Doylestown Hospital is owned by the local women's civic organization Village Improvement Association. Founded in 1923, the hospital serves Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) and Hunterdon and Mercer counties in neighboring New Jersey. With some 210 beds, Doylestown Hospital provides a variety of acute and tertiary medical services. Specialties include cardiac surgery, cancer care (as part of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Network), and orthopedics. Affiliated with the hospital are Pine Run Health Care Center, a long-term care facility, and Pine Run Lakeview, an assisted-living center.

ICON plc, a contract research organization, provides outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries primarily in the United States, Ireland, and rest of Europe. It specializes in strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support clinical development from compound selection to Phase I to IV clinical studies.

Links Medical Products Inc, manufactures and markets medical products designed primarily for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. Its primary product is the Silent Knight tablet crushing system for patients who can't take pills. Other products include Hydra-Aid beverage thickeners, Microdot glucose monitoring systems, and Cocoon bed rail systems. It also distributes products from other manufacturers, including DiabetiCare skin cream and Provide liquid nutritional supplements. Links Medical Products was founded in 1995 by CEO Tom Buckley and his son, company president Pat Buckley.

Optos has opted to provide improved imaging tools to eye doctors. The company is a manufacturer of digital diagnostic imaging equipment used by ophthalmologists and other eye care professionals in the detection and management of eye disease. The company's Optomap laser ophthalmoscopes are used by ophthalmologists to perform precision retinal examinations. Its tools are used to detect ailments such as retinal detachments, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma and are marketed to physicians in Europe and North America. Optos was founded in 1992 by executive vice chairman and engineer Douglas Anderson after his son's retinal disorder was overlooked by eye doctors.

Orion HealthCorp's constellation of services aims to relieve doctors of the day-to-day headaches of running a practice. Through its subsidiaries,Orion HealthCorp company handles billing and collections and provides practice management services to physicians. Subsidiary Integrated Physician Solutions manages human resources, IT, and other non-medical operations. Orion's Billing & Collections unit (which comprises several subsidiaries) handles billing, collection, and other back office operations primarily for hospital-based physician groups (such as anesthesiologists and pathologists). The privately-held company was formed in 2004 through a series of mergers and operates throughout the US.

Over the seasons of your life, your needs change. With more than 15,000 people in its care at more than 400 facilities, Four Seasons Health Care is one of the largest care home (nursing home) operators in the UK. The company runs nursing homes with specialized care for dementia, end of life care, and palliative care. Its Huntercombe division operates specialized health care centers which provide services to persons with neurodisabilities, brain injuries, mental health disorders, and addictions. To reduce its debts, Four Seasons Health Care has given its lenders significant equity stakes; Royal Bank of Scotland's stake accounts for some 40% of company shares.

Centra Health is a constellation of hospitals, medical practices, outpatient facilities, and other services targeting the health care needs of residents in central Virginia. At its core are two acute care facilities in Lynchburg: 270-bed Lynchburg General, which is the region's main emergency center and specializes in orthopedic and cardiac care; and Virginia Baptist, a roughly 315-bed facility focusing on cancer treatment, women's and pediatric care, mental health, and rehabilitation. Aside from its acute care operations, Centra owns primary care physicians' practices, a home health care service, nursing homes, and numerous other physical and behavioral health businesses.

Carclo Technical Plastics (CTP), a division of UK plastics injection molding company Carclo, develops and manufactures disposable pharmaceutical and medical devices and other injection-molded components and assemblies made from plastic for the medical, telecom, automotive, electronics, and optics industries. CTP's products include automotive cooling and fastening systems, infusion devices, and inhalation devices; it owns the COIL brand of magnifiers and aids for the visually-impaired. CTP provides such product development services as assembly, design, packaging, and rapid cavity manufacture. Located in southern England, the company markets its products globally.

Aesculapius, the god of medicine, won't be unleashing his wrath on this company anytime soon. Aesculap, Inc. is the US-based unit of Aesculap AG, a leading global supplier of surgical instruments, which itself is a subsidiary of German medical device manufacturer B. Braun Melsungen. The company's products include handheld surgical instruments, implants, and sutures used in neurosurgery, as well as in cardiac, orthopedic, laparoscopic, reconstructive, thoracic, and gynecological surgical procedures. Aesculap, Inc. also makes electrosurgical devices and power systems, and it offers consulting, training, maintenance, and supply chain management services.

Community Health Systems, Inc. provides healthcare services through the operation of hospitals in the United States. The company offers a range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services, including general acute care services, emergency room services, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, and diagnostic services. It also owns or partners with physicians, physician practices, imaging centers, and ambulatory surgery centers. In addition, the company provides management and consulting services to non-affiliated general acute care hospitals. As of December 31, 2009, it owned or leased 122 hospitals with an aggregate of 18,140 licensed beds in non-urban and selected urban markets in 29 states. The company also owned and operated four home care agencies. Community Health Systems, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

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