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The American Medical Association has partnered with Matter, a Chicago-based incubator for healthcare companies, to build a digital health lab called the AMA Interaction Studio. This studio will be designed to help physicians, entrepreneurs, and health care professionals develop and test new health-focused technology.

“Innovation is a key driver in making the health system work better for every…

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The AMA Interaction Studio at MATTER will facilitate development of technologies to improve health care delivery, patient/physician interactions and quality of care.

With a shared commitment to meeting the evolving needs of the health care marketplace, the American Medical Association (AMA) and MATTER, Chicago’s new health care technology incubator, today announced a partnership to drive innov…

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MATTER hosted its first large-scale event last Thursday, welcoming IDEO Chief Creative Officer and world-renowned speaker Paul Bennett. With more than 200 people in the audience, Bennett kicked off the first of what will be many forums designed to engage healthcare experts in conversations about the direction of the healthcare industry.

“You’re practitioners, researchers, executives, lawmakers…

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Steve Collens, CEO, MATTER HealthTech Incubator

Collens called it “an incredibly dynamic and exciting time for innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare.”

“The ability to collect and store and analyze and act on data has evolved dramatically in the past few years,” he said. “It’s been an evolution involving everything from cloud storage to analytics to the penetration of electronic medi…

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MATTER, Chicago’s new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, today launched its Mentors-in-Residence program. MATTER’s mentors-in-residence are veteran entrepreneurs, executives and investors who will help advise the incubator’s member companies.

MATTER’s first members-in-residence are: Jordan Dolin, founder of Em…

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