Nashville is poised to emerge as a national leader in the area of health care information technology but needs to harness its existing expertise to build its reputation as a technology epicenter.
A new report by Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program outlines the city’s strengths and weaknesses in establishing itself as an epicenter of health care information technology, or HIT. The city’s pool of software engineers is thin compared to other cities its size and that it competes with in health care and the link between universities and the private sector need to be bolstered, according to the report.
“We really think Nashville needs to be put on the map for health IT,” said Scott Andes, lead author of Brookings’ “From health care capital to innovation hub: Positioning Nashville as a leader in health IT.” For the full article click here
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