Future of the Technician Workforce Study

Health Care

Table 18

KEY TECHNOLOGIES: HEALTH CARE

NEXT 3 YEARS

NEXT 4-10 YEARS

Artificial Intelligence

 Use of neural networks for high-accuracy detection and diagnosis of pathologies and diseases.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

 Telehealth services enable remote consultation with patients.

 VR based solutions for training, diagnostics, and treatment purposes.  AR based apps/devices for 3D imaging for training and surgical preparation.

Automation and Robotics

 Electronic medical equipment and automated diagnostic systems (i.e., implantable devices).

Data Analytics and Data Science

 Secure electronic medical records (EMR) feeding neural networks and other AI based diagnostic techniques.  Dashboard analytics (i.e., Tableau, Power BI) for building operations, medical research, patient informatics, and medical/imaging equipment data.  Patient-centric mobile health/web based platforms with personal dashboards and patient access portals.  Use of distributed internal device networks to enable cyber-secure intra-organizational communications and controlled access to patient health information (PHI).  Software based solutions enabling interoperability across different types of electronic medical records (EMR) (i.e., Epic, Medent, eCW, Health Info Exchange).

Industrial Internet of Things

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