Nashville-area healthcare leaders hope to forge deeper ties with Microsoft as they will meet with the company's CEO, Steve Ballmer, during the executive's one-day visit to the city. Ballmer's trip is part of a multi-city tour, and comes as Microsoft tries to focus more on crafting tech solutions for specific industries such as healthcare, financial services, and retail, Katherine R. Egbert, a Jefferies & Co. stock analyst in San Francisco, told The Tennessean.