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The hospital of the future: Sheba Medical Center shares innovation focus during COVID-19

May 15, 2020

Over the last few weeks, we have hosted private roundtables for a number of health systems around the country. Eyal Zimilchman, deputy director, chief medical officer and chief innovation officer of Sheba Medical Center, joined us for a recent conversation.

Sheba is the largest hospital in Israel and has been named one of the top 10 hospitals in the world. Based on his presentation of their re…

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In the COVID-19 era, this mental health startup wants users to feel relief

May 8, 2020

Across the world, the “new normal” created by COVID-19 has caused a ripple effect for mental health.

While specific groups — like aging adults, those with chronic or mental health conditions and frontline workers — are at an increased risk for worsening mental health, the combination of uncertainty and prolonged social and physical isolation can put anyone at risk. In a poll conducted by KFF, …

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How BayCare and Clearstep launched a COVID-19 screener in 9 days

May 5, 2020

On March 26, 2020 — less than two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and one week after California became the first state in the U.S. to tell residents to stay home — MATTER startup member Clearstep and MATTER partner BayCare launched an online COVID-19 symptom screener.

The digital health startup and the Florida-based health system had…

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Four ways life sciences companies are adapting to a COVID-19 world

May 1, 2020

The healthcare ecosystem is rapidly evolving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, MATTER hosted a virtual roundtable with innovation leaders from eight leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies from across the world to compare notes about what they’re focused on today — and how they think the pandemic will affect the policies and norms that shape their business imperatives…

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Livongo’s Glen Tullman shares advice for building a business that can withstand any crisis

April 28, 2020

In the latest conversation in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 webinar series, serial entrepreneur and investor Glen Tullman joined us for an interactive conversation with MATTER startups.

Glen is the founder and executive chairman of Livongo, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and previously served as the CEO of Allscripts. Having built, run and scaled businesses across a range of ind…

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