The MATTER Health Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
2025: Supplemental Benefits Take Front Seat for Medicare Advantage Plans
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are set to change with new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations and increased competition. This ...
Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Continuing forward stronger than before
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberattacks on hospital systems across the United States are becoming increasingly frequent. These attacks have resulted in major disruptions to pati...
Advancing Health Equity: Innovations in Pediatrics
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Advancing Health Equity series, you’ll hear from Dr. Joseph Wright, Chief Health Equity Officer at the American Academy of Pe...
Advancing Health Equity: Artificial Intelligence
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Advancing Health Equity, Dr. Maia Hightower, CEO of Equality AI and former Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the University o...
Healthcare Horizons: AI-driven Innovations in Mental Health Products with Hafeezah Muhammed
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of season two of Healthcare Horizons, MATTER CEO Steven Collens welcomes Hafeezah Muhammed, founder and CEO of Backpack Healthca...
Healthcare Horizons: Innovations in Mental Health with Sarah Pierce
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third episode of Healthcare Horizons: AI and Mental Health. MATTER CEO Steven Collens dives into the story behind Joystik Life, a stres...
Healthcare Horizons: How AI is Revolutionizing PTSD Treatment with Omer Golan
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to Mental Health America, approximately 20.78 percent of adults experienced a mental illness in 2019-2020, and more than half (54.7 percent)...
Healthcare Horizons: AI and Mental Health - A Startup's Journey with Blueprint
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 2023 study revealed that patients of therapists who overestimated their effectiveness often fared worse than those whose therapists had an accurate ...
Partner Insights: Enhancing Patient Care with VSP Vision
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the inevitable need for vision care accelerates, so too does the demand from patients for improved technology, interactions and experiences with th...
PHTI: Assessing Healthcare Innovations
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) recently released a report on digital diabetes management solutions that concluded the solutions are g...
How Innovation is Bridging the Medical-Dental Divide
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation about how innovation is bridging the gap between oral and overall health. This podcast will feature a panel discussion that...
Inclusive Innovation: Insights for Black and Latino Startups
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Burton, founder of InHuevation, moderates a panel discussion featuring James Lott, founder and CEO of Scripted, and Luis Suarez, founder and C...
Bridging the Gap: Climate Justice and Health Equity by Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In recognition of Earth Day, we are taking a look back on last year's Loyola Chicago Health Equity Quest: Climate Change and Healthcare Delivery ...
Healthcare Horizons: Maternal Health with Colby Holtshouse
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation around maternal mortality does not stop here. By encouraging discussions about maternal health, we can foster collaboration and innov...
Healthcare Horizons: Addressing Disparities in Maternal Health with Dr. Sarosh Rana
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the number of women who died from pregnancy or a pregnancy-related cause in th...
Healthcare Horizons: A Discussion on Maternal Mortality with Dr. Elizabeth Garner
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maternal mortality rates continue to present a pressing health crisis in the United States, with Black women facing a disproportionately high risk —...
Keynote Address by Dr. Carl V. Hill - The Power of Partnership
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On March 19, five dynamic startups innovating at the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia pitched their solutions to a panel of judge...
Rethinking How People Use Digital Health
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The healthcare industry is full of data - today, approximately 30 percent of the world's data volume is being generated by the healthcare industr...
The Future of Generative AI in Healthcare
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI - artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, video, synthetic data and more - exploded onto the scene the day ChatGPT w...
Innovation and Addressing the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the U.S.
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report showing that the number of women who died from pregnancy or a pregnancy-r...
Access to Care for Alzheimer's Disease
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s is growing — and growing fast. More than six million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s. As ...
Aligning Stakeholders: Working Across CxOs
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join MATTER and AVIA for the first event in the Health System Innovations series, focused on how startups and innovation advocates can move from conce...
Health System Innovations: Measuring Impact from Digital Deployments
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join MATTER and AVIA for the third event in the Health System Innovations series, focused on how health systems are measuring the impact of new techno...
Case Studies in Innovation: Stories from Health System Implementations
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join MATTER and AVIA for the fourth and final event in the Health System Innovations series, focusing on stories of successful startup and health syst...
