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Established in 1993, Forward Advantage is a business management consultancy firm that offers third-party technology solutions for the health care industry. It partners with Medical Information Technology to develop Data Express, a software program that provides clinical data to physicians electronic medical record applications. The firm s medical device integration services include data management solutions for the health care information system. Forward Advantage provides Communication Director, which offers faxing, remote printing, file transfer and paging solutions. It organizes volleyball tournaments for its employees. The firm partners with Sunquest Information Systems, Ensure Technologies, Fair Warning and Capsule. Its clients include the Dorminy Medical Center, Northfield Hospital and Southcoast Hospitals Group. Forward Advantage is located in Fresno, Calif.

Established in 1984, California's Valued Trust, also known as CVT, specializes in providing health care benefit plans for the education sector. It conducts wellness programs that focus on topics related to weight and stress, physical activities, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking cessation, nutrition and back care. The trust also offers assistance with marriage counseling, family problems, alcohol and drug dependency and anxiety issues. California's Valued Trust additionally administers a disease management program that includes information on various body problems, such as diabetes, depression, hypertension, musculoskeletal chronic pain and headache. The trust serves more than serving 190 school districts throughout California. California's Valued Trust is located in Fresno, Calif.