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Level Ex acquired by Brainlab: A look into the medical video game startup’s 5 year journey

August 5, 2020

Doctors are people too.

That basic concept has guided Sam Glassenberg as he’s taken his medical video game company, Level Ex, from a startup to a successful company that was recently acquired by digital medical technology company Brainlab.

“Doctors play games. They use the latest smartphones. They know what a good user interface looks like,” said Sam. “Yet, we find that healthcare companies m…

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What’s it like to live with or care for someone with pulmonary fibrosis? Community members answer.

July 31, 2020

For many of the three million people worldwide living with the respiratory disease pulmonary fibrosis (PF), the journey to diagnosis and treatment can be fraught with challenges.

Part of a family of 200 related lung diseases, PF can easily be disguised by a confounding set of symptoms and ailments. About one-third of people are misdiagnosed for well over a year before reaching a PF diagnosis —…

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CareSignal, Dina and Verto present COVID-19 solutions to health system leaders at MATTER showcase

July 29, 2020

On July 22, MATTER hosted the first virtual startup showcase of 2020. This event series spotlights startup members whose innovative solutions are advancing care in topic areas defined by MATTER’s strategic partners.

At the event, CareSignal, Verto and Dina presented their solutions designed to help health systems bring patients back to their hospitals amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. MATTER’s hea…

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Serial entrepreneur and radiologist Khan Siddiqui shares his journey and keys to innovative thinking at Tales from the Trenches

July 16, 2020

Once a curious kid in a small town in Pakistan, now a leader at the forefront of healthcare innovation, Khan Siddiqui lives by the notion that if you’re not failing, you’re not trying hard enough.

Having spent his career solving some of healthcare’s biggest challenges, Khan always starts with the problem, not the solution. With this mindset, he went on to create several successful health tech …

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Three Lakes Foundation and MATTER relaunch innovation challenge guided by insight from patients, caregivers and providers

July 14, 2020

Chicago, IL — On July 14, Three Lakes Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the diagnosis, care and treatment of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis (PF), and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announced the relaunch of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Innovation Challenge. The challenge dedicates more than $100,000 toward accelerating solutions for PF…

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