Melissa Spinks

Quintiles Transnational Corp. provides biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services. It offers product development and integrated healthcare services, including commercial and observational solutions. The company was founded by Dennis B. Gillings and Gary Koch in September 1990 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of TELUS Corp., Oacis Healthcare Holdings Corp. provides flexible, open architecture, clinical information systems. The company is based in Greenbrae, CA.

Ingram Entertainment, Inc. distributes home entertainment products and videos. The firm's products include prerecorded videocassettes, electronics, video game hardware and software, DVD hardware and software, multimedia, audio books, accessories, and used prerecorded videocassettes. It also provides merchandising, publication, and Internet retailer support services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in La Vergne, TN.

Health Dialog Services Corp. provides care management, disease management and analytic services. The firm helps physician groups, health plans and self-insured employers improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. The firm's services include analytic services and telephonic and other care management support for individuals. It helps individuals become more actively engaged in their healthcare and have more effective relationships with their physicians. The company was founded by George Bennett and Chris McKown in 1997 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

MAKO Surgical Corp. is a medical device company, which develops and markets advanced robotic arm solution, joint specific applications for the knee, hip and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures. It also provides RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system, including a tactile robotic arm utilizing an integrated bone cutting instrument and a patient specific visualization component. The company was founded by Maurice R. Ferre and Rony A. Abovitz in November 2004 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Sermo, Inc. operates as an online physician community. It helps physicians to collect medical data from its web-based platform which helps them to discover emerging trends and provides new insights into medications, devices, and treatments. The company was founded by Daniel Palestrant and Gina Ashe in September 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The American Hospital Association owns and operates hospitals. Its services include patient care, conducting research and development projects on the structuring and delivery of health care services, and providing educational programs and opportunities. The company was founded in September 1899 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of S&P Global, Inc., Healthcare Informatics is a publisher of healthcare magazine. Healthcare Informatics was acquired by S&P Global, Inc. from WiesnerMedia LLC on September 11, 1996.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

CHA HMO, Inc. provides health insurance products & related services and integrated healthcare delivery network. Its programs include Health Heart, Smoking Cessation, Migraine Management, Nurse411 and Prescription. The firm was founded in 1991 and is located in Lexington, KY.

Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc. provides health care services in Maryland. Its services include asthma, acute care, alcohol and drug addiction treatment, blood donor, brain, breast, cancer care, cardiac care, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, clinical trials, diabetes, diagnostics, emergency care, and facial pain. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Scorpion Capital Partners LP, an SBIC fund, seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies located in the US. The fund targets companies across a broad range of sectors with revenues between $5 - $250 million and EBITDA of $25 million. It provides equity financing for MBOs, corporate divestures, going-private transactions, recapitalization, later-stage growth capital, distressed and private investments in public entities (PIPE). It acquires both controlling as well as minority interests, with an investment size of $2 - $8 million and also provides larger amounts through co-investments.

Part of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Health Care Council operates as an association of health care industry leaders. The company is based in Nashville, TN. The company was founded by Philip M. Hertik.

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital operates as a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It offers care for cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes and spine. The company is headquartered in Needham, MA.

SHVMS, LLC (Sante Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Joe Hal Cunningham, Kevin Myles Lalande and Doug Dewitt French. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Life Technologies Clinical Services Lab, Inc. offers clinically guided personal genetic testing services for customers. The firm develops and commercializes genetics-based products and services to enhance individual health and wellness; and educates and empowers individuals and their physicians by providing personalized genetic insights about disease risk and medication response to catalyze behavior change and inform clinical decision-making. The company was founded by David B. Agus and Dietrich A. Stephan in 2006 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Informatics Corp. of America, Inc. provides strategic interoperability and intelligent care coordination solutions. The firm delivers a flexible architecture to connect, collect, consume and intelligently distribute patient information through standard data transport protocols. The company was founded by Gary M. Zegiestowsky in 2005 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

WebMD has created an organization that they believe fulfills the promise of health information on the Internet. They provide credible information, supportive communities, and in-depth reference material about health subjects that matter to you. The company is a source for original and timely health information as well as material from well known content providers. Its board-certified physicians, award-winning journalists, and trained community moderators are solely dedicated to your daily information experience on WebMD. Its content staff includes individuals who hold advanced degrees in journalism, medical illustration, health communications, clinical informatics, nursing, and medicine. Most of them at WebMD Health have spent its entire careers dedicated to helping people find the health and medical information, support, and services they need-even before there was an Internet! They are dedicated to providing quality health information and to upholding the integrity of its editorial process. As serious as they are about credibility, they also know that at times, health information can and should be engaging, exciting, and entertaining. They pride themselves in knowing its audience's needs and delivering the most appropriate experience. They know that there is a difference between using a health site for health 'performance' issues (e.g., flat abs) vs. health research needs (e.g., 'What is type 2 diabetes?') vs. community support (e.g., 'Does anyone else feel like me?') vs. e-commerce. The company mission is to fulfill all these needs in the most appropriate ways possible.

IBM Corp. Pty Ltd. provides IT services.

Vigilant Biosciences, Inc. engages in the innovation and development of solutions that aid in the early detection and intervention of cancer. It offers an oral cancer screening kit that include point-of-care product. The firm's products include OncAlert Oral Cancer RAPID Test and OncAlert Oral Cancer LAB Test. The company was founded by Matthew H. J. Kim and Elizabeth Franzmann in 2011 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Financial Institution Services LLC is an American company that provides financial advisory services. David Shink CFP is a financial advisor who works for the private company.

Relevance Capital Management LLC (Relevance Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Cameron Newton. The firm is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Epiphany Health Ventures LLC (Epiphany Health Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by John Byrnes, Harry Jacobson. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.