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Experts predict healthcare will
become digitised by 2030
Automation, robotics and self-diagnosis will soon play a vital role in caring
for ageing populations and creating better experiences for both patients and
health workers but security risks could rise, according to an Aruba report.
W
ithin 10 years your medical check-
up could involve more interaction
with sensors, cameras and robotic
scanning devices than human doctors and
nurses, as healthcare organisations re-build
services around the Internet of Things
(IoT), according to a new report by Aruba, a
Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
The Building the Hospital of 2030 report,
features the results of interviews carried out
with senior healthcare leaders. It explains
both the likelihood, and the need, for the
healthcare industry to create smarter
workplaces that incorporate mobile, cloud
and IoT technology, and explores the ways
in which this will transform the patient
experience and improve clinical care. The
study makes five key predictions for how the
industry will transform by 2030, including:
1. Patient self-diagnosis: Using app-
based and wearable tools to monitor
your health and even carry out your
own scans, patients will finally have the
ability to self-diagnose a wide number of
conditions at home, without needing to
visit a surgery or hospital
up huge amounts of their day to focus
on patient care
4. Digital data repositories: Devices will
automatically integrate with your digital
patient records, automatically updating
on your condition and treatment, giving
carers a richer, real-time, readily-accessible
data to make more better decisions
5. Acceptance of AI: As artificial
intelligence (AI) starts to play an
increasing role in diagnosis and
treatments, public support will grow to
the extent that you will be willing to be
diagnosed by machine, provided that
services are designed and implemented
around patients, the benefits are
explained and permission is sought
On the topic of patient self-care, Digital
Health Futurist, Maneesh Juneja, said: “Let’s
say you are diagnosed with diabetes or high
blood pressure in 10 years time. Once you’ve
been diagnosed, a lot of the monitoring of
how you’re taking your medication could be
done without the healthcare system seeing
you as frequently.
“They could track your data in real-time
and know if you’re deviating from your
recommended diet or treatment plan,
then send you a digital nudge on your
smartwatch or augmented reality glasses.”
However, the approach is currently fraught
with risk. A total of 89% of healthcare
organisations that have adopted an IoT
strategy, have experienced an IoT-related
data breach. With the explosion of new
technology devices appearing over the
course of the next decade, a key challenge
for organisations will be to maintain visibility
of all devices connecting to their network
and sharing medical data, in order to apply
strict security rules. n
2. The automated hospital: Hospital
check-in will feature imaging technology
that can assess your heart rate,
temperature and respiratory rate from
the moment you walk in, followed
by sensors that can perform a blood
pressure and ECG test within 10 seconds,
and lead to an automatic triage or even
diagnosis right there and then
3. Health professionals double their
free time: Doctors and nurses, who are
currently spending up to 70% of their
time on administrative work, will be
able to quickly analyse scans or patient
records via their mobile device, freeing
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