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#storiesthatmatter: Better support for pregnant moms, healthier newborns

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Building a community for youth affected by Huntington's disease

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: What do holidays look like for a food allergy family?

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Helping aging adults live well

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Honoring patient wishes at the end of life

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Maneuvering care after trauma

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: A better future for the uninsured

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Shattering glass beakers

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Navigating an unexpected diagnosis

stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: When empathy informs design

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#storiesthatmatter: Better support for pregnant moms, healthier newborns

Feb 27, 2020

For Charlotte Gabet, innovation manager at Parkview Health, finding resources to support pregnant women and newborns is personal: She experienced just how dangerous stress can be during her own pregnancy with her daughter Scarlett.
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#storiesthatmatter: Building a community for youth affected by Huntington's disease

Oct 30, 2019

We’ve teamed up with our partners at Horizon Therapeutics to spotlight their employees whose personal experiences within the healthcare system have uniquely equipped them for their careers.
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#storiesthatmatter: What do holidays look like for a food allergy family?

Sep 27, 2019

For most families, holidays and social events — like Halloween — are a time to relax. But for parents of the 5.6 million American children living with food allergies, relaxing during any event that involves food is nearly impossible.
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#storiesthatmatter: Helping aging adults live well

Sep 19, 2019

Every day for the next 19 years, 10,000 people in the United States will turn 65.
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#storiesthatmatter: Honoring patient wishes at the end of life

Jul 31, 2019

In the ICU, using aggressive measures to save lives is the norm. When patients are unresponsive or can’t advocate for themselves, physicians rely on paper advance directive forms to determine their wishes for care.
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#storiesthatmatter: Maneuvering care after trauma

Jul 2, 2019

For many who have chosen a career in healthcare, their work is more than a job — it’s personal.
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#storiesthatmatter: A better future for the uninsured

May 30, 2019

“There had to be a better way to help patients understand what programs they’re eligible for — and [for them] to access care proactively at first signs of any issues.” Watch Laura Robbins share the origin story behind Adv...
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#storiesthatmatter: Shattering glass beakers

May 16, 2019

Researchers agree that bringing in a diversity of perspectives is crucial to building a sustainable future for science. While the number of women working in STEM has been steadily increasing in the past few decades, especially in the life sciences, they are still underrepresented.
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#storiesthatmatter: Navigating an unexpected diagnosis

May 9, 2019

Next from Stories That Matter: Lumere’s Joe D’Onofrio shares how an unexpected diagnosis led him to dedicate his life’s work to making the healthcare experience easier for other families and patients with similar journeys.
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#storiesthatmatter: When empathy informs design

Apr 30, 2019

Next from Stories That Matter: MATTER’s senior director of programs, Arun Bhatia, shares the personal experience that led to newfound clarity in his role on the innovation team at a large medical device company.
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