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Parkview Health and MATTER launch innovation competition to reduce infant mortality

February 6, 2020

Innovators with solutions related to healthy pregnancy and newborn care encouraged to apply

Fort Wayne, IN and Chicago, IL — Parkview Health, a not-for-profit, community-based health system serving more than 895,000 people in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a strategic partnership to help reduce the signific…

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matter challenges

Roche Diabetes Care and MATTER announce innovation contest semi-finalists

February 5, 2020

Congratulations to the Roche Diabetes Care Innovation Contest semi-finalists, selected from a global pool of more than 60 submissions. Each team proposed an idea for how to identify the right combination of personalized therapies, activities or behaviors that will improve management and provide greater insight into care planning for people living with diabetes and their healthcare providers.

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Update on MATTER expansion plans

February 1, 2020

In mid-2018, we began working with the city of New York on an opportunity to develop a healthcare and life sciences innovation center in Manhattan. At that time, we were largely a Chicago incubator and saw a New York location as a strategic opportunity to be part of the large healthcare and life sciences community there. Today, we are a global incubator and innovation services provider with mem…

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tales from the trenches

Shelly Sun shares how she went from risk-averse accountant to first-time healthcare founder at Tales from the Trenches

January 21, 2020

In late 2001, Shelly Sun took on the task millions of American adults face every year: finding high-quality home care for an elderly relative.

Shelly left that experience with a new understanding of the unique needs of aging adults — and the inspiration to leave her career in accounting and create a new kind of home healthcare company. Today the company Shelly built, BrightStar Care, delivers …

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insights

Four applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the neurosciences

January 16, 2020

Last fall, we teamed up with leaders from Anthem, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic to produce the first AI and Neurosciences Summit at MATTER.

Happening now: @AnthemBCBS, @UIHealth & @MayoClinic join us for a full day summit to explore new applications of #AI in #neuroscience and their potential to drastically impr…

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