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Into 2019: Intelligent Innovation's Role In The Shape Of Medtech Things To Come

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Brexit, the "Implant Files" and the new EU regulations – however large they loom at present, they will in time be seen as mere tactical challenges for a global medtech industry working hard to ensure that it is ready for the massive health-care delivery and service-oriented changes to come. Preparing for the future and maximizing current market penetration – in the UK, the EU and beyond – were key themes at UK HealthTech 2018, held in Cardiff, Wales.

A desert road with the inscription 2018 2019. Concept of the departing old year and new goals. - Image

Health-care delivery is changing at an ever-faster pace, and predictions made now for four years hence may well prove to be inaccurate. Such is the lot of those who set themselves the task of looking into the future.

Deloitte's UK Centre for Healthcare Solutions' Mark Steedman took up that challenge this year in co-compiling the flagship "Future Awakens"...

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