The Biggest Healthcare Trends Of The Next 10 Years
19 August 2024
Although my work usually involves advising businesses on changes and trends that are just around the corner, sometimes it’s also interesting to look a little further ahead.
If, as Harold Wilson said, a week is a long time in politics, then ten years is an eon in technology. In reality, anything could happen between now and 2035 to send progress hurtling off in completely unexpected directions.
But ignoring the entirely unpredictable for now and focusing on where developments on the horizon today could take us in the longer term can still yield some thought-provoking and perhaps slightly scary insights.
Today, artificial intelligence promises to accelerate the pace of innovation in every field, and breakthroughs in biotechnology look set to rewrite the rules of nature. These two technologies will be the foundation of the most exciting and important trends of the next ten years. So here are my predictions about what this could mean for healthcare and wellness at the halfway point of the next decade.
Bioprinting – Organs On Demand
By 2035, 3D printing technology could be sophisticated enough that we are able to create tissue and even entire organs on demand. This will have two major benefits for human health: Firstly, it will solve the persistent shortage of available donors needed for transplant patients. Secondly, 3D-printed organs will be created specifically to suit the genetic makeup of the recipient, minimizing the chance of it being rejected by their body. This will also reduce the need for immunosuppressive drugs that can cause further complications, such as weakening resistance to disease.
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He is a best-selling author of over 20 books, writes a regular column for Forbes and advises and coaches many of the world’s best-known organisations.
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