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Infrastructure key to growing health IT sector

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Jul 8, 2016, 3:17pm EDT Updated: Jul 8, 2816,4:49pm EDT

Georgia has been crowned the health-care lT

capital of the nation and North Fulton is the place

to go to see this industry at work. lt offers both the

infrastructure that high tech companies need, as

well as the quality of life features that employs

crave.

"The combination is right in North Fulton," said

Elizabeth Warland, a business consultant who

serves as chairperson health & wellness committee J.ANNVTTELLI

Sandrine Sauvaoe-Mack. CEO of LV Health

of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of

Commerce.

Solutions Inc., finds the level and quality of service

for startups or small businesses higher in North

Fulton.

There's more than a 1,000 tech companies in the

area and many of them are in the fast growing health lT section. These range from older

corporate giants such as McKesson to new startups angling to launch innovative

products. Alpharetta alone is home to more than a quarter of metro Atlanta's top 25

technology employers.

The attractions for companies include a rich stock of class A office and amenities that

executives find attractive such as upper end housing, quality schools and high-end retail

such as Avalon, a mixed-use development. lt's also diverse, providing more affordable

housipg for up and coming techies and a variety of walkable downtowns for the

millerlnials crowd.

North Fulton offers the type of infrastructure that companies need to operate. These

include an extensive fiber network and a large number of data centers throughout the

region to provide the computing power and storage they need.

"On top of that, businesses have access to funding," said Warland. There's access to

mentors if you're a small business, or a startup in particular."

The dense community of companies has also produced a deep pool of talent ranging

from coders and system architects to sales professionals and seasoned managers. That

stock is also constantly being replenished by the students coming out of highly regarded

universities such as Georgia Tech and from an array of technical colleges geared to

training workers for the sector.

"There is quite a lot of talent and broad skill sets in this area and they like the affordability

and the livability of North Fulton," said Warland. "The talent is here, the experience is here

and the infrastructure is here."

Small companies can also count on more ready access to help in growing their

businesses. The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce offers a variety of groups

and meetings to facilitate networking among tech entrepreneurs and business people.

The Alpharetta Technology Commission's lnnovation Center supports innovation and

entrepreneurship by offering office space and access to support services and advice from

business experts.

"When it comes to startup or small companies, the level and the quality of service that

you're being given in the area is extremely high compared to the metro Atlanta," said

Sandrine Sauvage-Mack, CEO of LV Health Solutions Inc., who worked in Buckhead prior

to moving out to North Fulton. ln the city, there is simply more competition for both

attention and services from support agencies and chambers.

LV Health Solutions provides solutions to facilitate care coordination for the aging

population. lts EMA-Care platform streamlines the exchange of information, tracks help

and services rendered, and coordinates the actions of professionals and caregivers by

using proprietary algorithms.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions found a home in North Fulton with the acquisition of Alpharetta-

based data solutions company ChoicePoint. The company provides products and

services that address evolving client needs in the risk sector by performs tasks such as

verifying patient identification and eligibility for insurance and assistance programs, as

well as access to health-care benefits.

"We had a base here and we started to build out the health-care business," said A.T.

Gimbel, senior director, health care product management at LexisNexis Risk Solutions."One of the exciting things was the amount of talent and health-care lT knowledge in this

area. lt's a good space to start our health-care expertise."