Most Nashville residents realize the city is a health care hub — but few likely are aware that a European country is studying our city’s health care models for learnings.
Philip Dunne, Great Britain’s minister of state at the U.K.’s Department of Health, visited Nashville recently to gain a deeper understanding of how the United States health care system uses big data to improve patient care.
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