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Health Care Council of Chicago Releases First-ever “State of Health Care” Report

September 7, 2017

The Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) – an initiative of MATTER and Leavitt Partners – presented a first-of-its-kind white paper outlining the state of the healthcare industry in Chicago, during an event today at MATTER with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The report concludes that Chicago’s $69 billion healthcare industry has a diversity of assets that position the city to accelerate innovat…

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MATTER Launches 3.8 to Recruit Women for Healthcare Startup Boards

August 28, 2017

Only 21 percent of board members of Fortune 500 healthcare companies are women, and only 1 in 7 investment dollars are awarded to women-led startups. There is a clear divide that persists for female business leaders in terms of both access to capital and access to boards. MATTER’s newest initiative leverages its position at the center of Chicago’s healthcare technology community to help addre…

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Meet MATTER’s Newest Members – August

August 16, 2017

MATTER’s newest member companies are improving our ability to diagnose ear infections, making medical histories and data shareable, improving communication between physicians and payers, and bringing the patient voice into product development. In their spare time, the founders of these ventures play music in the street, bike across the country, and use their own kids as test subjects. Meet our …

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Taco Joints to Video Games to Healthcare: Sterling Lanier’s Journey to Startup Success

July 12, 2017

“The things that I was trying the hardest at failed, and the accidental one worked out.”

At MATTER’s recent Tales from the Trenches, Sterling Lanier, cofounder and CEO of Tonic Health, sat down with Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah to reflect on his journey through multiple companies that ultimately led him to Tonic Health, the medical data collection company. Tales from the Trenches is produced …

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Dr. Jordan Shlain Brings 5-star Service to Healthcare

June 26, 2017

When a patient suggested he build a software solution, Dr. Jordan Shlain was skeptical.

“Just because I’m a doctor in Silicon Valley doesn’t mean I have to start a software company.”

Fast forward to today, and Jordan is founder of the fast-growing software company HealthLoop. HealthLoop collects individual-level data to enable doctors to make a big difference in the lives of patients. At our …

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