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Startup Shoutouts: September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from September.

Catalia Health teams up with Pfizer to pilot patient engagement robot

Catalia Health and Pfizer have launched a one year pilot study to explore how patients engage with artificial intelligence …

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#storiesthatmatter: What do holidays look like for a food allergy family?

September 27, 2019

For most families, holidays and social events — like Halloween — are a time to relax. But for parents of the 5.6 million American children living with food allergies, relaxing during any event that involves food is nearly impossible.

“A lot of stress comes with holidays, a lot of stress comes with events, and it’s up to us — and it’s up to our community — to rally around that. It really takes …

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#storiesthatmatter: Helping aging adults live well

September 19, 2019

Every day for the next 19 years, 10,000 people in the United States will turn 65.

This major demographic shift is one of the reasons that Advocate Aurora Health, a MATTER partner and one of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems in the U.S., has committed to reimagining how they care for aging adults — inside and outside of clinical settings.

In a recent conversation at MATTER, Nicole Pa…

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Recap: Top questions and answers from the Health Tech Venture Challenge info session

September 17, 2019

On September 12, innovators gathered at MATTER to learn more about the 2019 Health Tech Venture Challenge: A collaboration between Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER which launched in August and is currently seeking submissions for solutions that reimagine the aging experience.

At the event, leaders from Advocate Aurora Health included Nicole Paulk, senior vice president for strategy and innova…

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Meet the newest additions to the MATTER community

September 3, 2019

Our newest MATTER members are making it easier to manage food allergies, helping health systems create meaningful relationships with their patients, treating antibiotic-resistant infections and building a support structure for people recovering from substance abuse.

Alerje

Alerje aims to improve the quality of life for people living with food allergies by redefining how they manage them. With…

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