StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups
This week, check out news from Alpha Sophia, Encellin, CalmWave, Essential AI, and MATTER.
How Can Health System Leaders Collaborate Efficiently When Adopting New Tech?
During a recent virtual panel discussion, health system executives discussed what it should ideally look like when health system leaders come together to launch a digital project. They stressed it is vital to assemble a diversified decision-making team and that leaders should prioritize addressing the organization’s challenges and opportunities rather than being captivated by flashy new products.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
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Deerfield Management to spend $635M on New York life sciences hub
The healthcare investment management firm is working with the city's nonprofit economic development corporation and Chicago-based MATTER on the new project, which will focus on life sciences and digital health.
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These are the hottest trends in healthcare M&A and VC investing
PwC partner Greg Vlahos and Matter CEO Steven Collens weighed in on how the biotech and health IT spaces had a great quarter as far as investment dollars are concerned.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Three companies blend their skills to create surgical patient management platform
Telemedicine company InTouch Health teamed up with two startups — SafeStart Medical and TapCloud — to debut a new product called InTouch Surgical.
Qualcomm Life CMO: Being a public company CEO more stressful than being heart surgeon
"[Being] the CEO of a publicly traded company is far more stressful than doing cardiac surgery," Qualcomm Life CMO Dr. James Mault said during a Tales from the Trenches event at Matter on March 28.
AVIA and WiserCare cofounder Ted Meisel on healthcare entrepreneurship
During a January 17 live-streamed event at Chicago-based Matter, Ted Meisel, cofounder of both AVIA and WiserCare, shared stories from his background and a bit of advice based on all the hats he wears.
Interoperability in healthcare: Why we’re only getting started
During the Redox and Matter Healthcare Interoperability Summit in Chicago, a panel of investors and executives discussed where we are and where we're going in terms of interoperability in healthcare.
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Chicago’s $69.7 billion healthcare industry makes it a hub for innovation
In a new report, the Health Care Council of Chicago, an initiative of Matter and Leavitt Partners, outlined the current status of Chicago's healthcare ecosystem.
Baxter and Matter partner to support healthcare innovation
Baxter International, a medical device company, and Matter, a health technology incubator, will work together to improve healthcare quality and value.
In healthcare, big data alone isn’t enough
Healthcare organizations have mastered the art of data collection. But in order to be forward-looking, they need to focus on how to turn their data into valuable information.
How can digital heath startups meet priorities of investors, partners?
At the MedCity INVEST conference this week, panelists from a payer, private equity firm, accelerator and digital health validation group discussed what they look for in digital health startups and offered advice on selecting a partner.
A $1M innovation challenge seeks quality-of-life solutions for IPF patients
Health tech incubator MATTER has joined forces with Three Lakes Partners to launch an innovation challenge to meet the needs of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients.