Forbes April 5, 2019
Stephen Ibaraki

Healthcare, growing to $10 Trillion US globally, lags behind nearly 80% of other industries in innovative technology adoption, and in fact is at the bottom five across industries. However this is about to change in the next three years. From the WEF Future of Jobs Report, by 2022, adoption forecasts include: 87% big data, 87% biotech, 80% machine learning (a form of AI), 73% wearable technologies, 67% each for blockchain / IoT / AR-VR, 53% 3D printing, 47% stationary robots, and 40% non-human robots.

This became a focused area of discussion at the W2O hosted session in March at SxSW “EQ in the ER: Building Empathy Through XR” which is now available on video and follow-up podcast. Anita Bose, Chief...

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Topics: 3D Printing, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Big Data, Biotechnology, Blockchain, Conferences / Podcast, Healthcare System, IoT (Internet of Things), Metaverse/VR, Robotics/RPA, Technology, Trends, Wearables
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