Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)
Horizon Scans

List of 2021 Health Technology Trends to Watch

Published January 29, 2021

Key Messages

The CADTH Horizon Scanning Service identifies and monitors new and emerging health technologies likely to have a significant impact on health care in Canada. This Watch List focuses on those categories of medical devices, clinical interventions, or other health technologies that are, or may become, important or disruptive to Canadian health care or decision-making in the next few years.

Among others, the trends and technologies featured in this Watch List include:

  • developments of artificial intelligence within imaging technologies
  • greater integration and connectedness of wearables to improving patient monitoring systems
  • proliferation of transcatheter valve devices driving innovations for interventional cardiology
  • increasing interest and development of non-pharmacological solutions for pain management
  • rapid growth in technologies and digital services enabling virtual care