuakini Medical Center, a 250-bed acute care hospital that provides specialty services including cancer treatment, cardiac care, and orthopedic surgery. The hospital serves as a teaching center for the University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Kuakini Health System also operates the 234-bed Kuakini Geriatric Care facility, which offers nursing home and adult day care for Honolulu's senior citizens. The system also maintains two medical office buildings. The Kuakini Health System was founded by Japanese immigrants in 1900. It is a member of the Premier group purchasing alliance.

TransMedics works to transport transplants. The company has developed a system to circulate warm blood through hearts and other transplant organs while they are being transported, as opposed to the cold transport system currently in use. The portable device makes it possible to actually deliver a beating heart to the surgeon. TransMedics' Organ Care System (OCS) is already in use in the European Union for heart transplants; it must still complete clinical trials in the US to receive FDA approval. A system for lungs, livers, and kidneys is also in the works. TransMedics was formed in 1998.

Delta Dental Plan of New Hampshire provides dental benefits and related services to its members in New Hampshire. Delta Dental Plan of New Hampshire operates under the trade name Northeast Delta Dental, which also includes Delta Dental of Maine and Delta Dental of Vermont. Altogether, Northeast Delta Dental has a network of some 1,600 dentists in the tri-state area and provides benefits administration services for more than 700,000 people through individual and group accounts. Delta Dental Plan of New Hampshire and its affiliates are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association, an affiliated network of dental benefit providers throughout the US.

Transcend Services helps make sense of doctors' gibberish. The medical transcription company uses Internet-based technology to turn doctors' audio patient records into written text. Its home-based medical transcriptionists convert the physicians' recorded notes (made using either Transcend Services' proprietary BeyondTXT technology or the clients' own systems) into text documents. The company is increasingly using speech recognition software to automatically convert voice to text, after which the documents are edited by transcriptionists. Transcend Services counts some 250 hospitals, clinics, and physician group practices among its customers.

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