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Over 40 Ventures from 10 Midwest Universities to Participate in MATTER’s Second Annual Midwest University Healthtech Showcase

April 8, 2016

MATTER, the healthcare community hub and entrepreneurial incubator, announced today that the second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase will take place on Monday, April 11, 2016. The showcase will bring together early stage healthcare innovators from 10 midwestern universities to present their technologies to hundreds of healthcare investors and industry leaders at MATTER. The Midwe…

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MATTER Member Profile: Dr. Anitha Rao of Neurocern

April 6, 2016

A new case of dementia is diagnosed every four seconds, according to the World Health Organization. There are 47 million people living with dementia worldwide and this number is expected to triple by 2050 as advances in medicine enable longer life. Therapeutic options for dementia are extremely limited, and as dementia’s influence on an aging population grows, existing treatments will increas…

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Tales from the Trenches: Griffin Myers of Oak Street Health

February 25, 2016

Want to know what value-based care really looks like? Read on.

Dr. Griffin Myers, founder and chief medical officer of Oak Street Health, was a featured guest in MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series. He and ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah discussed how and why he created Oak Street, a network of value-based primary care clinics for older adults. Watch the full video of the event or read our r…

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MATTER’s Anniversary: CEO Steven Collens Looks Back on Year One

February 18, 2016

One year ago, together with Senator Dick Durbin, Governor Bruce Rauner, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, we opened MATTER with the ambitious goal of developing a better model for healthcare technology innovation.

There has never been a more dynamic time for healthcare innovation – and we built MATTER to accelerate the development of new technologies that will improve health and healthcare.

We launch…

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MATTER to collaborate with Abbott to bolster healthcare innovation

January 28, 2016

This week, Merchandise Mart-based Matter, unveiled a collaboration with global healthcare company Abbott to spur innovation in healthcare. Together, the companies will work to fuel the development of tech that improves from health and healthcare. Abbott is one of MATTER’s eight platinum-level partners from various corners of the healthcare industry.

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