Exec Chat: Medtronic’s Chan Discusses Future Of Connected Care In A Stressed System
Executive Summary
Frank Chan, the president of Medtronic’s Patient Monitoring, talked to Medtech Insight about Medtronic’s planned spin-off of its Patient Monitoring business, some lessons from the pandemic, and the potential for digital data to improve patient outcomes.
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