TY - JOUR T1 - Introduction to the cognitive hospital JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 34 LP - 40 DO - 10.7861/fhj.2021-0016 VL - 9 IS - 1 AU - Jordi Rovira-Simón AU - Marc Sales-i-Coll AU - Patricia Pozo-Rosich AU - Darren Gates AU - Carol Patt AU - Iain Hennessey AU - Lisa Emery AU - Juan Antonio Hueto-Madrid AU - Marta Carbonell-Cobo AU - Francesc Garcia-Cuyàs AU - Monica Moz AU - Zafar Chaudry AU - Genevieve Shaw Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/34.abstract N2 - 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. ER -