DNV’s Research & Innovation unit has a long tradition of publishing Technology Outlook where we look into the crystal ball for selected industries. For the first time in DNV history, we publish Technology Outlook 2020 for the healthcare sector.
In Technology Outlook 2020 Healthcare we identify global megatrends and technologies that will be pertinent to the healthcare sector in 2020.
The healthcare sector faces challenges that threaten a sustainable development in many countries globally; healthcare expenditure in developed countries takes up a larger proportion of the economies and has the potential to trigger a financial crisis if not contained, the rising elderly population in many countries will put a burden to healthcare organisations struggling with shortage in healthcare workers, concomitantly the pandemic of non-communicable diseases constitute one of the major challenges for development in the twenty-first century.
Implementation of new and existing technologies in the healthcare sector may aid healthcare systems in overcoming the challenges, but will also introduce new risks to patients.
In the final section we present the “Safe Hospital 2020” where we illustrate how new and existing technologies may be used to improve patient safety.
The main objective of producing Technology Outlook 2020 Healthcare is to share our views and to stimulate discussions. The views and analyses have been formed by the Research and Innovation unit and might not be shared by all parts of the DNV organisation. We do not claim to have all the answers, but we have based our opinions on our expertise and competence in a broad range of areas.