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In the COVID-19 era, this mental health startup wants users to feel relief

May 8, 2020

Across the world, the “new normal” created by COVID-19 has caused a ripple effect for mental health.

While specific groups — like aging adults, those with chronic or mental health conditions and frontline workers — are at an increased risk for worsening mental health, the combination of uncertainty and prolonged social and physical isolation can put anyone at risk. In a poll conducted by KFF, …

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How BayCare and Clearstep launched a COVID-19 screener in 9 days

May 5, 2020

On March 26, 2020 — less than two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and one week after California became the first state in the U.S. to tell residents to stay home — MATTER startup member Clearstep and MATTER partner BayCare launched an online COVID-19 symptom screener.

The digital health startup and the Florida-based health system had…

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Four ways life sciences companies are adapting to a COVID-19 world

May 1, 2020

The healthcare ecosystem is rapidly evolving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, MATTER hosted a virtual roundtable with innovation leaders from eight leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies from across the world to compare notes about what they’re focused on today — and how they think the pandemic will affect the policies and norms that shape their business imperatives…

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Livongo’s Glen Tullman shares advice for building a business that can withstand any crisis

April 28, 2020

In the latest conversation in our member-exclusive Navigating COVID-19 webinar series, serial entrepreneur and investor Glen Tullman joined us for an interactive conversation with MATTER startups.

Glen is the founder and executive chairman of Livongo, managing partner at 7Wire Ventures and previously served as the CEO of Allscripts. Having built, run and scaled businesses across a range of ind…

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A day in the ER: Perspectives from Advocate Aurora providers on the frontline

April 24, 2020

What is it really like to work in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic?

While people and industries around the world are in a state of lockdown, hospital workers have been working non-stop for weeks developing new solutions, processes and workstreams to care for COVID-19 patients.

As innovators look for the best ways to support those workers, it’s difficult to gauge exactly w…

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