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New Board Members Include Entrepreneurs, Senior Health System and Insurance Executives
Chicago (November 7, 2017) – Four senior executives have joined the MATTER board of directors. The new MATTER board members are:
• Joel Farran, senior vice president and chief brand officer, Health Care Service Corporation (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas) •…
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Last week, we were thrilled to host members of the Congressional Black Caucus at MATTER for a lively discussion about healthcare technology innovation. The group met with 4 of our member companies: ResQ Pharma, NowPow, DOC & I, and Level Ex.
The elected officials who joined us include:
Joyce Beatty, Ohio Danny Davis, Illinois Hank Johnson, Georgia Robin Kelly, Illinois Gregory Meeks, …
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The premier healthcare incubator’s new agreement with the leading Israeli medical center will accelerate healthcare technology commercialization.
Chicago, IL, September 20, 2017 – MATTER, the Chicago-based healthcare incubator, innovation community, and corporate innovation accelerator, and Sheba Medical Center, the leading medical innovation center in Israel, have signed a Memorandum of Under…
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Only 21 percent of board members of Fortune 500 healthcare companies are women, and only 1 in 7 investment dollars are awarded to women-led startups. There is a clear divide that persists for female business leaders in terms of both access to capital and access to boards. MATTER’s newest initiative leverages its position at the center of Chicago’s healthcare technology community to help addre…
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On May 4, 2017, MATTER concluded its first healthcare challenge with a final pitch event. In a prior round, a panel of judges recommended Twiage, EDLoop, and PhysIQ to move on to the finals of the Observation Unit Challenge, where the three teams pitched their solutions to a room full of entrepreneurs, students, and clinicians. Judges from Allscripts, Hill-Rom, OSF HealthCare, and the Universit…
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