Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Our products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Our comprehensive line of products encircles life itself - addressing important health needs from infancy to the golden years. Abbott has sales, manufacturing, research and development, and distribution facilities around the world, close to where our customers need us to be. We are recognized for our global reach and our ability to serve our customers around the world. www.abbott.com

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help its customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, GE Healthcare partners with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems. GE's "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company. Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. www.gehealthcare.com

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Health Dialog is a leading provider of healthcare analytics and decision support. The firm is a private, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa, a global provider of healthcare services. Health Dialog helps healthcare payors improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. Company offerings include health coaching for medical decisions, chronic conditions, and wellness; population analytic solutions; and consulting services. Health Dialog helps individuals participate in their own healthcare decisions, develop more effective relationships with their physicians, and live healthier, happier lives. For more information please visit www.healthdialog.com.

Healthways has 35 million participants in its programs around the world. Each country where we operate has a fully localized complement of solutions provided for clients who are typically Health Plans and Governments. Our solutions include fully implemented and managed chronic disease and wellness programs as well as licensing agreements.

Marsh is the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor. Its HealthCare Practice comprises over 550 colleagues globally, serving a range of medical groups and organisations. Along with Guy Carpenter, Mercer, Kroll and Oliver Wyman, Marsh is unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), the global professional services firm.

For more than a decade, Orange has gained substantial experience in providing integrated and customer centred technology solutions for health professionals, health providers and patients. This has been done through close collaboration with health professionals and providers - ensuring that the technology brings improved quality and efficiency for all. In 2007 Orange signalled its commitment to the health sector with the creation of Orange Healthcare, its new Health Division. www.orange.com/healthcare

In 2004 Pfizer Health Solutions established the UK's first care management service for people with Long Term Conditions (LTC). Pfizer Health Solutions has established its position as a leader and an innovator in LTC management, a position that the UK Pfizer Health Solutions (UKPHS) team has consolidated and built upon over the last five years.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the world's leading healthcare professional services organizations providing assurance, advisory and tax services to the Health Industries leaders. PricewaterhouseCoopers works with organizations that represent the healthcare delivery spectrum: integrated delivery systems, hospitals, payers, pharmaceutical and health science companies, ministers and governments, policymakers, and professional associations. www.pwc.com/globalhealthcare

UnitedHealth International, the global arm of UnitedHealth Group, provides global health benefits plans, expatriate insurance coverage, and global networks for multinational companies. Additionally, we offer access to UnitedHealth's US provider network and care management services for non-US companies that have insurable health risks in the US. www.uhgi.com

Verisk Health leverages healthcare data to help businesses and governments understand their medical and financial risk for managing costs and clinical outcomes more effectively. Through the combination of leading predictive science, the finest evidence-based clinical engine, and superior technology, we have created the most extensive independent risk-assessment and decision-analytics platform in the healthcare industry. www.veriskhealth.com