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In this monthly blog post, members of the MATTER team highlight articles from across the web, and the occasional book or two, that cover some of the most relevant business and healthcare topics today.
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, Sam Quinones
“The U.S. life expectancy has decreased for the past three years in a row, the first time since the Spanish flu a century a…
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As CEO of gene therapy pioneer AveXis, Sean Nolan helped shatter the record for Chicago-area biotech acquisitions — three times over — when he facilitated the 2018 sale of the company to Novartis for almost $9 billion. In his time at AveXis, Sean grew the team to more than 400 people, took the company public and quintupled its stock value. Sean’s journey in healthcare, however, began all the wa…
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A discussion with Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa
The aging U.S. population is growing at its fastest rate in history. This large-scale demographic change brings with it new challenges — challenges that need innovative solutions.
In June, Tom DeRosa, CEO of Welltower and a MATTER board member, joined us at MATTER to share advice on how healthcare companies can deliver better care to the aging popula…
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A discussion with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
Last month, we hosted a screening of End Game, the Netflix documentary The New York Times calls a provocative and intimate look at how doctors, nurses and patients cope with death.
What’s it going to take for us to see talking about care at the end of life as a normal wellness practice? -@ShoshUMD #RoadtoEndWell pic.twitter.com/QpTcwZiXI0— MATT…
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stories that matter
For many who have chosen a career in healthcare, their work is more than a job — it’s personal.
Next from Stories That Matter: We’re teaming up with our partners at Horizon Therapeutics to spotlight Horizon employees whose personal experiences within the healthcare system have uniquely equipped them for their careers.
As a patient access manager at Horizon, Dorelia Rivera spends each day help…
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