World-class research universities: Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Emory, University of Georgia and Morehouse School of Medicine
International health organizations: CARE, the Carter Center and the American Cancer Society
World-class hospitals: Emory University Hospital, Emory St. Joseph’s, Piedmont Hospital, Northside Hospital, WellStar Kennestone (all ranked by U.S. News and World Report as best regional hospitals)
Major health technology companies: McKesson, Greenway Health, CIOX Health (formerly HealthPort), Waystar (formerly Navicure), Azalea Health Innovations, RelayHealth, Carestream Health Inc., Change Healthcare and Cotiviti
New health IT centers, cybersecurity operations and health-focused software development firms: Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, OneTrust and athenahealth
Named an Elite Technology City by Forrester Research in 2019
Home to top technology employers like IBM, Oracle, Amazon, Salesforce, Accenture, Deloitte, CAP GEMINI, Sage, NCR, Honeywell, Fiserv, Equifax and more
Home to 30+ corporate innovation centers including Anthem, Emory Healthcare/Sharecare, Elavon and Keysight Technologies
#3 city for FORTUNE 500 companies – 16 HQ locations including The Home Depot, UPS, Delta, The Coca-Cola Company, Southern Company and more
Home to world-class colleges and universities that provide highly-ranked post-secondary school programs in IT: Georgia Tech #3 Management Information Systems, #4 Quantitative Analysis, #4 Computer Engineering (U.S. News and World Report 2020)
