Robotics have the potential to significantly impact healthcare by increasing efficiency and reducing costs. They can perform surgery with more flexibility, speed and safety than humans. Intelligent prosthetics can restore mobility and work ability, while patient care and supply chain robots can improve movement, service, and satisfaction. Widespread use of robotics in surgery, patient care, and nanomedicine could save trillions spent on healthcare each year, though it may also displace some human workers like surgeons, nurses and supply chain employees. The future implications are both a possible "fountain of youth" through medical advances and issues around unemployment from displaced healthcare jobs.

1. Robotics and Their Economic Impact on Healthcare

2. The Costs of Healthcare $2.17 trillion or 16.5% of GDP (2006) 30-40% spent on inefficiencies (2007) 98,000 deaths (2007) 1,000,000+ injuries (2007)

4. History of Robotic Surgery 1980’s first robot-assisted surgery 1998 first robot-assisted heart bypass 2006 first unmanned robotic surgery

5. Robotic Surgery Flexibility Speed Safety

6. Intelligent Prosthesis Control Mobility Work

7. Patient Care Robots Movement Service Satisfaction

8. Supply Chain Robots Efficiency Timeliness Supervision

9. Nanorobots Precision Medicine Lifespan

10. Cost Savings Surgery Supply chain Patient care Nanomedicine

11. Questions of Employment Surgeons Specialized doctors Nurses Supply chain

12. Future Implications Unemployment Fountain of youth Government and society