By 2030, about two-thirds of healthcare tasks are expected to be automated or augmented by technology, according to the World Economic Forum.
Here are seven things to know from the 2025 Future of Jobs Report, which surveyed leaders in late 2024 from 1,043 companies, collectively representing more than 14.1 million employees across the globe:
1. In 2025, an estimated half of healthcare duties are performed predominantly by humans.
2. In 2030, only 34% of healthcare activities will be done mostly by humans.
3. In healthcare, 54% of that shift will be attributable to automation, with the rest driven by augmentation.
4. 73% of healthcare employers plan to complement and augment their workforces with new technologies, while 64% want to accelerate the automation of tasks and processes.
5. 92% of healthcare organizations say AI and big data will be an increasingly important skill set for their workforces by 2030.
6. 98% of healthcare businesses say AI and information processing technologies (such as big data, virtual reality and augmented reality) will drive transformation at their organizations in the next five years.
7. 51% say robots and autonomous systems will.
