Healthcare Trends Shaping the Industry in 2025
Burnout. Fatigue. Security risks. Staff shortages. These aren’t new issues but they stand to impact healthcare practices in new ways in 2025.
Wondering what to expect for your practice? Let’s look at three critical healthcare industry technology trends and how to address them.
1. Burnout and Automation
Physician burnout dropped below 50% for the first time in four years but it’s still prevalent. In a 2024 AMA survey, 48% of medical practitioners reported experiencing burnout, down from 53% in 2022 and a record-high of 63% in 2021.
This means nearly half of physicians are still overwhelmed and exhausted. And for most of them, it’s due to too many bureaucratic tasks and too many hours at work. These burnout levels aren’t just far higher than they should be. They’re preventable.
To combat this trend, practices should look for ways to automate more manual tasks in 2025. More than 80% of hospital and health system executives say it’s important to the survival of their facilities—healthcare automation lightens workloads, reduces worker fatigue, improves patient care and helps lower costs. For example, tools that allow teams to easily and securely exchange PHI speed up new patient onboarding, make it easier to coordinate care and remove the burden of manual entries.
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2. Mobile Healthcare Technology Risks
Remote patient monitoring is on the rise and it’s increasing security risks for medical practices. Because they transmit sensitive medical data over the internet, these remote systems are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks and data breaches. In fact, one survey found an astounding 91% of tech companies knowingly released applications with security flaws in 2024, often in a rush to get them to market. Seven in ten practitioners say those security vulnerabilities are caused by rushed deployments.
Healthcare institutions and practices must do their due diligence when selecting technology solutions in 2025. Don’t take anything at face value — make sure any new software and apps you adopt implement strong security measures. Robust encryption, secure data storage and comprehensive access controls aren’t just nice-to-haves. They’re crucial.
Related read: Healthcare data security: safeguarding patient information in the digital age
3. Staff Shortages and Technology
Healthcare staffing remains a major concern in 2025. Why? According to recent findings, the industry faces a shortage of 400,000 home health aids and more than 29,000 nurse practitioners in 2025 — and 122,000 physicians by 2032. And it’s happening at a time when the over-65 population, which tends to need more healthcare options, will grow by a whopping 48%.
Facilities, institutions and practices must focus on attracting talent and boosting job satisfaction in 2025. But while other industries have the advantage of work-from-home arrangements and guaranteed work-life balance, healthcare practitioners have to look elsewhere. For this reason, technology will be key. The digitalization of day-to-day healthcare tasks, when done right, reduces the burden on staff. It also supports faster information sharing and gives providers more time for patients. After all, when you’re not buried in note taking and data entry, it’s much easier to experience the joy of practicing medicine.
Looking Ahead
These aren’t the only trends shaping the healthcare industry in 2025, but they’re three of the most important. To stay ahead, healthcare facilities must learn to embrace automation, conduct due diligence when adapting new tools and leverage technology to attract and retain talent.