tales from the trenches
A Q&A with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-founder of Iora Health
Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is on a mission to reinvent primary care.
He joined us for Tales from the Trenches, which we produce in partnership with Outcome Health and Pritzker Group Venture Capital, to talk about his journey from doctor to co-founder. You can watch the full interview here:
The journey began when Rushika was…
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matter news
The premier healthcare incubator’s new agreement with the leading Israeli medical center will accelerate healthcare technology commercialization.
Chicago, IL, September 20, 2017 – MATTER, the Chicago-based healthcare incubator, innovation community, and corporate innovation accelerator, and Sheba Medical Center, the leading medical innovation center in Israel, have signed a Memorandum of Under…
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This Chicago incubator is based on the premise that success comes from surrounding great entrepreneurs with other great entrepreneurs and with great mentors.
Every big city has a number of business incubators and accelerators. Many small cities do too. (Even mine does.) According to the National Business Incubation Association there are over 1,200 programs in the U.S. alone.
But aside from sh…
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community
Vivor helps connect qualifying patients with financial assistance programs.
Out-of-pocket drug costs have risen dramatically in recent years. And while the vast majority of patients qualify for financial assistance programs funded by the pharmaceutical companies that produce the drugs, less than a quarter of those patients ever receive the money for which they qualify. Ian Manners, CEO of th…
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An Interview with Dr. Karen Kaul
At the most recent event in our “Healthcare for What’s Next” series – hosted in partnership with NorthShore University HealthSystem – Dr. Karen Kaul, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at NorthShore, joined Dr. Julia Trosman, co-founder and co-director of the Center for Business Models in Healthcare, for a panel discussion focused on h…
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