6 Medical Specialties with the Biggest Potential in the Future - The Medical Futurist

Artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, virtual reality, medical robots – these disruptive technologies are completely changing the way patients and doctors think and act about healthcare. It also seems inevitable that medical robots, automation and artificial intelligence will replace many jobs in healthcare. But as with other fields of innovation, there will be areas which will thrive with the help of new technologies. Surgical robots become increasingly precise every day, man-sized machines can lift and transport patients throughout the hospital, while it only takes the Xenex robot 10 minutes to disinfect a patient room with UV light. Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla once said technology would replace 80% of doctors in the future, because machines will be more accurate, objective and cheaper than the average doctor.