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title: Blog | Ornella
description: Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.
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# Blog

#### Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

# MATTER Blog

Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

- community
  
  ## [MATTER Member Profile: Dr. Richard Vazquez, SafeStart](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-dr-richard-vazquez-safestart)
  
  Jul 1, 2016
  
  [Just as aircraft pilots go through a preflight checklist prior to takeoff, so, too, are surgeons expected to review the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist prior t...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-dr-richard-vazquez-safestart)
  
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- community
  
  ## [MATTER Member Profile: Jennifer Fried of ExplORer Surgical](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-jennifer-fried-of-explorer-surgical)
  
  Jun 21, 2016
  
  [There are hundreds of instruments in an operating room, but a typical surgery only uses about 10% of them. Before every procedure, an OR nurse receives a “preference card” with instructions on how to support that particular surgeon and assemble the r...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-jennifer-fried-of-explorer-surgical)
  
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- community
  
  ## [MATTER Member Profile: Dane Guarino of Markit Medical](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-dane-guarino-of-markit-medical)
  
  May 18, 2016
  
  [It was fall 2014 orientation day at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Dane Guarino sat next to his fellow first-year, Lance Larsen, and struck up a conversation. They had both recently left the investment banking world and come to Boo...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-dane-guarino-of-markit-medical)
  
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- ## [Tales from the Trenches: David Jonas of PharMEDium](https://blog.matter.health/tales-from-the-trenches-david-jonas-of-pharmedium)
  
  May 12, 2016
  
  [David Jonas, founder of PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation, sat down with ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah at MATTER’s latest iteration in theTales from the Trenchesseries. The hour-long conversation revolved around Jonas’ 35+ years of healthcare industry experience including hiring practices, th...](https://blog.matter.health/tales-from-the-trenches-david-jonas-of-pharmedium)
  
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- community
  
  ## [MATTER Member Profile: David Cohn of Regroup Therapy](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-david-cohn-of-regroup-therapy)
  
  May 10, 2016
  
  [There is a crippling shortage of mental and behavioral health providers in the United States. More than half of U.S. counties have no practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, or therapists, according the U.S. Dep...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-member-profile-david-cohn-of-regroup-therapy)
  
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- ## [Is the Startup Funding Bubble Deflating? Not for Healthtech Innovators](https://blog.matter.health/is-the-startup-funding-bubble-deflating-not-for-healthtech-innovators)
  
  Apr 28, 2016
  
  [TheWall Street Journalpublished an article recently that put a point on what many investors have been saying for some time: we are seeing a contraction in the amount o...](https://blog.matter.health/is-the-startup-funding-bubble-deflating-not-for-healthtech-innovators)
  
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- matter news
  
  ## [Tales from the Trenches: Norbert Riedel and Joe Moskal](https://blog.matter.health/tales-from-the-trenches-norbert-riedel-and-joe-moskal)
  
  Apr 14, 2016
  
  [Last month, MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series welcomed Norbert Riedel and Joe Moskal, the leaders of Evanston-based Naurex, which was recently acquired by global healthcare giant Allergan for...](https://blog.matter.health/tales-from-the-trenches-norbert-riedel-and-joe-moskal)
  
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