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Tales from the Trenches with Jeff Margolis, CEO of Welltok

March 20, 2019

Earlier this month, Welltok CEO Jeff Margolis joined us at Tales from the Trenches™ to share the wisdom he’s gained from a 30-year career building some of the nation’s largest and most innovative technology and service organizations.

Jeff is on a mission to transform what he calls the ‘sick care’ system, so that future generations have the resources necessary to achieve and sustain optimal hea…

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#storiesthatmatter: Shedding light on medication safety

March 14, 2019

Editor’s note: In a Linkedin post, MATTER member Varun Goyal recently shared the personal story that helped him to realize the need for better patient education around medication safety — and that led him to found illuminate.health. We’re sharing it here as part of our new project, Stories That Matter.

“Six years ago, while trying to start our family, my wife was dealing with a minor but annoy…

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#storiesthatmatter: New horizons for women's health

March 8, 2019

For the next installation of Stories That Matter, we drew inspiration from innovators in our community who spend every day in pursuit of a healthier future for the mothers, sisters and daughters of the world.

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, we’re kicking off this women’s health series by spotlighting the story of a MATTER startup founder and pelvic health advocate — and the “why…

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Introducing: #storiesthatmatter

March 6, 2019

Today, we are thrilled to launch a new project: Stories That Matter. But first, some history — as told by MATTER CEO Steven Collens — from way back when MATTER was but an idea without a name.

In the years since opening MATTER’s doors, we’ve found that these stories are more than motivating — they’re illuminating. Nor are they the exclusive domain of entrepreneurs: We hear powerful stories fr…

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Meet the newest additions to the MATTER community

February 28, 2019

Our newest MATTER members are on a mission to eliminate patient no-shows, help health systems manage vendor relationships and bring the vitamin industry to the next level.

Stitch Mix

Stitch Mix was started by Megan Wu and Justine Ly, medical students at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. During their clinical experience, they became aware of the pervasive and expensive problem …

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