Lisa Earnhardt on Abbott’s Innovation Strategy and the Future of Patient-Centered Care

About this episode

Lisa Earnhardt discusses Abbott's innovation strategy and the future of patient-centered care.

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Lisa Earnhardt, Executive Vice President and Group, President, Medical Devices, Abbott. Earnhardt shared her views on Abbott’s advances in electrophysiology, pacemakers, and other technologies in this interview, which was conducted at DeviceTalks Minnesota. In our sponsor interview ATL Medical CEO Jim Fitzgerald unpacks the meaning of its Manufacturing for Life philosophy with Managing Editor Kayleen Brown. For more information go to www.ATLMedical.com. To find the blog mentioned in the interview, go here. But we’ll start off with MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker with this week’s Newsmakers – Philips, Disney, Neurovalens, Edwards, Insulet and Medtronic. *** Enjoy the show? Follow DeviceTalks Weekly on all major podcast players + Follow us on YouTube.com/@DeviceTalks to ensure you never miss an episode. Want access to the complete DeviceTalks Podcast Network (DTPN)? Follow us today at https://devicetalks.castos.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Tom Salemi

Guests: Lisa Earnhardt, Jim Fitzgerald

Topics covered

• innovation strategy
• patient-centered care
• medical devices
• electrophysiology
• pacemakers
• health technology

Keywords

• Abbott
• innovation
• medical devices
• electrophysiology
• pacemakers
• healthcare
• ATL Medical

Sponsors

ATL Medical

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbott, MassDevice, Philips, Disney, Neurovalens, Edwards, Insulet, Medtronic

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