ChartSpan to bring 300 new jobs to downtown Greenville
April 22, 2016
Healthcare company signs lease on 100,000 square feet of office space on Main Street
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GREENVILLE, SC – ChartSpan Medical Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce plans to bring 300 new healthcare jobs to downtown Greenville. Following the recent closure of $3,200,000 in venture funding, ChartSpan has signed a lease for nearly 100,000 square feet of office space at 2 North Main Street. The company will run its clinical support operations from this location, making ChartSpan one of the largest employers in the downtown area.
A series of tax and job incentives from the South Carolina Department of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corporation aided ChartSpan’s decision to remain in South Carolina and locate its headquarters in downtown Greenville. The City of Greenville and NEXT were also instrumental in the securing the company’s future in the Palmetto State.
ChartSpan is a healthcare company, specializing in patient engagement technology and medical managed services. Its technology platform empowers patients to manage their healthcare records and information easily and efficiently from their iPhone or iPad. The three year old technology start-up helps doctors and patients engage with each other through portals, mobile apps and chronic care services.
The healthcare company came to Greenville from Texas as one of ten businesses accepted to the Iron Yard Ventures Healthcare Accelerator Program in 2013. Upon exiting the accelerator program, NEXT and the Greenville Area Development Corporation assisted the company in their effort to make Greenville its headquarters.
During the past two years, ChartSpan has worked within the NEXT ecosystem to grow into one of the leading patient engagement companies in healthcare. ChartSpan’s patient technologies have become the most downloaded medical app in America. The company released its new patient engagement product suite on March 1st and has already signed more than $9,000,000 in customer contracts.
“This is an unbelievably exciting moment in ChartSpan’s evolution,” said ChartSpan CEO and Cofounder Jon-Michial Carter. “We have a deep love and affinity for Greenville. The State Department of Commerce, the Greenville Department of Economic Development, NEXT and Greenville city leaders have helped us every step of the way. Our ability to expand in the downtown area of Greenville is a reflection of a remarkably strong and collaborative partnership established for businesses by NEXT and supported by the City of Greenville and the Greenville Area Development Corporation.”
“ChartSpan’s $3.2 million investment, and the 300 new jobs it will create, will have a huge impact in Greenville and across the state,” said South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. “We couldn’t be more excited to continue this partnership and watch them succeed here for a very long time.”
ChartSpan is working quickly to hire additional healthcare workers, including nurses, medical assistants and certified nursing assistants, to staff its clinical support operations at 2 North Main Street. This team supports providers and medical practices that depend on ChartSpan’s “Patient Engagement Managed Service” offering for Medicare compliance and chronic care management services.
“Congratulations to our friends at ChartSpan!” said NEXT Board Chair and Selah Genomics CEO Michael Bolick. “Their success shows just how important high-impact entrepreneurship is as an economic development strategy for our state. We look forward to the continued success of ChartSpan and other innovation-based startups here in the Upstate.”
“Greenville County continues to grow and support cutting edge technology companies like ChartSpan because of our high quality of life, well-educated workforce, and innovative business sector,” said Greenville County Council Chairman Bob Taylor. “We are thrilled to see ChartSpan’s entrepreneurial spirit and efforts lead to this expansion here in Greenville.”
ChartSpan was founded by brothers, Patrick and Jon-Michial Carter. Patrick is ChartSpan’s Chief Medical Officer and a 20 year practicing clinician. Jon-Michial is ChartSpan’s Chief Executive Officer and formerly served in executive roles for technology companies such as Iconixx and nGenera.
“My brother and I started ChartSpan to empower patients with life-saving access to their health information,” said Patrick Carter. “Our success is rooted in delighting patients with simple, interoperable technology. We are proud to be a member of the Greenville business community and look forward to continuing to grow our company here.”
“ChartSpan’s decision to locate its headquarters here further demonstrates the strength of downtown, and we are proud and grateful that Jon-Michial and Patrick have chosen to invest so fully in our community,” said Greenville Mayor Knox White. “The City of Greenville has long supported the efforts of NEXT, and we look forward to working with all of our partners to continue to grow the presence of corporate headquarters here in the city.”
ABOUT CHARTSPAN
ChartSpan is a healthcare company, specializing in patient engagement technology and medical managed services. We help doctors and patients engage with each other, beyond the clinical encounter.
ChartSpan offers a mobile consumer health platform for patients and an innovative “Engagement-as-a-Service” platform for clinics, hospitals and health systems. Our customers depend on ChartSpan to help them achieve Meaningful Use compliance and deliver exceptional chronic care management results.
In addition to being the #1 most downloaded medical app in the U.S., ChartSpan is proud to have been named one of the 2015 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in America. For more information, please visit www.chartspan.com/.
