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MATTER announces collaboration with American Medical Association to advance equitable health innovation

March 9, 2022

MATTER joins AMA’s In Full Health initiative

March 10, CHICAGO — MATTER announced a collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA) and leading industry stakeholders to advance equitable health innovation opportunities to benefit communities that have been historically marginalized.

The In Full Health Learning and Action Community to Advance Equitable Health Innovation is a newly la…

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MATTER startup shoutouts: March 2022

March 8, 2022

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into some of the most noteworthy headlines from startup members in our community over the past few months.

MATTER members raised over $200M over the last three months.

AMOpportunities raised $2M in a Series A2 to invest in staffing, technolog…

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MATTER partners with Baxter on University Hackathon to seek innovative approaches to improving access to home dialysis

March 7, 2022

Calling on university innovators with creative concepts to enhance the peritoneal dialysis (PD) experience for kidney patients and clinic operational efficiencies for healthcare professionals

Chicago, IL, March 7, 2022 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a collaboration with Baxter (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in kidney care, to host the 2022 Univer…

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Listen: Nelson Dunlap shares how to harness data to improve health equity

March 4, 2022

Satcher Health Leadership Institute Chief of Staff Nelson Dunlap explains data’s role in advancing health equity

To close the gaps within health equity, we must consciously design and develop technologies to be inclusive, and that begins with the data. You can’t fix what you can’t measure. Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine recently launched the Health Equity T…

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MATTER Startup Spotlight: Scripted

March 2, 2022

Empowering pharmacists to improve the lives of their communities

Most Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So, why haven’t we leveraged pharmacies to equitably expand access to healthcare? MATTER member, Scripted, has taken on the challenge and is succeeding — very rapidly.

Scripted Founder and CEO James Lott sat down wit…

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