In early 2015, the American Medical Assocation and Matter launched MATTER, a healthcare technology incubator improving how physicians and patients interact. The collaboration space is located within Merchandise Mart sharing a floor with 1871, Chicago's largest tech incubator. The official opening of the Matter healthtech incubator drew a crowd — and a group of speakers so large that Mayor Rahm Emanuel joked he was being pushed offstage. More than 150 people attended Friday’s

Formed as a partnership between the American Medical Assocation and Matter, the MATTER health-tech incubation space in Chicago in early 2015 to drive innovation in physician-patient interaction. The American Medical Association and Matter, a health care technology incubator, are teaming up to improve how physicians and patients interact. Chicago-based AMA, the nation's largest physician organization, and Matter, which opened this week at the Merchandise Mart, today are kickin