Below are some early trends/predictions that I am seeing in orthopedics.
Many of these trends have been occurring very slowly for years, but the COVID situation has accelerated everything. Examples: Some ortho companies were going out of business in a few years anyway; now it's months. VR Surgical Training was a decade phenomenon; now it's months. Big robot systems were going to be eclipsed by new small integrated ubiquitous systems in years; now it's months. Remote work was trending for years; now it's today. There has been a gradual pull towards virtual ortho meetings; now it's here a...