TY - JOUR
T1 - Industry 4.0 and healthcare
T2 - Context, applications, benefits and challenges
AU - Kotzias, Konstantinos
AU - Bukhsh, Faiza A.
AU - Arachchige, Jeewanie Jayasinghe
AU - Daneva, Maya
AU - Abhishta, Abhishta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. IET Software published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Financial transaction number:
2500030781
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Industry 4.0 refers to the digital transformation in the manufacturing domain through new technology. Currently, it expands well beyond manufacturing, affecting many areas of life and posing implications for all types of business. This paper focuses on the relationships between Industry 4.0 and Healthcare which transitions to increased interconnectivity, automation and smart decision making. The integration context of Industry 4.0 into Healthcare is only partly understood. Little was done until now to consolidate what is known on the integration benefits and the challenges. This article reports results of a systematic mapping study that analysed 69 papers to extract knowledge about the concepts of Industry 4.0 and the emerging Healthcare 4.0., and the relationships between them. We found 10 different perspectives of Healthcare 4.0, ranging from strategic to tactical and operational levels. Next, our results show: (i) nine applications of Industry 4.0 in the Healthcare domain: Augmented Reality and Simulation, Autonomous Robotics, Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Additive Manufacturing and Systems Integration; and (ii) 10 benefits and nine challenges in Healthcare 4.0. The most frequently mentioned benefits are patients' diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and financial benefits. The most researched challenges are data fragmentation, heterogeneity, complexity, and privacy.
AB - Industry 4.0 refers to the digital transformation in the manufacturing domain through new technology. Currently, it expands well beyond manufacturing, affecting many areas of life and posing implications for all types of business. This paper focuses on the relationships between Industry 4.0 and Healthcare which transitions to increased interconnectivity, automation and smart decision making. The integration context of Industry 4.0 into Healthcare is only partly understood. Little was done until now to consolidate what is known on the integration benefits and the challenges. This article reports results of a systematic mapping study that analysed 69 papers to extract knowledge about the concepts of Industry 4.0 and the emerging Healthcare 4.0., and the relationships between them. We found 10 different perspectives of Healthcare 4.0, ranging from strategic to tactical and operational levels. Next, our results show: (i) nine applications of Industry 4.0 in the Healthcare domain: Augmented Reality and Simulation, Autonomous Robotics, Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Additive Manufacturing and Systems Integration; and (ii) 10 benefits and nine challenges in Healthcare 4.0. The most frequently mentioned benefits are patients' diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and financial benefits. The most researched challenges are data fragmentation, heterogeneity, complexity, and privacy.
KW - Big data
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Fourth industrial revolution
KW - Healthcare 4.0
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
KW - Mapping Study
KW - Smart industry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141432335&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1049/sfw2.12074
DO - 10.1049/sfw2.12074
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85141432335
SN - 1751-8806
VL - 17
SP - 195
EP - 248
JO - IET software
JF - IET software
IS - 3
ER -
