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tales from the trenches

Shelly Sun shares how she went from risk-averse accountant to first-time healthcare founder at Tales from the Trenches

January 21, 2020

In late 2001, Shelly Sun took on the task millions of American adults face every year: finding high-quality home care for an elderly relative.

Shelly left that experience with a new understanding of the unique needs of aging adults — and the inspiration to leave her career in accounting and create a new kind of home healthcare company. Today the company Shelly built, BrightStar Care, delivers …

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insights

Four applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the neurosciences

January 16, 2020

Last fall, we teamed up with leaders from Anthem, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic to produce the first AI and Neurosciences Summit at MATTER.

Happening now: @AnthemBCBS, @UIHealth & @MayoClinic join us for a full day summit to explore new applications of #AI in #neuroscience and their potential to drastically impr…

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community

MATTER’s top stories of 2019

December 23, 2019

2019 brought many new and exciting experiences to the MATTER community. We shared our stage with leading healthcare innovators across the globe, explored new collaborations and celebrated major milestones — and we shared every moment here with you on our blog.

As we close out the year, we’re taking a look back at some of our most memorable moments. We’ll be sharing each of the stories below ac…

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community

Meet the newest additions to the MATTER community

December 18, 2019

The newest startups at MATTER are making it easier to manage diabetic health, providing lifesaving treatments at competitive costs, redesigning the neurorehabilitation industry and streamlining the workflow of patient care.

Healing Innovations — Nashville, Tennessee

Healing Innovations is a medical device company that specializes in neurorehabilitation. Their mission is to help the patient po…

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press release

MATTER and NODE.Health partner to accelerate the development and adoption of digital health solutions across the New York region

December 13, 2019

NODE.Health and MATTER will work together to expand and support the New York digital health ecosystem by harnessing NODE.Health’s growing network of health systems committed to digital transformation with MATTER’s expertise in incubating emerging solutions.

New York, NY, December 9, 2019 — NODE.Health (Network of Digital Evidence in Health), the leading professional association focused on brin…

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