BD is a Fortune 500 company with nearly 30,000 associates worldwide that sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products. Healthcare is undergoing a transformation driven by reforms that emphasize value-based reimbursement and use of health IT to improve outcomes. This is creating new opportunities for companies like BD to develop solutions involving areas like telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, big data analytics, mobile technologies, and smart medical devices. BD's strategic focus is on becoming a trusted clinical and operational partner through offerings involving connected diagnostics, population health management, and providing clinical and operational insights using data. BD is pursuing external innovation through partnerships with startups and accelerators to develop solutions in areas of strategic interest like big data, smart devices,