Aptima, Inc. was founded in 1995 with offices in the Boston, MA area and Washington, DC and is the fastest growing human engineering firm in the US. Aptima specializes in human-centered engineering—the design of systems and interfaces based on an in-depth understanding of how, when, and where they will be used and the underlying cognitive and decision making processes involved.

CIMIT® is a non-profit consortium of world-leading academic and research institutions founded by Partners HealthCare System, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Draper Laboratory. CIMIT's mission is to improve patient care by bringing together scientists, engineers, and clinicians to catalyze development of innovative technology, emphasizing minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy.

KARL STORZ  is an international leader in endoscopic equipment, as well as advanced OR integration technologies that promote knowledge-sharing programs, including telesurgery and telementoring. OR1® is the comprehensive operating room integration solution from KARL STORZ featuring intuitive icon-based controls that give OR teams complete command of system settings and functions. OR1® combines a range of technologies, including the Image 1® FULL HD video imaging system and innovative data management capabilities.

Partners HealthCare was founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Partners is an integrated health care system that offers patients a continuum of coordinated high-quality care. The system includes primary care and specialty physicians, community hospitals, the two founding academic medical centers, specialty facilities, community health centers, and other health-related entities. Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization.

Radianse, Inc. provides hospitals with location-enabled workflow solutions that improve patient flow and resource management. The company’s indoor positioning solutions (IPSs) use active-RFID tags, LAN-ready receivers and Web-based location analysis software to locate medical equipment, patients and staff. Additional software applications extend this integrated view to include beds, ADT, orders, labs and medical equipment, helping hospitals reduce costs, improve efficiencies and safety, and increase satisfaction and revenues.

US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center: The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) is composed of military personnel from all services, along with staff from private industry and academia. TATRC manages a variety of medical projects in many areas of advanced technologies such as teleradiology, medical informatics, telesurgical robotics and mentoring, and teledentisty. It is responsible for prototyping and demonstration of new technologies. Through partnerships with other government agencies and industry, TATRC carries out ongoing market surveillance with an eye toward leveraging investigative technologies in health care.