ScanHealth sells software to help home health-care businesses collect and manage data. Its competitive advantage is using optical scanning, which allows workers to fill in forms similar to test-scoring sheets, said Dale Pearson, chief executive officer. Other companies offer similar software that requires workers to carry laptop computers to enter data. Soft Center would manage the facility and provide a port of entry for European software designers trying to crack the U.S. market. Earlier this week, Bravura Consulting Services of Minnetonka said it would open an office in the center.
Bravura helps businesses find the right software for their needs.
Doty said the city didn't target Duluth companies for the Technology Village. But ScanHealth owns its own building on Haines Road with its sister company, Nurses That Care. The city held a ceremony Wednesday to begin demolition of the buildings in the one-block area. But a court recently issued a temporary order to keep the city from demolishing those buildings until it can hold a hearing on a lawsuit to stop the development. Dr. Eric Ringsred, a downtown activist and downtown building owner, filed the lawsuit.