Minimally invasive surgery is the way forward: the patient goes home the next day; there are fewer complications. — Frans van Houten Day Copy Share Image
The entire dynamics of the lighting market are changing. Value is moving toward systems and services. — Frans van Houten Investing Copy Share Image
When you make a courageous statement, people start to follow you, and that's nice. — Frans van Houten Courage Copy Share Image
Insurers reimburse critical care, not the avoidance of incidents. Therefore, investments are not targeted towards prevention. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Our myopic focus on producing and consuming as cheaply as possible has created a linear economy in which objects are briefly used… — Frans van Houten Economics Copy Share Image
The shift in demand is toward partners that can improve productivity, and in part, that can be done by software. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
What Philips has to offer to India is to further enhance the state of healthcare for the over billion people in this… — Frans van Houten Country Copy Share Image
By innovating and investing in health technology, we believe that we can really change the future of health. — Frans van Houten Change Copy Share Image
Healthcare continues to move outside the hospital and into our homes and everyday lives. With leading doctors and psychologists, for example, we've… — Frans van Houten Change Copy Share Image
Government should create the environment and incentives to stimulate investment in sustainable innovation, take away barriers, and accelerate adoption, even in turbulent… — Frans van Houten Economic times Copy Share Image
Concerns about the possible side-effects of connected care are swept aside by the expectations of the benefits when people are confronted with… — Frans van Houten Care Copy Share Image
Philips is committed to the circular economy and is applying its principles throughout the organization. We are redesigning our products and looking… — Frans van Houten Circular Copy Share Image
When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So… — Frans van Houten Ceo Copy Share Image
Philips is uniquely positioned to help reshape and optimize population health management by leveraging big data and delivering care across the health… — Frans van Houten Data Copy Share Image
Having a consumer brand helps us a lot. We will see more ambulatory care, and there will be a lot of new… — Frans van Houten Consumerism Copy Share Image
If we are to ensure that healthcare remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to radically rethink how we… — Frans van Houten Future Copy Share Image
The computer can do a much better job than the human eye, as it is much more systematic in analysing tissues. — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
How can we keep people healthy, and if they get sick, how can we treat them right the first time? — Frans van Houten Copy Share Image
Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest of the world create lasting social and economic value. — Frans van Houten Africa Copy Share Image
Healthy people are not very motivated to manage their health. They just don't care. — Frans van Houten Care Copy Share Image
With access to professional coaching and support around the clock, patients will feel more empowered to manage their own physical wellbeing. — Frans van Houten Clock Copy Share Image
To become the global leader in HealthTech and shape the future of the industry, we will combine our vibrant Healthcare and Consumer… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals… — Frans van Houten China Copy Share Image
City farming is not only possible, it is the very definition of the kind of meaningful, sustainable innovation we will need to… — Frans van Houten Agriculture Copy Share Image
I think of the world as geographical regions, and it excites me to think about the opportunity that Europe can have if… — Frans van Houten Europe Copy Share Image
Lumileds is a highly successful supplier of lighting components to the general illumination, automotive, and consumer electronics markets, with a strong customer… — Frans van Houten Consumer Copy Share Image
We invented television and stuck with it for 50 years, and then I decided to get out of that. I would like… — Frans van Houten Consumer Copy Share Image
We typically sell a catheter lab to a hospital, and it sits there for the next 10 years, and we don't visit… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
Indeed, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will greatly lead to increased consumer health awareness and self-management and will enable individualized treatment pathways supported… — Frans van Houten Awareness Copy Share Image
I came back to Philips and quickly realised that the TV business had a major performance issue and some structural challenges. Rather… — Frans van Houten Business Copy Share Image
Engagement with young people is always a refreshing break with routine. It's also a reminder of how we need to constantly keep… — Frans van Houten Engagement Copy Share Image
We knew we could put the company on the right side of history by decisive transformative action and by redefining our purpose… — Frans van Houten Action Copy Share Image
We undertook a huge internal transformation to sharpen our customer focus, step up innovation, improve productivity to ensure competitiveness, change our culture,… — Frans van Houten Change Copy Share Image
In Kenya, e-learning has taught 12,000 nurses how to treat major diseases such as HIV and malaria, compared to the 100 nurses… — Frans van Houten Classroom Copy Share Image
We are addressing duplication and complexity. At the same time, we are investing more in research and development, speeding up the time… — Frans van Houten Complexity Copy Share Image
Light is one of the basic areas that will give you comfort, but it is undergoing a technological revolution in moving from… — Frans van Houten Comfort Copy Share Image
The traditional way that society looks at healthcare is to let people get terribly sick and then have an emergency room to… — Frans van Houten Change Copy Share Image
Employers can assist employees in looking after their health by giving guidance on energy management, sleep and healthy eating, working relationships, and… — Frans van Houten Employers Copy Share Image
Genomics, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Machine learning technologies are helping practitioners deliver better diagnosis and actually freeing up time for patient interaction. — Frans van Houten Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
I am pleased with the response of investors towards Philips Lighting and the successful pricing of the I.P.O. This strategic milestone will… — Frans van Houten Focus Copy Share Image
