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 United 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.