The 5 Digital Health Trends You Need to Know About in 2020
January is always an exciting month for everyone because there are always many new developments and opportunities. In 2020, we continue to innovate in the “digital health” industry as our wellbeing remains the top priority in today’s world.
With our latest technology, we are able to speed up critical diagnoses and perform large-scale analysis of patient data, therefore saving lives of many. According to Aurelien Blaha from Digimind, digital health is the long-awaited game changer for the healthcare industry.
Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data allow healthcare to become more accessible, affordable, and safe for all. Here are the top 5 Digital health trends you need to know about:
1. 5G application for Healthcare: 5G opens up entirely new horizons for telehealth. It’s a technology that allows patients to connect virtually with doctors and other healthcare providers, communicating via real-time video or live chat making it more convenient for patients, this means 5G technology will help turn antiquated healthcare systems in hospitals into smart hospitals where remote healthcare services can be delivered to patients around the world.
2. Amazon Care: Offering both virtual and in-person care, delivering telemedicine via the app, chat and remote video, as well as follow-up visits in person and prescription drug delivery through a courier directly at an employee’s home or office, The program was launched in 2019.
3. Google acquiring with Fitbit: $2.1 billion in major health tech deal launching a new wearable device “Google fitbit” which will make the market drive its competition forward. “More than 12 years ago, we set an audacious company vision — to make everyone in the world healthier. Today, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved towards reaching that goal. We have built a trusted brand that supports more than 28 million active users around the globe who rely on our products to live a healthier, more active life,” said James Park, co-founder and CEO of Fitbit.
4. AI in healthcare: As the market value expects to reach $190.61 billion by 2025, this does not intend to replace clinicians and medical professional practitioners, AI in healthcare serves the purpose of enhancement the human interaction within healthcare service delivery.
5. Blockchain: Blockchain technology continued to thrive. With the rise of wearables and large amounts of biometric data, blockchain continues to provide advanced encryption and thus protecting private information, keeping anonymized identities separated from cryptographic identifiers. With more and more biometric data being collected, the need for privacy will grow even greater.
Major tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Tencent have started to put more efforts in digital health, a sector that has traditionally been grown and developed by governments and healthcare companies. For the past 5 years, tech giants are trying to expand into the healthcare sector by developing startups and emerge to offer innovative products and services. In 2020 we look forward to seeing even more opportunities for consumer companies to expand, help improve and strengthen the healthcare system overall.
