InsightReportHealthandHealthcareintheFourthIndustrialRevolutionGlobalFutureCouncilontheFutureofHealthandHealthcare2016-2018April2019WorldEconomicForum91-93routedelaCapiteCH-1223Cologny/GenevaSwitzerlandTel.:+41(0)228691212Fax:+41(0)227862744Email:contact@weforum.orgwww.weforum.org©2019WorldEconomicForum.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem.3GlobalFutureCouncilontheFutureofHealthandHealthcareExecutiveSummaryForewordIntroductionMedicalBreakthroughsinBiotechnologyGeneticEngineeringRegenerativeMedicineandStemCells:ImprovingandRestoringHomeostasisImmunotherapyPrecisionMedicineSomeDefinitionsHistoricalPerspectivesofPrecisionMedicineExamplesofPrecisionMedicineinPracticeChallenges,LimitationsandPromisesofPrecisionMedicineEnhancingHumanHealthforImprovedWellnessNanotechnologyMedical‘ThingsandtheInternetofThingsAnalyticsandComputingforImprovedDiagnostics,PaymentsandInformationSharingArtificialIntelligenceBigDataCaseStudy:BigDataforRationalCareBlockchainVirtual/AugmentedRealityModernMachinesandHealthcare3DPrintingRoboticsDronesPolicyandGovernance:AdjustingSocietytoRapidChangesintheHealthandHealthcareEcosystemAccessandAffordabilityWorkforceRegulationEthics,EquityandSocialConsiderationsNorms,Standards,ResponsibleConductDataOwnership,PrivacyandSharingBiosecurityandbiosafetyCybersecurityConclusionAcknowledgementsEndnotes578991218202021212425252527272929323233333333343434343435353536373840Contents4GlobalFutureCouncilontheFutureofHealthandHealthcareFigure0:Whatisdrivinginnovationsinhealthandhealthcare?Table1:SuccessesandpromisesingeneticengineeringTable2A:Clinicalapplicationsofex-vivogenetherapiesTable2B:Clinicalapplicationsofin-vivogenetherapiesFigure1:Abriefhistoryoftheuseoflivecell-basedtherapiesinmedicineTable3:SuccessesandpromisesinregenerativemedicineTable4:OtherapplicationsofregenerativemedicineFigure2:Strategiestoexpandthepotentialofregenera...