Lawrence & Memorial Hospital connects Connecticut residents with health care, no matter if they're near the Rhode Island border or enjoying the Connecticut River. The not-for-profit hospital, founded in 1912, provides services to a ten-town region on the Connecticut shoreline and neighboring areas in the Northeast. Lawrence & Memorial has 280 beds and provides general acute care, including medical, surgical, rehabilitative, pediatric, psychiatric, and obstetrical services. Its facilities boast a cardiac catheterization lab, a cancer center, a sleep disorder unit, and a neonatal ICU. The hospital also runs a handful of community physician practices and specialty clinics.

BioHorizons manufactures and sells dental implants, or individual screw-in teeth, as an alternative to conventional dentures. The company also sells soft tissue regeneration products, called biologics, to help the gums grow back around the implant. For oral surgeons, BioHorizons offers tools and specialty instruments (including those by Hu-Friedy), as well as a software program, Virtual Implant Placement (VIP), to map treatment procedures. BioHorizons sells its products in more than 80 countries; one-third of sales come from outside the US. It's owned by private equity firm HealthpointCapital, but BioHorizons filed to go public in mid-2010.

LifeBridge Health links ailing patients to care and healing. Serving the Baltimore region, the not-for-profit company operates two acute-care hospitals, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Northwest Hospital, with specialties including oncology, neurology, pediatrics, and sports medicine. The LifeBridge Health network also provides long-term care at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital (nursing, subacute, and adult day care services) and the Courtland Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (formerly the Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home). The health system has some 1,200 beds total. Other operations include general physician practices and fitness centers.

SafeGuard Health Enterprises offers US employers a variety of dental- and vision-care benefit programs. It provides dental benefits to about 1.8 million members through a network of thousands of dentists nationwide. Employers can choose from its dental HMO, PPO, or standard indemnity plans. SafeGuard Health Enterprises company also offers dental administration services to self-insured employers, vision insurance plans, and employee assistance programs. It's primary operations are in California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. MetLife acquired SafeGuard Health Enterprises in 2008; SafeGuard operates as a subsidiary under MetLife's Dental Product Management division.

West Penn Allegheny Health System makes wellness a priority for Steel Town residents. The health system, which operates with nearly 2,000 beds, is a network of affiliated hospitals serving the greater Pittsburgh area, including Allegheny General Hospital, Alle-Kiski Medical Center, Canonsburg General Hospital, and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. Among its specialty services are cancer treatment, emergency medicine, and orthopedics. The system's clinical campuses are affiliated with Drexel University and Temple University. West Penn Allegheny Health System admits more than 79,000 patients and handles 200,000 emergency visits each year. The system also helps to deliver more than 4,000 newborns annually.

Hays Medical Center brings big city health care to rural Kansas. The not-for-profit hospital, which has about 200 beds, provides both acute and tertiary medical care to the Midwestern plains. In addition to medical, surgical, and pediatric care, Hays Medical Center offers home care, hospice, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and behavioral health services, along with centers for cardiac care (the DeBakey Heart Institute) and cancer treatment (the Dreiling/Schmidt Cancer Center). The organization also operates specialty and rural health clinics. Hays Medical Center grows through selective acquisitions, such as its buys of Hays Orthopaedic Clinic and, in 2010, a physician practice focused on breast health.

BEST Life and Health Insurance really says it all with its name. BEST Life and Health Insurance company specializes in employer-sponsored group insurance and employee benefits. The insurer, which primarily serves customers in the western and midwestern US, provides products including life, medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance. Through affiliated companies (Best Health Plans and Best Re), BEST Life and Health Insurance company provides group health plans, benefits plan administration, and employer medical stop-loss insurance. Founded as Westgate Life Insurance Company in 1962, BEST Life and Health Insurance is licensed in nearly 40 states.

Saint John's offers residents of Madison County the full gamut of health care services through its acute-care hospital, numerous outpatient facilities, and affiliated physician offices. The health system was founded in 1894 by John Hickey, who donated his house to the Sisters of the Holy Cross for a hospital. Saint John's was acquired by St. Vincent Health -- a 17-hospital system -- in 2003.

The Lytles founded Leisure Care in 1976 and still own most of its real estate. Leisure Care provides upscale independent and assisted-living rental housing to people age 62 or older. Leisure Care takes the leisure part of its name seriously, offering residents access to vacation tour packages through its Twist Travel unit and full-services concierge and valet services at its more than 40 communities throughout the western US and Canada. President and CEO Dan Madsen bought Leisure Care, LLC from Chuck and Karen Lytle, its original owners, in 2003.

As important as the blood running through your veins is the oxygen it carries. Masimo knows that and makes tools that monitor arterial blood-oxygen saturation levels and pulse rates in patients. The company's product range, which is based on Signal Extraction Technology (SET), offers pulse oximeters in both handheld and stand-alone (bedside) form. Product benefits include the provision of real-time information and elimination of signal interference, such as patient movements. The company primarily markets its products globally through direct-sales representatives and distributors. It also licenses SET-based products to dozens of medical equipment manufacturers, including CareFusion, Medtronic, and Welch Allyn.

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