Bridging Traditions and Technology
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to the American Indian Policy Institute, 18 percent of reservation residents lack internet access, 33 percent rely on cell phone service onl...
Closing the Gap: A Fireside Chat on Health Equity and Policy
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone who works in healthcare knows that our current system can often seem overly complex and burdened by a never-ending maze of policies and regulat...
Innovating for a Cure: Breast Cancer Breakthroughs
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer among women, with an estim...
Advancing Health Equity: The Racial Wealth Gap
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The racial wealth gap between Black and white Americans has remained persistently steady since 1970, with Black Households owning just one-eighth of t...
Data Science Innovation: Driving Alzheimer's Disease Insights
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, data analytics has been used in healthcare to fuel faster and more accurate diagnoses, inform decision-making, personalize treatment, impro...
Med Tech x Health Equity Panel
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This event is a continuation from Accenture and MATTER’s previous event, Digital Health x Health Equity Panel: Reinvent a More Equitable Future.Whil...
Personalizing Healthcare Benefits for Every Life Stage
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. workforce has never been more diverse age-wise. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in four workers is over the age of 55, compa...
Advancing Health Equity: Reframing Aging
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Starting at a young age, ageism — discrimination or unjust treatment of older people based on stereotypes — shapes the way we think about ourselve...
Advancing Health Equity: LGBTQ+ Health
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People who belong to the LGBTQ+ community experience a number of health disparities, including a lack of access to culturally competent care and worse...
Digital Health x Health Equity Panel: Reinvent a More Equitable Future
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About this eventWith a staggering $93 billion in excess healthcare costs and $42 billion in untapped productivity annually in the U.S. alone, health e...
SMILE Health: Integrating Oral Health Into Overall Health
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AboutOral health is linked to overall health yet more than 56 million Americans live without access to a dental professional.To continue to address th...
Tales from the Trenches: Stephanie Tilenius, CEO & Founder of Vida Health
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join MATTER as we welcome Stephanie Tilenius, CEO and founder of Vida Health, for our April Tales from the Trenches.Stephanie was motivated to found V...
Scaling Access: Innovations in Healthcare Deserts
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than 80 percent of counties across the United States lack adequate access to healthcare, with a third of the U.S. population living in a healthca...
Tales from the Trenches: Shar Matin, CEO of Cordis
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shar Matin, CEO of Cordis, has over 20 years of medical device experience from Fortune 500 companies to leading commercial and technical teams in the ...
Tales from the Trenches: Roy Smythe, CEO of SomaLogic
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Roy Smythe, CEO of SomaLogic, is an internationally recognized surgeon, biomedical scientist, academician, health system administrator and healthc...
Tales from the Trenches: Bob Badal, Co-founder and CRO, Strive Health
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Badal is a healthcare industry veteran and kidney care expert, with a career spanning multiple successful startups, corporate operations and ventu...
Tales from the Trenches: Karan Singh, COO of Headspace
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Karan is the chief operating officer of Headspace Health, where he leads the company’s clinical operations and strategy. He was previously COO of Gi...
Next Generation Healthcare: The VillageMD and Walgreens Collaboration Story
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this era of mergers and collaborations, Walgreens invested $5.2 billion in VillageMD to open hundreds of Village Medical at Walgreens practices acr...
Healthcare 2040: The Future of Chronic Pulmonary Care
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What will healthcare look like in 20 years? What should we invest in today to help us get there?MATTER and Baxter present Healthcare 2040, an event se...
Hot Talk: A Conversation on Menopause and Innovation
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MATTER recently launched 51 Labs, a women+’s health accelerator. With sponsors and partners Astellas Pharma US, Walgreens, BayCare, Parkview Health ...
Tales from the Trenches: Iman Abuzeid, Incredible Health
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Iman Abuzeid is a healthcare workforce extraordinaire. As CEO and co-founder of Incredible Health, the fastest-growing career marketplace for perm...
