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Front Digit Health2026;81720615.January 1, 2026Journal Article

Technological innovation in healthcare: challenges, opportunities and impact on sustainability.

Maria Vallet-Regi1,2,3,4, Manuel Doblare4,5,6, Jose A Garrido7,8, Almudena Fuster-Matanzo9, Angel Alberich-Bayarri9, María Elena Hernando2,4,10, Cecilia E García Cena11,12, Marie Destarac Eguizabal13,14, Emilio Bouza1,3
1Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
3Fundación Ramón Areces, Madrid, Spain.
4Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
5Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
6Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IISA), Zaragoza, Spain.
7ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.
8Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
9Quibim S.L, Valencia, Spain.
10Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
11Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Madrid, Spain.
12Centro de Automática y Robótica (ETSIDI-UPM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
13OWSD Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala.
14ABB Spain, Madrid, Spain.
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Abstract

Healthcare technologies are increasingly reshaping how diseases are detected, monitored, treated, and managed across healthcare systems. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), digital health, remote monitoring, advanced medical devices, and data-driven clinical infrastructures are creating important opportunities to improve prevention, diagnostic accuracy, personalisation of care, workflow effi…

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