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mobilehealthtimes.com, 11/4/2015

AMA Interaction Studio at MATTER Opens to Enhance Collaboration, Expand Connections With Entrepreneurs and Physicians Nationwide

The American Medical Association (AMA) partnership with MATTER reached a new phase today to enhance support for startup companies seeking to have a transformational impact on health and medicine. This milestone was marked as the newl…

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Photo: Kristen Norman Dr. James Madara, CEO of the AMA, speaks at the opening of the AMA Interaction Studio.

When trying to start patient-referral startup Fibroblast, Scott Vold says he and his co-founder had to “barge in” to clinics to ask doctors and staff for feedback on the platform.

To bridge that divide, Matter announced a partnership with the American Medical Association in February …

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Published October 11, 2015 health.oliverwyman.com

Tomorrow the third annual Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit kicks off with immersion tours exploring how some of host city Chicago’s most innovative organizations are transforming the health market. One stop will be MATTER and 1871, both leading hubs for tech innovators. MATTER and 1871 executives will be joined by a team from provider-le…

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The official opening of the Matter healthtech incubator drew a crowd — and a group of speakers so large that Mayor Rahm Emanuel joked he was being pushed offstage.

More than 150 people attended Friday’s event, and speakers included Emanuel, Gov. Bruce Rauner, Sen. Dick Durbin and healthcare-industry leaders such as Marathon Pharmaceuticals’ Jeff Aronin and Horizon Pharma’s Timothy Walbert. Ame…

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Partnership Supports MATTER Mission to Attract Investment Capital to Drive Innovation and Commercialization of Next-Generation Healthcare Solutions and to Foster Collaboration Across Region’s Healthcare Community

MATTER, the entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device and biopharma companies, today announced a strategic partnership with Chicago-based Healt…

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