--- title: Blog | Paige (3) description: Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community. (3) --- # 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. - ## [MATTER launches #healthtogether](https://blog.matter.health/matter-launches-number-healthtogether-a-digital-conversation-about-businesses-working-together-to-advance-care-and-improve-lives) Feb 28, 2018 [![MATTER launches #healthtogether](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/healthtogether-2.png) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-launches-number-healthtogether-a-digital-conversation-about-businesses-working-together-to-advance-care-and-improve-lives) [Join our digital conversation about businesses working together to advance care and improve lives. MATTER was founded with a thesis: Collaboration between businesses is the best way to improve healthcare.](https://blog.matter.health/matter-launches-number-healthtogether-a-digital-conversation-about-businesses-working-together-to-advance-care-and-improve-lives) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/matter-launches-number-healthtogether-a-digital-conversation-about-businesses-working-together-to-advance-care-and-improve-lives) - community ## [MATTER Spotlight: Adam Sobol, founder of CareBand](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-adam-sobol-founder-of-careband) Feb 8, 2018 [Adam Sobol is on a mission to eliminate injuries and deaths due to dementia-related wandering. His startup, CareBand, combines cutting-edge location and activity monitoring technologies with brilliant design to empower people with dementia and their caregivers.](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-adam-sobol-founder-of-careband) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/matter-spotlight-adam-sobol-founder-of-careband) - matter news ## [Three Lakes Partners & MATTER announce winners of $1,000,000 IPF Catalyst Challenge](https://blog.matter.health/three-lakes-partners-and-matter-announce-winners-of-1-dollars-000-000-ipf-catalyst-challenge) Jan 25, 2018 [![Three Lakes Partners & MATTER announce winners of $1,000,000 IPF Catalyst Challenge](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IPF%20Winners%2016x7-4.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/three-lakes-partners-and-matter-announce-winners-of-1-dollars-000-000-ipf-catalyst-challenge) [Advance Interactive Response Systems (AIRS), Owlstone Medical and patientMpower awarded $333,333 each; Level Ex wins $50,000 Audience Choice Award On Wednesday, January 24, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world gather...](https://blog.matter.health/three-lakes-partners-and-matter-announce-winners-of-1-dollars-000-000-ipf-catalyst-challenge) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/three-lakes-partners-and-matter-announce-winners-of-1-dollars-000-000-ipf-catalyst-challenge) - matter news ## [MATTER 2017 Year in Review](https://blog.matter.health/matter-2017-year-in-review) Jan 18, 2018 [MATTER Member Companies Raise $122M, Benefit Millions in 2017 MATTER, the Chicago-based healthcare collaborative, released data today showing the positive effect its companies have had on both the business of healthcare and the lives of millions of Americans.](https://blog.matter.health/matter-2017-year-in-review) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/matter-2017-year-in-review) - tales from the trenches ## [Empowering people to participate in better health outcomes](https://blog.matter.health/empowering-people-to-participate-in-better-health-outcomes) Jan 15, 2018 [![Empowering people to participate in better health outcomes](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/deb%20kilpatrick%20cropped-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/empowering-people-to-participate-in-better-health-outcomes) [An Interview with Evidation Health CEO Deb Kilpatrick Exercise. Sleep. Social activity. We know that health is influenced by behavior. And yet companies across the healthcare industry struggle to quantify how a person’s behavior in the real world affects health outcomes.](https://blog.matter.health/empowering-people-to-participate-in-better-health-outcomes) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/empowering-people-to-participate-in-better-health-outcomes) - matter news ## [Senator Tom Daschle and Governor Mike Leavitt at MATTER](https://blog.matter.health/senator-tom-daschle-and-governor-mike-leavitt-at-matter) Nov 14, 2017 [![Senator Tom Daschle and Governor Mike Leavitt at MATTER](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/leavitt%2016-7-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/senator-tom-daschle-and-governor-mike-leavitt-at-matter) [As the Health Care Council of Chicago Celebrates One Year, Senator Daschle and Governor Leavitt Call for Engagement and Collaboration Last Thursday, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3), an initiative of...](https://blog.matter.health/senator-tom-daschle-and-governor-mike-leavitt-at-matter) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/senator-tom-daschle-and-governor-mike-leavitt-at-matter) - tales from the trenches ## [One entrepreneur’s anthropological fascination with health, poverty, and marijuana](https://blog.matter.health/one-entrepreneurs-anthropological-fascination-with-health-poverty-and-marijuana) Oct 30, 2017 [![One entrepreneur’s anthropological fascination with health, poverty, and marijuana](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pete-kadens-hero-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/one-entrepreneurs-anthropological-fascination-with-health-poverty-and-marijuana) [An Interview with Green Thumb Industries CEO Pete Kadens 6/15/2018 update: Congrats to Pete Kadens and Green Thumb Industries on going public in Canada. Read more.](https://blog.matter.health/one-entrepreneurs-anthropological-fascination-with-health-poverty-and-marijuana) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/one-entrepreneurs-anthropological-fascination-with-health-poverty-and-marijuana) - matter news ## [7 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Visit MATTER](https://blog.matter.health/congressional-black-caucus-visits-matter) Oct 27, 2017 [![7 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Visit MATTER](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/cbc-ssw2549-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/congressional-black-caucus-visits-matter) [Last week, we were thrilled to host members of the Congressional Black Caucus at MATTER for a lively discussion about healthcare technology innovation. The group met with 4 of our member companies: ResQ Pharma, NowPow, DOC & I, and Level Ex.](https://blog.matter.health/congressional-black-caucus-visits-matter) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/congressional-black-caucus-visits-matter) - tales from the trenches ## [Get Rid of Transactions, Focus on Relationships](https://blog.matter.health/get-rid-of-transactions-focus-on-relationships) Oct 16, 2017 [![Get Rid of Transactions, Focus on Relationships](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/rushika-fernandopulle%20hero2-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/get-rid-of-transactions-focus-on-relationships) [A Q&A with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-founder of Iora Health Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is on a mission to reinvent primary care.](https://blog.matter.health/get-rid-of-transactions-focus-on-relationships) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/get-rid-of-transactions-focus-on-relationships) - ## [Precision Health in the Clinic: Gaining Physician Buy-in](https://blog.matter.health/precision-health-in-the-clinic-gaining-physician-buy-in) Sep 20, 2017 [An Interview with Dr. Karen Kaul At the most recent event in our “Healthcare for What’s Next” series – hosted in partnership with NorthShore University HealthSystem – Dr. Karen Kaul, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at NorthShore, joined Dr. Julia Trosman, co-founder and co-director of t...](https://blog.matter.health/precision-health-in-the-clinic-gaining-physician-buy-in) [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/precision-health-in-the-clinic-gaining-physician-buy-in)