Advice for CEOs

Newport Board Group partner Bob Hickey was recently quoted on a key healthcare industry web site, Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, in an article about the purchase of a wearables technology firm, Zephyr Technology, by Covidien, a global medical devices company.

In a previous article, I described an example of changes in healthcare delivery that can help get America past the stale debate over Obamacare toward innovation to improve healthcare while reducing its cost. What is being called “telemedicine” or “telehealth” is a potentially radical shift in how healthcare is delivered. It combines remote monitoring of patient health, remote access to doctors to overcome the barrier of distance and portable medical records and profiles.