RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Introduction to the cognitive hospital JF Future Healthcare Journal JO Future Healthc J FD Royal College of Physicians SP 34 OP 40 DO 10.7861/fhj.2021-0016 VO 9 IS 1 A1 Jordi Rovira-Simón A1 Marc Sales-i-Coll A1 Patricia Pozo-Rosich A1 Darren Gates A1 Carol Patt A1 Iain Hennessey A1 Lisa Emery A1 Juan Antonio Hueto-Madrid A1 Marta Carbonell-Cobo A1 Francesc Garcia-Cuyàs A1 Monica Moz A1 Zafar Chaudry A1 Genevieve Shaw YR 2022 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/34.abstract AB The third industrial revolution has radically impacted the transformation of hospitals. Through the adoption of key digital technologies, hospitals have become more accessible, flexible, organised, responsive and able to deliver more personalised care. The digitalisation of patient health records, one of the most remarkable achievements to date in healthcare management, has enabled new opportunities, including the idea of hospitals evolving to become artificially intelligent. In parallel, the adoption of electronic and mobile internet technologies in hospitals has introduced new structural concepts, seeing a variety of terms blossom such as ‘smart’, ‘intelligent’, ‘green’ and ‘liquid’. Now in the early fourth industrial revolution, driven by AI and internet-of-things technologies, this article unveils a new concept adapted to the upcoming era.