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First-ever Chicago-Israel Health Tech Summit opens door to U.S. market for 20 of Israel’s most promising health tech startups

October 30, 2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel opens three-day summit featuring leaders from Chicago-area health systems and 20 of Israel’s most promising health tech startups

Chicago, IL, October 30, 2018 — Today, MATTER welcomes twenty of Israel’s most innovative health tech startups and healthcare leaders to the Chicago-Israel Health Tech Innovation Summit, hosted in partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation …

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Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER announce collaboration to drive healthcare innovation

October 2, 2018

Organizations launch nationwide prize competition for startups aiming to transform the primary care experience

Downers Grove and Chicago, IL – Advocate Aurora Health, the 10th largest not-for-profit integrated healthcare system in the country, today announced a strategic collaboration with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub. Together, the two organizations will drive e…

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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

September 24, 2018

The partners unveil an innovation challenge for technology startups to foster meaningful collaborations to improve diabetes care.

Chicago, IL, September 25, 2018 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company with 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes. Through this challenge, MATTER and Nov…

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Three Lakes Partners and MATTER Announce $1 Million Healthcare Challenge to Drive Quality-of-Life Solutions for People Living With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

April 28, 2017

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IPF Catalyst Challenge to Engage the World’s Brightest Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Tech, Healthcare, and Scientific Research Communities

CHICAGO, Thursday, April 27, 2017– Three Lakes Partners, a venture philanthropy committed to ending idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), in collaboration with MATTER, the healthcare technology incubator and innovation hub, ann…

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Noted Author and Health Columnist David W. Johnson to Join Healthcare Technology Incubator MATTER as Author-in-Residence

June 29, 2016

David W. Johnson, author of Market vs. Medicine: America’s Epic Fight for Better, Affordable Healthcare, writer of the widely read Market Corner commentaries, and founder and CEO of 4sight Health, will join healthcare technology incubator MATTER as its author-in-residence. During his year-long residency, Johnson will tell stories from the frontlines of innovation in American healthcare, blogg…

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