Why Patience Was This Healthcare Company’s Biggest Asset

There’s no device quite as symbolic of the medical profession as the stethoscope. Doctors use it to listen to patients’ heart and lung function, and as a way to lay hands on the patient and create a connection. But according to Eko CEO Connor Landgraf, 31, most of the doctors he’s talked to don’t get much diagnostic value from the instrument: “They didn’t feel confident in it…. They were [using it] out of routine and out of habit, and fundamentally did not feel like they could hear the subtle differences necessary to detect heart disease very accurately.”