Pennine Healthcare products may be disposable, but they're anything but dispensable. The company makes sterile, single use medical devices, manufacturing more than 50 million per year at its facilities in Derby. The disposable products are designed for applications in airway management (suction catheters, mucus extractors), gastroenterology (stomach tubes, bile bags), respiratory uses (filters, oxygen therapy), surgical suction (tubes and probes), and urology (various types of catheters). The firm also offers custom procedure packs for surgical procedures. Its products are sold by third-party distributors throughout the UK and in more than 70 countries.

Echo Therapeutics,Inc. develops instruments for transdermal (through the skin) drug delivery and diagnostics. Its devices use gentle abrasion and ultrasound technologies to painlessly extract analytes or introduce drugs without breaking the skin. The firm's proprietary Prelude SkinPrep technology platform is being developed for use in glucose monitoring under the name Symphony. Echo is also developing a system to provide needle-free drug administration of lidocaine and other pharmaceuticals. Echo is also developing Azone, a transdermal technology used for reformulated drugs already on the market.

Wright Medical Group wants to make your knees and hips work all right. The company makes reconstructive implants for knees, hips, and other joints. Product lines include the ADVANCE knee system, CONSERVE and PERFECTA hip systems, the OLYMPIA shoulder and trauma system, and Swanson finger and wrist implants. Wright Medical also makes an injectable putty for bone defects as well as bone graft and tissue substitute materials such as OSTEOSET pellets used to regenerate bone. Wright Medical sells its products in more than 60 countries through distributors and a direct sales force that targets customers in the orthopedic surgery market.

Named among the "Best Hospitals in America" by USNews & World Report for five consecutive years, Clarian Health is the result of a cooperative effort of three downtown Indianapolis hospitals to combine resources, research, staff and administrative procedures for the greater benefit of our patients and the community at large.Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children — all preeminent, state-of-the-art hospitals with long and distinguished histories — united in 1997 under Clarian Health. A private, nonprofit organization, Clarian owns or is affiliated more than 20 hospitals and health centers throughout Indiana and is closely tied to the Indiana University School of Medicine — more than half of the IU School of Medicine's 970 physicians practice, supervise, and teach residents and fellows at one of Clarian's hospitals. In addition, the research conducted through the IU School of Medicine leads to the breakthroughs that make a difference in the lives of Clarian's patients.

Universal Health Services, Inc. owns or leases about two dozen acute care hospitals with more than 6,000 total beds, as well as seven outpatient surgery centers, radiation therapy centers, and surgical hospitals. In addition to these medical facilities, UHS runs about 200 psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals. The company's facilities are located mainly in smaller towns and cities with limited competition, but it does have operations in some larger markets, including Las Vegas, Memphis, and Austin, Texas.

Sorin S.p.A is focused on cardiovascular health and heart care. Its heart valves unit makes Sorin, Carbomedics, Mitroflow, and Biomedica valves and annuloplasty rings. The cardiopulmonary group makes Didedco, Sorin, and Stockert oxygenators, heart-lung, and autotransfusion systems used during surgery, as well as endoscopic vessel harvesting devices. Rhythm management includes Sorin and Ela Medical pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, electrodes, and monitors. Sorin, which was formed in 2004, supplies healthcare providers in 80 countries worldwide.

The 450-bed Glendale Adventist Medical Center, founded in 1905 by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, has more than 500 physicians on its medical staff. Treating the little old lady from Pasadena and other patients throughout the suburbs of sunny Southern California, Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a stalwart community member. Glendale Adventist Medical Center provides a range of specialty services including cancer treatment, cardiology, emergency medicine, neuroscience, home care, psychiatry, rehabilitation, and women's healthcare. The hospital also has its own hour-long television show called "Healthline" that focuses on local health care issues.

RealMed just can't drive 55 when it comes to health care claims processing. RealMed company operates a business-to-business (B2B) services network that supercharges claims processing by linking bill payers to health care providers over the Internet. The network gives customers access to services including patient eligibility verification, transaction tracking, remittance feeds, and revenue cycle management. RealMed provides services to payers (insurance firms) and providers (hospital networks); it has formed partnerships with the likes of CareFirst and Johns Hopkins Medicine. It also has alliances with software and technology companies. RealMed company was acquired by electronic medical records firm Availity in 2010.

Queens-Long Island Medical Group (QLIMG) cures medical ailments in the Queens-Long Island area. A physician-owned practice group boasting some 350 primary and specialty care doctors, QLIMG was established in 1991. The group operates more than 20 medical clinics, as well as urgent care centers, serving residents in New York's Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. It is also affiliated with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System network of acute care and specialty hospitals. QLIMG's physician's specialties include pediatrics, women's health, immunology, cardiology, radiology, rehabilitation, and neurology; the group also has disease management programs for chronically ill patients.

Wyoming Medical Center provides health care services in Wyoming's Natrona County, as well as rural communities across the rest of the state. Founded in 1911, the hospital is Wyoming's largest medical facility, offering more than 60 medical specialties. The nearly 210-bed Wyoming Medical Center also offers an emergency air transport system, trauma care, diagnostic services, and surgical care. It also includes the Heart Center of Wyoming and the Wyoming Neuroscience and Spine Institute, and it has a network of about a dozen community clinics throughout Wyoming. The facility is a community-owned, not-for-profit hospital.

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