Ellis Hospital serves the residents of New York's capital area. Its main hospital facility with some 380 beds provides services including diagnostic, primary, emergency, surgical, and rehabilitative care. The hospital is also home to centers of excellence in the treatment of and care for heart and cardiovascular ailments, cancer, women's health issues, stroke-related problems, and behavioral health concerns. The hospital also operates the Ellis Center (a more than 80-bed nursing home), the Bellvue Woman's Center, and the satellite outpatient clinic Ellis Health Center. Ellis Hospital operates academic programs to prepare students for careers in health care and nursing.

Sisters opened a private hospital, establishing the foundation for what would eventually be the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS). Today, the not-for-profit health care organization operates nine hospitals and four clinics throughout California, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana, with a total of more than 2,000 beds. Its facilities include acute care, extended care, and rehabilitation services. True to its name, the organization's facilities continue to provide health services to low-income and uninsured people.

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.

The SmartPill is a medical device development company that thinks small. Really small. A patient swallows a SmartPill capsule-based device which then tracks its progression through the digestive tract, including location, pressure, and the time it takes to pass through the intestines. Data measurements are transmitted via radio frequency and recorded by an external receiver for several days. Designed as a less invasive alternative to endoscopic methods that often require anesthesia, the SmartPill can help physicians diagnose and treat gastrointestinal disorders on an outpatient basis.

Baptist Hospital of Miami, the flagship facility of the Baptist Health South Florida health system, provides residents of the city with a full range of health care services, including pediatric, cancer, home health, rehabilitation, and cardiovascular care. The hospital has more than 550 beds and offers a sleep diagnostic center, a pediatric emergency room, and a neonatal intensive care unit. Its emergency center treats more than 75,000 patients each year. The hospital also offers wellness programs in areas such as women's health, diabetes, and heart disease. Baptist Hospital of Miami was founded in 1960.

KInetic Concepts,Inc "therapeutic surfaces" (commonly known as hospital beds and specialized mattresses) treat and prevent complications associated with patient immobility, such as pressure sores and buildup of fluid in the lungs. The company also makes vacuum-assisted wound care systems and critical care therapy systems, which rotate immobilized patients to reduce the incidence of pulmonary complications and pressure sores. Its LifeCell business develops tissue regeneration products used in surgical procedures. Customers include acute and long-term care facilities, home health agencies, wound care clinics, and individuals in the US and abroad.

American Medical Alert Corp (AMAC) provides health care communication and monitoring services. The company's Health Safety and Monitoring Services (HSMS) unit markets remote patient monitoring systems, including personal emergency response systems, health management and medication management systems, and safety monitoring systems. Its Telephony Based Communication Services (TBCS) unit provides telephone answering services and operates clinical trial recruitment call centers. Products are sold to consumers as well as health care facilities, such as home care, hospice, pharmacy, managed care, and other health care organizations.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon has the operating room all sewn up. The company's Ethicon Products division is a leading maker of sutures and wound-closure products, including sutures, Dermabond skin glue, surgical mesh products, and wound drains. Another division, Ethicon Biosurgery, provides a line of absorbable hemostats and other products that help control bleeding during surgery, while its Biopatch product offers infection-resistant wound dressings. Ethicon Women's Health and Urology makes surgical grafts, devices, and equipment under the Gynecare brand. Through its Mentor unit, Ethicon also makes a line of sutures, breast implants, and other plastic surgery products.

LaserSight has an eye for vision care. The company's LaserSight Technologies subsidiary makes excimer lasers, which surgically correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. LaserSight's LaserScan LSX system is approved by the FDA for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) vision correction procedures. The company also sells ophthalmic equipment including forceps, scissors, and needle holders. Subsidiary TechnicaLaser sells laser products for industrial, laboratory, and other applications. LaserSight has facilities in China and the US and markets its products in more than 30 countries worldwide.

GN ReSound, a subsidiary of GN Store Nord, offers a range of digital and non-digital hearing instruments under the ReSound, Beltone, and Interton brands. Its products are programmed to adjust to the acoustic environment and the client's range of hearing. Its GN Otometrics unit sells audiological diagnostic systems and measurement equipment under the Aurical, Hortmann, ICS, and Madsen brand names. GN ReSound operates in more than 80 countries in North and South America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region.

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