New tenants sign on for Nashville Medical Trade Center

NASHVILLE – The downtown Nashville Medical Trade Center on Friday announced a slate of health information technology companies as tenants.

The Nashville Medical Trade Center is a healthcare marketplace that features permanent showrooms, temporary exhibition space and education and training facilities.

According to the Dallas-based Market Center Management Company, the trade center has secured lease commitments from firms including:

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), which will showcase interoperability technology that enables health information exchange and will be located in the HIT neighborhoodThe SSI Group (SSI), also located in the HIT neighborhood, will promote its claims management technologyV Alexander will showcase supply chain management tools, such as transportation, customs, compliance, documentation and security, on the services floor.Remind America, a HIPAA-compliant physician reminder service, will also join the services floor and will present customized services geared toward physician practices.Humanscale, will join the furniture neighborhood and offer ergonomic work tools that support healthcare-specific technology.ergoCentric will present a specialized line of medical grade seating, healtHcentric, also in the furniture neighborhood.

"As we move forward on several fronts, this new stage of the project will place an even greater emphasis on innovation and the leading edge of patient care that will draw the industry to Nashville," said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of Market Center Management Company. "At the same time, we continue work with the first major exhibitor in the trade center, the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), to advance our shared vision of a year-round marketplace of ideas, education and innovation. HIMSS has served as a catalyst for attracting a number of important companies to the project."

"HIMSS will serve as the hub of information technology on the top floor of the trade center where we will host technical demonstrations, conferences, workshops and customer demos," said Sandra L. Vance, director of global interoperability showcases for HIMSS. "In addition, HIMSS expects to host more than 100 companies inside an interactive exhibit exploring clinical information systems and infrastructure that provides optimum interoperability."

"We began this project in the midst of uncertainty about the economy and questions about the viability of a global marketplace for healthcare," said Bill Winsor, president and CEO of Market Center Management Company. "But companies have had the time to recognize the cost benefits and business opportunities of a center of innovation attracting visitors from around the world. As the economy continues to warm up we will add a significant number of new companies and organizations as well as announce companies with existing leases."