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Health Care Trade Mission VII
Stockholm, Sweden, & Berlin, Germany
September 7-12, 2008
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Since 1999, the Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce have organized Health Care Trade Missions to European capitals. Approximately 30 senior-level executives from Nashville and elsewhere in the United States have participated in each mission.
Previous missions have taken place in London & Cologne (1999); Paris & Madrid (2000); Brussels, Milan & Rome (2002); London & Amsterdam (2003); Budapest & Prague (2004); and Warsaw & Vienna (2006).
Trade Mission goals:
Gain a better understanding of the health care systems in the countries visited
Meet with key public and private sector officials and entrepreneurs to establish ongoing relationships and dialogue on common challenges, sharing knowledge and experience of health-care-related issues
Seek mutually profitable business relationships
Showcase Nashville’s health care industry
Industry segments represented:
Nashville is home to a vibrant health care industry, with more than 290 health care companies operating on a national or international basis, and is widely recognized as the health care industry capital of the United States. Health care industry segments represented on trade missions typically include:
Health care services, such as hospital management, medical teaching and research, ambulatory/outpatient care, and assisted living
Health insurance and managed care (e.g., disease management)
Health information technology, including Internet and e-health companies
Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, and clinical research
Professional services groups that support the health care industry, including venture capital, legal, accounting, architecture, and investment banking
Meetings and briefings:
Trade Mission activities typically include meetings with:
Top public sector health care policy officials and elected representatives
Key economic leaders and health care industry analysts
United States ambassadors, commercial service and other in-country U.S. officials
Key industry leaders from major hospital groups, insurance groups and health care trade associations
Organizations that have participated in at least one Health Care Trade Mission:
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AIM Healthcare
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MEDSTAT
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Aspect Medical Systems
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Metropolitan Hospital Authority
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
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Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
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Bass, Berry & Sims
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Nashville Health Care Council
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Baxter Health Care Corporation
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OrthoNet LLC
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Capitol Health Partners L.P.
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Paradigm Health
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Cardiovascular Services of America
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Pharmaceutical Credit Corporation
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Cerner Corporation
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Premier Micronutrient Corporation
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CFP Group, LLC
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Round Table Health Care Partners
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Data Management & Research, Inc.
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Saint Catherine Healthcare, LLC
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Saint Thomas Health Services
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Deloitte Consulting
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Smiths Medical
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Deutsche Bank Securities
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Specialty Health, LLC
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Earl Swensson & Associates
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State of Tennessee
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GE Medical Systems
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Tennessee Biotechnology Association
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Gresham Smith & Partners
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U.S. Department of Commerce
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HCA Inc.
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United Surgical Partners International
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HCCA International
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US Bank
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Healthways
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Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
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Interior Design Services Inc.
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Vanderbilt University Technology Co.
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KPMG
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Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
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Kraft Search Associates, LLC
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Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
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LifePoint Hospitals Inc.
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Zycron Inc.
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Marsh
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MDS Laboratories Inc.
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