GUGU LOURIE: Discovery bets on tech to fast-track its hospital of the future
New digital technologies, when implemented strategically, have huge benefits, but they should not be embraced purely as fashion statements
03 November 2021 - 18:42
New digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, virtual hospitals and robotics are reshaping the traditional private healthcare industry.
“Being born without a limb or losing one in an accident will soon not be a major disadvantage,” suggests Bertalan Mesko in his famous book The Guide to the Future of Medicine and The Human Touch. ..
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