5 Trends to Watch in 2021: Emerging Technologies

Digital Health – The convergence of digital and health care technologies has been accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With social distancing mandates, there has been an increased focus on telemedicine and mobile health, surgical robotics, smart devices, and health analytics. As a result, there is a rise in digital health innovations coming to market that will also need to comply with the evolving regulatory landscape while protecting patient data. Such technologies in the digital health industry will continue to develop to bring efficient and personalized treatments to a wider population, in some cases testing the limits of increasingly comprehensive U.S. and global privacy regulations. Agribusiness – Advancements in software and connected hardware technologies continue to have an impact on the agriculture industry.