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Community Pulse: In 2020, what are you most thankful for as a business leader?

November 25, 2020

For business leaders in the healthcare space — and across nearly every industry — 2020 has been a year full of imminent threats, forced pivots and new challenges.

Despite those challenges, we’ve witnessed the resilience of our community firsthand, from watching startup and corporate innovators develop solutions that address the COVID-19 pandemic to collaborating and sharing advice on how to ad…

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How an Indiana health system and MATTER worked together to help lower infant mortality amidst COVID-19

November 17, 2020

In 2018, the governor of Indiana challenged local healthcare providers and innovators to bring Indiana’s infant mortality rate — then the highest in the country — down to the lowest in the Midwest by 2024.

To tackle this challenge, Parkview Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in northeast Indiana (where the infant mortality rate is even higher than the state average) partnered wit…

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Startup Shoutouts: November 10, 2020

November 10, 2020

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 the startup members in our community over the past month.

Cubii acquired by Gridiron Capital for $100 million

Cubii, the developer of portable fitness devices and applications, has been acquired…

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Guest post: How digital health is changing care delivery for pharmacists and improving public health

November 5, 2020

CEO and founder of MATTER startup illuminate.health shares thoughts on how COVID-19 is changing the role of pharmacists

Change is here. Pharmacists have been given the authority to order and administer COVID-19 tests by the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency has also called on pharmacists to help increase immunization rates by authorizing them to administer pediatric vaccinati…

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Anthem, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, and MATTER select pandemic response challenge winners

November 2, 2020

wayForward and WiserCare to pilot winning response solutions

Chicago, IL — MATTER, Anthem, Inc., and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) have named the winners of the Pandemic Response Innovation Challenge. BCBSIL and Anthem teamed with MATTER to identify solutions that support health plan members during the current and future pandemics.

The challenge issued a global call for cre…

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