Gale force: Health tech firm steps up for storm-battered clients

Gale Healthcare, which serves nurses and long-term care facilities, didn't waste anytime in responding to the needs of hurricane-ravaged Southwest Florida.

By Brian Hartz
| 9:00 a.m. October 20, 2022

More than a dozen Gale Healthcare employees volunteered to pack and load boxes of essential supplies for nursing homes in Southwest Florida. (Courtesy photo)

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Tony Braswell, the founder and CEO of Gale Healthcare, which styles itself “Uber for nurses,” is well aware of the needs of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. His Tampa-based company has created a mobile platform that connects chronically understaffed health care institutions with nurses who are available to pick up extra work — and it’s been a massive success, catapulting Gale Healthcare onto the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately owned companies.