IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2025 Predictions

IDC FutureScape Figure

• Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2025 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

• Summary of External Drivers

• Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers

• Prediction 1: By 2026, Healthcare GenAI Investments Will Triple, Driven by Rapid Use Case Deployment, More Curated Clinical Data, and Increased Organizational Buy-In

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 2: By 2027, 75% of Healthcare GenAI Initiatives Will Fail to Achieve Expected Benefits Due to Barriers to Adoption Like Trustworthiness of the Data, Disconnected Workflows, and End-User Resistance

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 3: By 2027, Growing Cybersecurity Risks Will Push 40% of Healthcare Organizations to Adopt AI-Based Threat Intelligence Solutions to Ensure Care Continuity and Safeguard Patients

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 4: By 2027, the Healthcare Industry Will Save up to $382 Billion by Significantly Optimizing Clinical, Operational, and Administrative Workflows Through Intelligent Automation

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 5: By 2027, 40% of Patients Will Enroll in Multiyear Reimbursement Models That Cause the Need for Long-Term Infrastructure Investment to Support Linking Payment to Customized, Longitudinal Care Models

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 6: By 2028, Driven by the Demand for Enhanced Care Collaboration, Expanded Clinician and Consumer Access, and Enhanced Digital Literacy, 80% of Patients Will Utilize Hybrid Care

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 7: By 2029, AI-Driven Public Health 3.0 Initiatives Will Accelerate Policy Planning, Execution, and Resource Mobilization, Expanding Local Community Engagement and Program Coverage by 50%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 8: By 2029, Healthcare Investments in AI-Powered Early Detection Programs Will Triple to Fight the "Next Pandemic" of Noncommunicable Diseases, Focusing on Cancer and Neurological Diseases

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 9: By 2029, Large Healthcare Providers Will Scale the Adoption of Patient Digital Twins by 60% to Transform Medical Education, Enhance Clinical Cost-Effectiveness, and Drive Safer Personalized Care Protocols

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

• Prediction 10: By 2029, at Least 50% of Complex, High-Volume Surgeries at Top Global Hospitals Will Use AI-Driven, Real-Time Guidance, Haptic Feedback, and Advanced Analytics, Reducing Surgical Complications by 60%

• Associated Drivers

• IT Impact

• Patient Impact

• Guidance

Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

• AI-Driven Business Models — Moving from AI Experimentation to Monetization

• The Drive to Automate — Toward a Data-Driven Future

• Regulatory Flux — Navigating Compliance Challenges in a Shifting Policy Landscape

• Expanding Digital Security Frontiers — Fortification Against Multiplying Threats

• Responsible and Human-Centric Technology — Ethics in the Enterprise

• Battling Against Technical Debt — Overcoming Hurdles to IT Modernization

• Customer Experience Squared — Consumer and Citizen Expectations for Digital Services

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