Healthcare Informatics December 3, 2018
David Raths

Predictions about blockchain, artificial intelligence, ambient interfaces, digital patient experience

Nils Bohr, the Nobel laureate in physics, was famously quoted as saying, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” Indeed, figuring out the rate at which new technologies will impact the healthcare sector is a tricky business. Yet every year at this time IDC Health Insights releases its IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Health Industry 2019 Top 10 Predictions, several of which touch on the U.S. healthcare provider experience and are quite thought-provoking.

I had a chance last week to interview Mutaz Shegewi, research director for healthcare provider IT transformation strategies at IDC Health Insights. I mentioned to him that some CIOs and CMIOs may be resource-constrained and focused...

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