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Workplace Culture Meets COVID-19: Lessons from cross-industry leaders

August 12, 2020

This article originally appeared on cprcovid-19.com.

Authors: Betsy Ziegler, Steven Collens and Haven Allen

Before COVID, ~4M Americans worked remotely, with only a few organizations (e.g., GitHub, Basecamp) being “remote first”. Most organizations had a culture of physically proximate, in real life interaction — the magic that happens when everyone is in the office — and treated work from ho…

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Meet the newest members joining the MATTER startup community

August 7, 2020

The newest startups at MATTER are improving performance management, developing custom COVID-19 protocols and helping new moms take control of their mental health. Take a minute to meet them.

Advanced Interactive Response Systems — Newaygo, Michigan

Advanced Interactive Response Systems (AIRS) is an FDA-registered respiratory provider of oxygen safety and oxygen delivery data collection. AIRS…

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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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