In order to provide high-quality care, it’s critical for professionals in the healthcare industry to stay on top of the latest advancements and innovations in tech.
With 2025 fast approaching, these are the five key medtech trends to watch out for over the next year.
- AI to play an even bigger role in healthcare
In 2024, we saw AI transforming businesses across industries – from finance to farming – and the healthcare industry is no different. The role of AI in healthcare is set to increase throughout 2025, particularly in diagnostics and patient care. According to RBC Capital Markets, healthcare data accounts for 30% of the world’s data volume. AI’s ability to rapidly process this data can support healthcare providers by offering faster diagnoses, reducing human error and enabling earlier intervention for diseases like cancer, heart conditions and neurological disorders.
- Data is making it easier for doctors to think proactively
With new systems in place, data-driven healthcare is set to become more refined in 2025, significantly improving hospital operations – from reducing wait times to streamlining resource allocation. By taking advantage of this data, medical professionals will be able to more easily utilise predictive analytics. With this proactive approach, doctors can identify potential health issues before they become severe, making healthcare less reactive and reducing the need for costly treatments.
Medical wearables are becoming more advanced
Devices like fitness trackers are revolutionising patient monitoring by collecting real-time health metrics and activity levels. These devices are likely to become even more sophisticated over the course of the next year, giving medical professionals even deeper insights into their patients’ health.
This technology offers valuable data for making informed decisions about patient care. The ability to track health trends over time allows for better management of chronic conditions and more personalised treatment plans, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
- Blood testing will be more efficient
Blood testing has always been a crucial part of diagnostic medicine, but it can often be a time-intensive task. However, recent innovations in blood testing – such as microfluidic technologies, that can perform multiple tests on a single drop of blood – are changing that. 2025 will bring faster and more accurate tests from minimal blood samples, making processes simpler and less invasive for patients.
- Personalised medicine could transform treatment
Personalised medicine is a transformative approach that involves tailoring medical treatments to patients based on their genetic makeup, environment and lifestyle. Taking this approach offers patients a more holistic view of their care and helps doctors better understand how a specific patient may metabolise a medication, minimising the risk of side effects.
We’re likely to see more widespread use of advancements like CRISPR in 2025, which provide tools to edit genes directly and stand at the forefront of the personalised medicine trend. Looking to the year ahead, tools like this could provide solutions to previously untreatable conditions by removing the mutations responsible for genetic diseases.
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Source: AMN Healthcare
