Eight technologies that could change healthcare beyond recognition

Smartphones, genome sequencing and wearable technology will bring benefits but also challenges to health and social care

Although not new, the smartphone's potential is yet to be realised in health and care. Efforts to curate quality apps, for example through an NHS app library, have had little success. Sophisticated apps can fit into health services. Ginger.io offers people with depression or anxiety problems the ability to track their mood and share data with clinicians to offer interventions.