Journal
JOURNAL OF TOURISM FUTURES
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 267-272Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/JTF-01-2020-0006
Keywords
Future trends; Industrial revolution; Technologies; Health tourism; IR 4; 0
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- UOW Malaysia KDU University College
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This paper discusses the impact of IR 4.0 technologies on the healthcare and health tourism industry, highlighting potential issues arising from the growth of health tourism and emphasizing the importance of technological advancement for future trends and commercialization.
Purpose The technological advances in the Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 era escalate the advancement of the healthcare industry, including the health tourism phenomenon. Based on the current trend in connected health care (e.g. mobile healthcare technology; digital health, etc.), this paper aims to propose that the distance between healthcare providers around the globe and its potential patients can be vastly reduced to almost on a real time basis. Design/methodology/approach A secondary literature review is conducted to identify the key development of IR 4.0 technologies in the healthcare industry and its possible trend leading the health tourism sector. Findings The adoption of IR 4.0 technologies is expected to make seeking treatments overseas more affordable, accessible and health records readily available on a real-time and secured basis. However, it is worth to note that the growth of health tourism raises the eyebrows of society from the security, social and economic perspectives. Originality/value This paper contributes to our understanding that the emergence of IR 4.0 technologies changes the landscape of the health care and health tourism industry. Continuous technology advancement is expected to further shape the future trend and escalate the commercialization aspect of the health tourism industry.
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