DexCom, Inc., a medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes, and for use by healthcare providers in the hospital for the treatment of both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. The company offers FDA approved SEVEN, which includes a disposable sensor that can be inserted by a patient and used continuously for up to seven days; a transmitter; and a small handheld receiver. Its SEVEN system also received CE Mark approval for commercialization in the European Union and the countries in Asia and Latin America that recognize the CE Mark. DexCom, Inc. also provides the SEVEN PLUS, which incorporates additional user interface and algorithm enhancements that are intended to make its glucose monitoring function customizable. Its SEVEN PLUS has FDA and CE Mark approvals. DexCom has a collaboration agreement with Edwards Lifesciences LLC to develop products for continuously monitoring blood glucose levels in patients hospitalized for various conditions. It also has development agreement with Insulet Corporation to integrate its continuous glucose monitoring technology into Insulet’s wireless, handheld OmniPod System Personal Diabetes Manager; and a joint development agreement with Animas Corporation to integrate its continuous glucose monitoring technology into Animas insulin pumps. DexCom, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) leads the way in cancer research and treatment. The center includes the 430-bed Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, providing pediatric and adult cancer care, and the Sloan-Kettering Institute for cancer research activities. Memorial Hospital specializes in bone-marrow transplants, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and it offers programs in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, research, and education. The Sloan-Kettering Institute conducts medical and clinical laboratory research on cancer genetics and therapeutics. MSKCC offers outpatient services from several Manhattan, Long Island, and New Jersey clinic locations.

Marin General Hospital opened in May 1952 in Greenbrae, CA, and is the largest acute care hospital in Marin County. It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. MGH provides primary and secondary levels of care in addition to the Marin Cancer Institute and the Haynes Cardiovascular Institute. Services include a Level III Trauma Center and a full complement of acute care and ancillary services such as neonatal intensive care, pediatrics, a family birth center, adult psychiatric units, and cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratories.

United Healthcare of Alabama, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, provides health insurance products and related services for customers in Alabama. It also provides Medicare and Medicare Advantage coverage to customers in Jefferson and Shelby Counties through its SecureHorizons program. United Healthcare of Alabama provides coverage to groups of all sizes (2 to 5,000 or more), as well as individuals and families. Health plans range from your basic HMO and PPO options to short-term coverage and Health Savings Accounts. The company's products are marketed through direct sales representatives and independent brokers.

St. David's South Austin Medical Center provides health services in the hippest part of the "Live Music Capital of the World." Established in 1982, the acute-care hospital has more than 250 beds. St. David's South Austin Medical Center (formerly known as South Austin Hospital) has a cardiovascular center, an emergency department, an obstetrics unit, and an outpatient surgery center, along with services in diabetes education, diagnostics, oncology, and rehabilitation, among other offerings. It also operates outpatient facilities in the nearby communities. Founded in 1982, the medical center is part of St. David's Health Care System in partnership with nationwide hospital operator HCA.

Lewistown may have been named after a Quaker, but Lewistown Hospital has no qualms about using the latest technology to care for its patients. The acute-care, rural hospital has a great dependency on its small physician staff, causing it to be particularly vulnerable to physician turnover. As a result, the hospital included an aggressive physician recruitment plan in its 2007-2011 business plan which includes making the latest health information technology available to new recruits. Family Health Associates, the hospital's affiliated group of 21 physicians, offer a range of specialties from pediatrics to pulmonary medicine to the 80,000 residents of Mifflin and Juniata counties.

VITAS Healthcare is a vital provider of hospice services in the US. The firm, a subsidiary of Chemed, is a top national provider, serving patients through some 45 programs in 15 states and Washington, DC. VITAS Healthcare Corporation cares for terminally ill patients primarily in their homes, but also at its own inpatient hospice facilities and in nursing homes and hospitals. Its services -- provided by teams of nurses, doctors, aides, and social workers -- focus on managing pain and symptoms, providing personal care, helping with financial arrangements, handling equipment and medications, and offering emotional and spiritual support. VITAS Healthcare Corporation also provides bereavement services and grief counseling to patients' families.

SheerVision has a clear vision of a future in the medical instruments industry.SheerVision company, formerly Clean Water Technologies, makes surgical loupes and light systems used by dentists, doctors, and vets. Through a reverse merger, Clean Water Technologies acquired SheerVision in 2006; the SheerVision operations became the company's only business after the deal. Prior to the SheerVision combination, the company had no products or services, although it held the license to a technology related to removing arsenic from water. (The license was sold to the former company officers in the reverse merger.) SheerVision distributes its products in the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Oneida is here to make you feel alright-a! Oneida Healthcare Center (OHC) is comprised of a more than 100-bed acute care community hospital, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility, and various primary care and specialty health care centers which serve residents from about two dozen communities in north central New York's Madison and western Oneida counties. OHC also operates a maternity and pediatric clinic, as well as a rehabilitation and wellness center.Oneida health system has roots that go back to 1896 when a citizen-donated bathhouse was established as a make-shift hospital.

Abbott Diabetes Care cares about diabetics. The unit of Abbott Labs makes glucose monitoring equipment and supplies for use by diabetics at home or by medical professionals in hospitals and other care facilities throughout the US in retail stores and online. Its monitoring systems are sold under the FreeStyle and Precision Xtra brands. Its diabetes data management systems are sold under the CoPilot and Precision Link brands and are designed to be used in conjunction with its monitoring systems. The company also offers insulin pumps including its CoZmonitor which is a combination of insulin pump and blood glucose monitoring system.

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