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Member insights: Actual quality is the best measure of quality

April 9, 2025

The true measure of medical device quality lies in safety and effectiveness

Randy Horton, Chief Solutions Officer at Orthogonal, and Ian Sutcliffe, Principal SA HCLS Compliance and Medical Devices at Amazon Web Services, co-authored this article.

For a deeper dive into this topic, read the full article here.

Bridging the divide between software and med tech The med tech industry faces challe…

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MATTER launches second Paratus Digital Health Accelerator

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announces the launch of the second cohort of the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator.

The first cohort of the Paratus Digital Health Accelerator featured six startups pioneering advancements in digital health and the second cohort will build on that foundation. These companies have developed solutions in …

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CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER open applications for SMILE Health, igniting mission-driven innovation with global startups, industry leaders and investors

March 24, 2025

SMILE Health enters its fourth year with expanded support, including a new Startup Data Hub for startups improving health through oral health

March 24, 2025 (Boston, MA and Chicago, IL) — CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today…

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Partner Insights with VSP Vision: Lens Into the Future: Unveiling the Next Wave of Healthcare Innovation

March 6, 2025

The VSP Global Innovation Center (GIC), the innovation arm for vision care leader VSP Vision™, and MATTER are teaming up to offer a “Lens Into the Future,” a four-part virtual series showcasing next-gen trends and technologies driving healthcare forward.

The series will kick off on April 22 with an event on health diagnostics, featuring industry experts, executives and founders on the breakthr…

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MATTER announces cohort for Advancing Brain Health Innovation Challenge, supported by Lundbeck US Charitable Fund

March 5, 2025

Five solutions join accelerator addressing barriers in rare neurological disease care

March 5, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, with support from the Lundbeck US Charitable Fund, a corporate foundation dedicated to responsibly giving back to the community, has selected five startups to participate in the Advancing Brain Health Innovation Challeng…

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