Industry 4.0 perspectives in the health sector in Brazil

• Published in: Independent Journal of Management & Production Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Silveira, Franco da, Rodeghiero Neto, Italo, Santos, Bruno Miranda dos, Gasparetto, Rafaela Maria de Oliveira, Machado, Filipe Molinar, Rodrigues, Paulo Cesar Chagas, Amaral, Fernando Gonçalves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sao Paulo Independent Journal of Management & Production, I J M & P 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Digitization; Field study; Health care; Hospitals; Industry 4.0; Innovations; Internet of Things; Medical equipment; Medical technology; Product life cycle; Professionals; Safety management; Technological change; Technology; Value chain; Brazil
• ISSN: 2236-269X; 2236-269X
• DOI: 10.14807/ijmp.v12i1.1289

Health 4.0 can be understood as the set of procedures that seek to improve the efficiency and speed of health professionals with possible guidelines for combining patient data in hospitals. However, systematizing and qualitatively describing the contributions of industry 4.0 in the context of the Brazilian health sector is a complex task. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of industry 4.0 related to the health sector and its respective characteristics in Brazil. In addition, it discusses the prospects for greater use of technology in health care. In methodological terms, an exploratory field research was conducted with a non-random and intentional sample of professionals working in the technological context of Brazilian health. The research is classified as descriptive and qualitative, exploratory. The results contribute to narrow the information gap about industry 4.0 in the Brazilian health sector. The study allowed to develop a concept map of health 4.0 regarding the professional profile, considering the adoption of technologies that may favor the sector.