the u-blox technology magazine No. 10 November 2020 eHealth takes off The eHealth revolution: Vitally important, long overdue → 7 The digital transformation of hospitals → 28 Emerging technologies in eHealth → 34 Imprint u - The u-blox technology magazine Published by: Thomas Seiler Chief Editor: Sven Etzold Senior Editor: Natacha Seitz Writer: Jan Overney Graphic Design: Marina Sancho Vila, Klaus Erlinghagen Circulation: 20’000, bi-annual Contact:
[email protected] (If you no longer wish to receive a hard copy of the u-blox magazine, please send an email with the subject unsubscribe magazine) Contributors: Sabrina Bochen, Agnès Derderian, Patty Felts, Paul Gough, Diego Grassi, Holger Hendrichs (greenTEG), Gitte Jensen, Lars Møller (Leikr), William Saltzstein (Code Blue Consulting), Pelle Svensson © by u-blox AG 2020, Zuercherstrasse 68, 8800 Thalwil, Switzerland 2 Foreword Dear Readers, In this tenth edition of “u” we delve into a particularly timely topic: the global healthcare sector and the poten- tial that wireless technologies and the Internet of Things have to give it a facelift that is both vitally important and long overdue. Despite the vast and varied challenges that the global COVID-19 pandemic has brought upon us, there is ample ground for optimism. Repeatedly, we have seen how in times of crisis innovation and technological adoption go into overdrive. And we are seeing it again, across indus- tries. We are living through a societal, technological, and economic inflection point that is unlikely to be undone, even once the pandemic subsides. In these pages, we peer into the future of healthcare and explore the many ways it will be transformed by digital technologies.