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Episode: 203 - Quentin Blackford on Going Beyond Traditional Monitoring
37 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
From Farm Roots To MedTech
Patient-Centered Purpose Takes Hold
Scaling Zimmer To Dexcom
Seeing iRhythm’s Disruption Path
Longer Wear And AI Triage
Building Access Through Payers
Platform Vision And Data Scale
Shifting To Primary Care
Two-Pronged Go-To-Market
Host CTA To Listeners
Value-Based Care Economics
Partnering For Outcomes And Savings
Choosing AI Partners And Mindset
Policy Tailwinds And CMS Dialogue
Beyond Arrhythmias: Comorbid Frontiers
Closing Thanks And Next Steps
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How do you approach growing and investing? Quentin Blackford, president and CEO of iRhythm Technologies, joins Medtech Talk host Justin Klein to discuss how he took his company beyond traditional monitoring and expanded into the primary care setting, even though many traditional medical device companies don’t have much success in primary care. Blackford shares advice on how to develop expertise and comfort in approaching and embracing technology investment (particularly with AI), as well as h...