The healthcare industry sees new innovations, technologies, and discoveries on an almost daily basis. Choosing where to focus funding and attention can be a challenge as everyone from researchers in federal labs, to major established companies, to small startups work to improve health, cure diseases, and increase life expectancy.

Propose a key technology or innovation that you believe will be pivotal to the future of human health and the healthcare industry. Potential solutions run the gambit from the introduction of new types of smart tech and wearables, to vaccine and cure development, to advances in patient portals and apps allowing people to better interact with their clinicians and healthcare providers.

With your response please address the following aspects:

1. A short description of the innovation or technology.
2. The reason that innovation is important, either in terms of health impact, societal benefit, or other factors.
3. A description of the current state of the industry surrounding the innovation you have identified and suggestions for future development.