Device Week, 14 November, 2019 – Medtech Leaders Look To The Future At XMed 2019;

In this edition of Device Week, Medtech Insight managing editor Marion Webb summarizes her interviews with Ted Tanner, the CTO of IBM Watson Health, and Catherine Mohr, president of the Intuitive Foundation. Both executives addressed the Exponential Medicine conference in San Diego about the future of global medtech. Deputy Editor Reed Miller discusses the appointment of Robert Ford as the new CEO of Abbott Laboratories, the latest in a recent series of high-profile CEO appointments in medtech. Medtech Insight articles addressing topics discussed in this episode: Exec Chat: XMed2019: How IBM Watson Health's CTO Uses Blockchain To Eliminate 'Friction Points' In Health Care http://bit.ly/2qdmnJv Exec Chat: XMed 2019: Intuitive Foundation's President Catherine Mohr's Team Jackets Read 'Plan For 100 Years' http://bit.ly/2qR4aBq Medtech Veteran Robert Ford Will Take Over As Abbott CEO From Miles White http://bit.ly/2qcCZks Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak Announces Retirement; Geoff Martha Will Be New CEO http://bit.ly/2CLuXBM BD Names COO Thomas Polen As Next CEO; Vince Forlenza Will Retire In January http://bit.ly/32NyPwX