“Thanks to the digital and big data revolution, we can start to do what...” — Frans van Houten Quote

Thanks to the digital and big data revolution, we can start to do what was previously unthinkable - to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs while delivering personalized care to each individual.

Government should seek more strategic approaches to developing dynamic, resilient infrastructure. Business must be more creative in offering financing solutions as partners with government, and people must support sustainable innovation as a public policy priority.

A siloed approach between suppliers doesn't really help hospitals well enough.

Health care has to be delivered as an integrated service across the entire continuum of care. This runs from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis and treatment and recovery and homecare.

I avoid envy at all costs.

There are so few times in life where you are passionate about anything. And I think that if you can find that, you should just hold on to it and protect it at all costs and just follow it, because it's so rare.

The investments and costs you have to put into digitalising means there will be an incentive for companies to merge.

Sunk costs? We pay too much attention to them.

The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively.