Innovations in health technologies will play a pivotal role in digital health and wellbeing in 2024 as artificial intelligence takes centre stage.
Advancements in technology have been used to improve human health, from creating new devices for medical treatment to the deployment of software to make healthcare management more efficient.
What will be with health-tech in 2024?
Holistic and preventive approach
At a global level health and wellbeing metrics will play a pivotal role, drawing from comprehensive datasets encompassing a customer’s medical history, sleep patterns, fitness routines and nutritional habits.
- Information will enable health-tech platforms to furnish practical recommendations related to health policy eligibility, fostering a genuinely connected care experience.
- There will be a significant shift towards a more holistic and preventive approach to digital health, where technology becomes a supportive and integral part in users’ overall daily health journey on a daily basis.
- AI symptom checkers which are already integrated with some major global insurers and there is a place for clinically driven AI.
- Automated next-best-action recommendations become more prevalent, Coffey thinks health-tech platforms will shift their focus beyond existing health concerns to guiding users in achieving their health objectives.
AI will take central role
As Healthcare workers have to face challenges like staff shortages and burnout:
- Automation AI will have a substantial impact on diagnostics and treatment in 2024.
- AI can assist by taking over routine tasks and processes with AI-powered applications like documentation and voice-to-text transcription, freeing up time and allowing professionals to spend more time on patient care.
- AI in healthcare will assisting in the interpretation of medical images such as x-rays and CT scans.
- AI can predict patient risks and health outcomes by analysing patterns in historical data and monitoring patient data in real-time
- AI is able to identify signs of disease exacerbation
- AI can enable proactive management of chronic conditions
“Your health insurance app should be the first app to be opened in the morning and the last app to be closed before bedtime. As the synergy between technology and healthcare intensifies, 2024 promises a future where innovation leads to more accessible, efficient and patient-centric healthcare solutions”
Life CEO Gary Coffey
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