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Orthopedic PACS Company Medstrat to Join U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on Mexican Trade Mission
CHICAGO --(Business Wire)--
Medstrat, a leading specialty Orthopedics PACS company, today announced
that it will join U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on a trade
mission to Mexico from February 3-7. Comprised of 17 companies including
the world's most notable corporations, the trade delegation will focus
on promoting U.S. exports across several business sectors including
Health IT and medical devices. It will make stops in Mexico City and
Monterrey.
Medstrat President and CEO Mike Cowden said, "We are very pleased and
honored to have been selected to participate in the U.S. Department of
Commerce trade mission lead by Secretary Pritzker. This kind of advocacy
is important to our country and our business. We see the mission as a
great opportunity for Medstrat to explore expanding our business beyond
our borders."
Medstrat PACS software is being used across the Unied States to improve
efficiency and outcomes in orthopedics and the company sees a
significant need for its products and services abroad.
Jim Weldy, VP of Business Development at Medstrat stated, "We are eager
to expand our reach into other countries with our digital templating
solution which will bring efficiencies to any orthopedic practices
regardless of geography, and we see many opportunities throughout Latin
America." During the trade mission Medstrat will meet with companies,
health care providers and Mexican government health care officials to
discuss ways to effectively leverage technology to benefit the patients,
surgeons and economy in Mexico.
According to Secretary Pritzker, "Ninety-five percent of customers
worldwide live outside U.S. borders, and that is why promoting exports
is essential to economic growth and job creation."
U.S. Department of Commerce reports that bilateral trade between the
United States and Mexico was almost half a trillion dollars in 2012, and
the United States exports more to Mexico than to all of Brazil, Russia,
India and China combined.
About Medstrat
Founded in 1996 and based in the nation's premier health care innovation
hub in Chicago, Medstrat created the orthopedics industry's first PACS
system to address the unique needs of orthopedic surgeons and their
practices, and today remains the only company to focus 100% of its
business on orthopedics. Medstrat has helped bring operational
efficiency and cost savings to hundreds of orthopedics practices across
the United States with its highly regarded echoes PACS and other
proprietary systems.
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