The document discusses the challenges facing healthcare systems and potential solutions from digital technologies. It notes that healthcare spending is rising dramatically in countries like Germany and China. It also discusses how mobile data usage and related traffic are growing exponentially and will continue to do so, driven especially by video. This growth outpaces network capacity increases. It proposes virtualizing care through technologies like telehealth, mobile health, and shifting services closer to patients' homes. Industry 4.0 principles of interoperability, virtualization and decentralization could apply. Potential solutions discussed include hybrid cloud architectures, mobile health apps, using social media to monitor pandemics, software defined networks, and 5G networks.