Healthcare 2040: The Future of Aging and Thriving in Community
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What will healthcare for older adults look like in 20 years? What innovations should we invest in today to help us get there?MATTER and Baxter present...
Getting Under Your Skin: Addressing the Burden of Skin Cancer thru Technology
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, with one in every five Americans estimated to develop...
Tales from the Trenches: Paris Wallace, Ovia Health
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Wallace is an enterprise expert who has founded two successful companies in the women+’s and reproductive health space. As co-founder of Ovia ...
Healthcare 2040:Tech, Innovation and the Future of the Healthcare Workforce
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What will healthcare look like in 20 years? What innovations should we invest in today to help us get there?MATTER and Baxter present Healthcare 2040,...
Tales from the Trenches: Dr. Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chad Mirkin is a world-renowned chemist who has taken an entrepreneurial approach to his nanotechnology research. He is the director of the Intern...
Creating Healthier Moms and Babies: Improving Access to Care
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Parkview Health, in collaboration with MATTER, is proud to present the 2022 Healthy Mom and Baby Innovation Competition 3.0. No matter their age, all ...
Tales from the Trenches: Eren Bali, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon Health
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eren Bali is a technology luminary with an entrepreneurial vision and a passion for human rights, chief among those are access to education and health...
Transforming Oral Healthcare: Innovating accessible, equitable and integrated solutions
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One in five Americans do not have adequate access to oral healthcare. And for many who do, the cost of care is insurmountable. Dental expenses account...
Tales from the Trenches: Don Brown, Founder and CEO of LifeOmic
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don Brown is a serial entrepreneur with a resume that speaks for itself. Throughout his career, Don has founded seven startups and brought three to a ...
Numbers Don’t Lie: Harnessing Data to Improve Health Equity
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To close the gaps within health equity we must consciously design and develop technologies to be inclusive, and that begins with the data. You can’t...
Healthcare 2040: Operating Rooms of the Future
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What will healthcare look like in 20 years? What should we invest in today to help us get there?MATTER and Hillrom present Healthcare 2040, an event s...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Sheila Mikhail, Co-founder and CEO of AskBio
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Mikhail founded Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio) in 2001 and set out on a mission to bring life-changing drugs to patients in desperate nee...
Disruption Proof: A Book Talk with Brant Cooper
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times bestselling author and founder and CEO of Moves the Needle Brant Cooper teaches leaders how to empower people and their organizations t...
The Evolution of Virtual Care
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At this event in MATTER and Trustmark’s event series, Insights on Innovation for Self-insured Employers, leaders from Trustmark, Aon and Teladoc Hea...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Sean Lane, Founder and CEO of Olive
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Lane began his career as an intelligence officer in the Air Force, spending most of his government service at the NSA solving challenges as a sof...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Lihi Segal, Founder and CEO of DayTwo
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lihi Segal joined us for a conversation moderated by VillageMD Chief Marketing Officer Ellen Donahue-Dalton to discuss her experiences leading both st...
Fostering Clinician Well-Being
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For more than a year, healthcare heroes have put their lives on the line to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental Health America surveyed 1,119 healthca...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder and President of CareJourney
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, Aneesh Chopra co-founded CareJourney: a digital health startup that provides clinically-relevant analytics for value-based networks, ultimate...
Funding Women's Health
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Women control 80 percent of healthcare decisions in the U.S. and spend 29 percent more per capita on healthcare compared to men — yet solutions focu...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Eric Lefkofsky, CEO & Founder, Tempus
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Lefkofsky is one of Chicago's most successful technology entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial ventures include Groupon, Echo Global Logistics,...
Defining Health Equity with Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago Public Health
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is health equity? Where do care gaps show up in the American healthcare system? How can technology and innovation be consciously designed and dep...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Matt Omernick, Co-founder of Akili Interactive
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, Matt Omernick co-founded Akili Interactive and set out on a mission to improve people’s lives by building clinically-validated cognitive th...
Tales from the Trenches™ with Todd Park, Co-founder of Devoted Health
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Park is the co-founder and executive chairman of Devoted Health, a leader in the Medicare Advantage space that serves seniors by providing them w...