The MATTER Health Podcast

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MATTER is a nexus for people who are passionate about healthcare innovation and healthcare transformation. This podcast highlights a broad array of perspectives from the conversations we’ve had with entrepreneurs, change makers and industry thought leaders. Sign up to hear these perspectives live at matter.health/events and follow us on social media at @MATTERhealth.

Episodes

Tales from the Trenches™ with Lihi Segal, Founder and CEO of DayTwo

Lihi Segal joined us for a conversation moderated by VillageMD Chief Marketing Officer Ellen Donahue-Dalton to discuss her experiences leading both startups and large public enterprises, the inspiration and motivation behind founding DayTwo and advice for fellow entrepreneurs. Lihi founded DayTwo in 2015 to bring personalized health solutions based on the gut microbiome into the mainstream consumer market. Since then, the company has become a leader in precision nutrition with the world's l...

Aug 05, 2021•54 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast

Fostering Clinician Well-Being

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 healthcare workers about their mental health and well-being, and the results were resounding: 93 percent reported stress, 86 percent reported anxiety, 77 percent reported frustration, 76 percent reported exhaustion and burnout and 75 percent said they were overwhelmed. Clinician well-being — mentally, physically and spiritually — has never been more import...

Jun 10, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Tales from the Trenches™ with Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder and President of CareJourney

In 2014, Aneesh Chopra co-founded CareJourney: a digital health startup that provides clinically-relevant analytics for value-based networks, ultimately enabling its clients to coordinate better outcomes for their patients. Prior to founding CareJourney, Aneesh served as the first chief technology officer of the United States. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, Aneesh spent his three-year service promoting technological innovation, leading initiatives and implementing programs focused ...

Jun 08, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Funding Women's Health

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 focused on women's health received only 3.3 percent of total digital health funding in 2019 and 1.5 percent in the first half of 2020. In a virtual conversation led by investor and serial entrepreneur Pamela York, co-founder and managing partner of Capita3, three MATTER startup members — Embr Labs CEO Elizabeth Gazda, Marani Health Founder and CEO A...

Jun 03, 2021•57 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast

Tales from the Trenches™ with Eric Lefkofsky, CEO & Founder, Tempus

Eric Lefkofsky is one of Chicago's most successful technology entrepreneurs. His entrepreneurial ventures include Groupon , Echo Global Logistics , Lightbank and, most recently, Tempus . As the founder and CEO of Tempus , Eric has led the company — which uses machine learning and genomic sequencing to better understand cancer tumors — to become one of Chicago's most valuable technology startups. Tempus raised $300 million last year, bringing their total financing to more than $1 billio...

Apr 21, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Defining Health Equity with Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago Public Health

What is health equity? Where do care gaps show up in the American healthcare system? How can technology and innovation be consciously designed and deployed to positively make a change? Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady joins us to answer these questions and more, kicking off MATTER’s latest event series, Advancing Health Equity . The series aims to unravel the various forms of inequities affecting our healthcare system today and explore the role that innovation ...

Apr 16, 2021•58 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

Tales from the Trenches™ with Matt Omernick, Co-founder of Akili Interactive

In 2011, Matt Omernick co-founded Akili Interactive and set out on a mission to improve people’s lives by building clinically-validated cognitive therapeutics, assessments and diagnostics that look and feel like video games. Nearly a decade later, Matt and his team have seen their hard work pay off — this summer, Akili Interactive was awarded FDA clearance for EndeavorRx, the first-and-only prescription treatment delivered through a video game developed to treat children with ADHD. Matt came acr...

Apr 07, 2021•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast

Tales from the Trenches™ with Todd Park, Co-founder of Devoted Health

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 with a next generation health plan. Todd has launched several healthcare startups and also served as the tech advisor to President Barack Obama and the CTO of the United States. In a conversation moderated by VillageMD Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Paul Martino, Todd discusses his entrepreneurial journey, advice for other healthcare innovators...

Mar 16, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast