Impacts of Healthcare 4.0 digital technologies on the resilience of hospitals

Abstract

Healthcare 4.0 (H4.0) adapts principles and applications from the Industry 4.0 movement to healthcare, enabling real-time customization of care to patients and professionals. As such, H4.0 can potentially support resilient performance in healthcare systems, which refers to their adaptive capacity to cope with complexity. This paper explores the impact of ten H4.0 digital technologies on four abilities of resilient systems (monitor, anticipate, respond, and learn) in the context of hospitals. For that, we conducted a survey with 109 resilient healthcare and H4.0 experts from both emerging and developed economies. The collected data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical t..