This report examines digital transformation (DX) in the Healthcare sector, enabled by the key technology groups that are the focus of Transforma Insights’ research.
Healthcare systems worldwide are under intense pressure due to aging populations, increasing expectations of individual users, and the higher costs of ever more sophisticated treatments. A host of digitally transformative solutions can help to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems, treating more patients with less resources by adopting technologies such as IoT and AI. It will be critical for a diverse range of healthcare providers to adopt such technologies in order to align available resources with user expectations.
Overall, we have identified eight key domains of change in the healthcare sector. These are discussed in more detail in this document and comprise:
▪ Connected Medicine Dispensers, including medicine dispensers used at home
typically by the elderly to help administer the dispensing of medicines.
▪ Remote Patient Monitoring encompasses connected devices used to monitor a
patient’s health status including vital signs (such as heart rate, oxygen level, blood
sugar level), and detection of events such as patients falls, potentially alerting care
teams in case of emergency.
▪ Clinical Environment Patient Monitoring includes connected beds, enhanced ICU
monitoring, and wearable patient tracking tags.
▪ Patient Data Management includes digitally transformative solutions used for
patient records management.
▪ AI-based Diagnostic Solutions, including AI-based analysis of images (such as CT
and MRI scans) to assist radiologists and doctors.
▪ Surgical Robots, including robot-assisted systems to support surgeons performing
minimally invasive surgeries.
▪ 3D Printing, including the construction of prosthetics, joints and dental implants
using additive manufacturing technologies.
▪ Asset Monitoring includes tracking and monitoring solutions to safeguard hospital
assets (equipment and supplies) and prevent theft and misuse.
This report examines digital transformation in the Healthcare sector as enabled by the key technology groups that are the focus of Transforma Insights’ research. These technology groups include:
Accordingly, the aim of this document is not to chart the future direction of the healthcare industry, but to highlight key areas of change enabled by new and emerging technologies. The bulk of this report (Section 4) is concerned with discussion of these key areas of change, including an overview of each area, together with analysis of the business impact, and the complexity, timings and risk associated with each area. We also identify key enabling technologies for each area (from the list above) and provide summary details of illustrative case studies that are available in Transforma Insights Best Practice & Vendor Selection database.
The purpose of the document is two-fold. Firstly, from the perspective of a practitioner in the healthcare industry, the document highlights new and emerging aspects of change that can be expected to impact the industry in the next few years. Secondly, from the perspective of potential vendors to the healthcare industry, it highlights key emerging areas of opportunity to sell new products, services, and solutions to the healthcare industry. Our analysis of the key technologies that enable each of the identified areas of digital transformation will help vendors of horizontal (technology-specific) capabilities to identify the contexts in which they may be able to secure new business from the Healthcare sector.
Specific exclusions from the scope of this report include migration of existing computer systems to the cloud and other aspects of modernisation, robotic Process Automation (RPA), precision specialist robots (other than surgical robots), training assistance solutions, and telemedicine, connected ambulance, and support for healthcare workers in the community.
The analysis contained in this report draws significantly on Transforma Insights’ Best Practice & Vendor Selection Database and analysis of the Healthcare sector Case Studies that are part of the database are included in Section 6 of this report.
