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Meet the newest additions to the MATTER community

April 24, 2018

Our newest MATTER members are tackling problems ranging from infection rates at medical facilities to the challenges of managing care and making healthy choices. Take a minute to meet them!

Eamonn Costello CEO, patientMpower

What is patientMpower’s mission? patientMpower is empowering better outcomes by enabling patients to better manage their care & providing unique data insights for hea…

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MATTER Spotlight: Missy Lavender, founder of Below Your Belt

March 13, 2018

Missy Lavender’s journey to founding Below Your Belt began with her own experience as a patient. After giving birth to her son, Missy joined the one-third of women who develop a pelvic health disorder in adulthood.

She founded Below Your Belt to equip women and Girls+ — including girls, trans boys, intersex and nonbinary kids, youths who are otherwise queer or questioning, and all of their g…

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MATTER Spotlight: Adam Sobol, founder of CareBand

February 8, 2018

Adam Sobol is on a mission to eliminate injuries and deaths due to dementia-related wandering. His startup, CareBand, combines cutting-edge location and activity monitoring technologies with brilliant design to empower people with dementia and their caregivers.

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Ian Manners Wants to Reduce Out-of-pocket Prescription Drug Costs

September 26, 2017

Vivor helps connect qualifying patients with financial assistance programs.

Out-of-pocket drug costs have risen dramatically in recent years. And while the vast majority of patients qualify for financial assistance programs funded by the pharmaceutical companies that produce the drugs, less than a quarter of those patients ever receive the money for which they qualify. Ian Manners, CEO of th…

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Meet MATTER’s Newest Members – August

August 16, 2017

MATTER’s newest member companies are improving our ability to diagnose ear infections, making medical histories and data shareable, improving communication between physicians and payers, and bringing the patient voice into product development. In their spare time, the founders of these ventures play music in the street, bike across the country, and use their own kids as test subjects. Meet our …

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