Just for the record, Nashville is a national center for health care related industries.....From something called the
Health Care Council...
Quote:
Nashville is home to a diverse health care cluster with leaders in a number of industry niches that impact the health care landscape locally, nationally and internationally.
>The Nashville health care industry contributes an overall economic benefit of $38.8 billion and more than 250,000 jobs to the local economy annually.
Globally, Nashville’s health care industry generates more than $84 billion in revenue and more than 500,000 jobs.
>Nearly 400 health care companies have operations in Nashville and work on a multistate, national or international basis. Nashville is also home to more than 400 professional service firms (e.g., accounting, architecture, finance, legal) that provide expertise in the health care industry.
>Eighteen publicly traded health care companies are located in Nashville. HCA’s 2011 return to Wall Street marked the largest-ever U.S. private equity-backed public offering.
>A survey of Nashville Health Care Council member CEOs shows great confidence in the Nashville market; 95 percent indicated that a Nashville headquarters location is important to their company’s positive performance.
>More than $1.6 billion in venture capital was invested in Nashville health care companies from 2005-2015.
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Nashville is to Health Care what Detroit is to automobiles or San Jose is to computers.
Some recent health care industry building news;
Just trying to set the record straight on Nashville's national importance in the healthcare industry. (It is HUGE!)