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Leadership Health Care Returns from 10th Anniversary Delegation as U.S. Supreme Court Convenes Historic Hearings

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council

In the midst of the presidential election season, budget sequestration and the anticipation surrounding the Supreme Court’s review of key components of the health care reform law, 100 emerging health care industry leaders last week heard the latest health care policy updates from policymakers in Washington, D.C.

Leadership Health Care (LHC) delegates from ...

How Does Consumer Spending Affect Your Business?

Guest post by Milton Milam, senior vice president, Associated Wholesale Grocers

I followed my dad into the grocery industry. Like everyone else who lived through the Great Depression, he was hugely impacted by it. From the time I was a little boy, he would often tell me, “Son, no matter what happens, people will always have to eat.”

Of course, ...

Use Strategic Planning to Build Your Business

Guest post by John Aron, president, the Pasta Shoppe

An experienced, successful and wise investor once told me, “All I’ve ever wished for is an unfair competitive advantage!” For me, this sums up why planning matters.

As technology, competition and the economy make our business environment less stable and less predictable, strategic planning has become even more essential to business ...

Supporting the Next Generation of Nashville's Health Care Leaders

By Judith Byrd, director, Leadership Health Care

This year, Leadership Health Care (LHC) is celebrating 10 years of supporting Nashville’s emerging health care industry leaders through unique networking and development programs. The Nashville Health Care Council, a Chamber affiliate, created LHC in 2002 to cultivate the talent of future health care professionals and prepare them to become the next leaders ...

2011 Health Care Family Tree Showcases Nashville's Largest Industry

By Caroline Young, president, Nashville Health Care Council

You may already know that health care is big in Nashville. But do you know just how big? Here are a few statistics:
  • The health care industry is Nashville’s largest and fastest-growing employer, with an economic impact of $30 billion and more than 200,000 jobs to the local economy.
  • Nashville’s health care ...

Seattle and Nashville: Two Centers of Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Health Care

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council

The Nashville Health Care Council and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce recently traveled to Seattle to capitalize on opportunities for learning and partnerships within Seattle and Nashville’s health care and technology industries.

Bringing together talent from the two cities is an opportunity to expand on the improvements available through health care information technology ...

Recognizing Our Spirit of the Chamber Award Winners

The Spirit of the Chamber Awards are given annually to the members who have volunteered their time, talents and energy toward the Chamber's mission of facilitating community leadership to create economic prosperity. We recognized Spirit of the Chamber winners for the 2010-2011 program year at our Annual Meeting.

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Pam Thomas, Piedmont Natural Gas
Pam Thomas was the 2010-2011 chair ...

'New Geographer' to Provide Insights into Nashville's Economic Future

Noted social demographer and urban historian Joel Kotkin will visit Nashville this Thursday, Oct. 6, to speak at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting. Kotkin has been one of the nation's most prolific and widely published journalists for more than three decades. He currently writes the weekly “New Geographer” column for Forbes.com, in which Nashville has received recent accolades that include "The ...

Wall Street Executives Share Financial Insight with Nashville's Up-and-Coming Health Care Industry Leaders

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council & Nashville Post

Last week, the Delegation to Wall Street hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council's Leadership Health Care (LHC) initiative included two days of briefings with top financial executives involved in shaping the nation's health care finance industry. Delegates heard from investment bankers, analysts, private equity investors and other key players ...

Leadership Health Care Returns to Wall Street

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council

Health care is Nashville’s largest industry, with a global impact of more than 400,000 jobs and more than $70 billion in revenue annually. Nashville is home to an unrivaled cluster of 18 publicly traded health care companies, among the more than 250 health care companies that have operations here and work on a ...
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