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Emerging Technologies: What the Future Holds

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Leveraging existing and emerging technologies, tools, and solutions can improve and democratize care and provide ‘future-ready approaches to be used by health organizations around the globe.’ This chapter provides an overview of existing and emerging technologies that contribute and will continue to contribute to a shift from ‘sick care’ to ‘health care.’

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  1. Exponential Medicine & Singularity University, Mountain View, CA, USA

    Daniel Kraft

  2. Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Shawna Butler

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  2. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Arlington, TX, USA

    Gabriela Mustata Wilson

  3. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Chicago, IL, USA

    Toria Shaw Morawski

  4. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Arlington, TX, USA

    Marion J. Ball

Appendix: Answers to Review Questions

Appendix: Answers to Review Questions

  • 1. What technologies and solutions can be used today and are likely to be used in 5–10 years?

    Examples include:

    • Internet of things

    • Artificial intelligence

    • Augmented, virtual, and extended Reality

    • Blockchain

    • 3D printing

    • Medical drones

    • Robotics and automation

    • Mobile health

    • Telemedicine and telehealth

    • Wearables

    • Food sensors

  • 2. What ‘pain points’ and challenges might be addressed with emerging technologies?

    • Traditional healthcare (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, disposables) needs are now being addressed by emerging technologies, which have in turn created new industries, fields, and careers at the interface of computational biology, telemedicine, robotic surgery, and companion diagnostics. Together, these can help address many of the local pain points and major challenges nurses, doctors, healthcare professionals, and healthcare systems face worldwide.

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Kraft, D., Butler, S. (2022). Emerging Technologies: What the Future Holds. In: Hübner, U.H., Mustata Wilson, G., Morawski, T.S., Ball, M.J. (eds) Nursing Informatics . Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91237-6_49

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