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Big Data Comes to Healthcare: Identifying High-level Trends to Solve Individual Problems

February 13, 2017

Today, healthcare leaves a trail of data leading up to and following each patient interaction. From check-ups and surgeries to lab work and prescription refills, every moment of treatment yields a piece of data that could be hugely valuable to clinicians developing treatment plans or health systems streamlining their operations.

Unfortunately, most of this data still largely exists on its own….

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tales from the trenches

Failing Forward: Paul Magelli’s Non-linear Route to Success

January 17, 2017

“I don’t necessarily like winning. But I do hate to lose.”

So said serial entrepreneur and founder of Apervita Paul Magelli at our recent Tales from the Trenches event. For someone who launched his first business selling fireworks at 10 years old, clearing five figures in the process, Magelli is more acquainted with failure than you’d expect. He opened up about these failures – and his success…

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CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt on the ACA, Healthcare Data, and Innovation in Healthcare

December 22, 2016

On Wednesday, December 7, 2016, MATTER welcomed the administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Andy Slavitt, for a discussion about the future of healthcare. During his interview with MATTER CEO Steven Collens, he touched on the future of the Affordable Care Act, how entrepreneurs can influence healthcare, and the growing impact of data and analytics.

The present a…

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Walgreens and Healthcare Technology Incubator MATTER Collaborate to Support Healthcare Innovation

December 20, 2016

As Walgreens focuses on new ways to help support the development of next-generation healthcare technology, products and services, today the company joins Chicago-based healthcare incubator and innovation community, MATTER, in announcing a new strategic relationship.

Walgreens will collaborate with healthcare innovators across MATTER’s network of early-stage industry entrepreneurs and partner…

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tales from the trenches

If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em: How Rob Butler Built Maestro Health his Way

December 5, 2016

Rob Butler wanted to be a baseball player. He played in college and then semi-professionally, but didn’t quite make it to the big leagues. He did, however, make it to the big leagues of entrepreneurship – having built and sold Payflex and MBI before starting Maestro Health in 2014. Rob was at MATTER recently for an interview with MATTER CEO Steven Collens as part of our Tales from the Trenches …

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