Stories

On September 12, innovators gathered at MATTER to learn more about the 2019 Health Tech Venture Challenge: A collaboration between Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER which launched in August and is currently seeking submissions for solutions that reimagine the aging experience.

At the event, leaders from Advocate Aurora Health included Nicole Paulk, senior vice president for strategy and innova…

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We caught up with Lisa Acevedo, the chair of Polsinelli’s health information privacy and security team and a startup mentor, to discuss the data privacy and security basics every startup should know.

What’s the most common misunderstanding startups have about data privacy and security regulations?

“They underestimate how heavily regulated personal data is.”

What’s the most common mistake s…

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For Debra Geihsler, the answer to reducing healthcare costs and improving wellness outcomes is a simple one: Figure out how to keep patients out of the hospital in the first place.

Debra spent decades leading healthcare organizations, including eight years as CEO of the 1200-provider combined Harvard Vanguard Medical Group and Atrius Health System in Boston, and two years at Advocate Medical G…

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Does intellectual property affect your startup?

According to Morgan Kirley — an intellectual property and privacy lawyer at Polsinelli and MATTER mentor — intellectual property law affects some component of every company.

We sat down with Morgan to discuss the basics that every startup needs to know.

Interested in hearing from more Polsinelli lawyers? Check back next month to hear from Lis…

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A discussion with Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa

The aging U.S. population is growing at its fastest rate in history. This large-scale demographic change brings with it new challenges — challenges that need innovative solutions.

In June, Tom DeRosa, CEO of Welltower and a MATTER board member, joined us at MATTER to share advice on how healthcare companies can deliver better care to the aging popula…

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