The Midwest Alliance for Telehealth & Technology Resources (MATTeR) is funded through the Office for the Advancement  of Telehealth; Office of Health Information Technology; Health Resources and Services Administration (Grant Number G22TH07758).  As one of five regional Telehealth Resource Centers funded under the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program, MATTeR ws established in 2006 to assist the health care community in utilizing telehealth to increase access to quality patient care. 

The valuable quality MATTeR brings to the telehealth community is utilizing telehealth technologies to increase access to patient care, access to education, and foster administrative efficiencies.  MATTeR leverages the capabilities of four major organizations, each with extensive telehealth experience:

- Marquette General Hospital
Upper Peninsula Telehealth Network
Marquette, Michigan 

- Kansas University Medical Center
Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth
Kansas City, Kansas

- Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
East Lansing, Michigan

- Purdue University
Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
West LaFayette, Indiana