Healthcare 4.0: Importance and its benefits for worker health and safety

Also known as the 4th industrial revolution, this new era is characterized by the integration of advanced technologies, bringing significant innovations in several areas. Among these areas, we can list worker health and safety, enabling safer work environments and ensuring the well-being of employees. Therefore, this study aims to describe in a narrative way the benefits to worker health and safety, as well as the challenges with implementing healthcare 4.0 concepts. A bibliographic review was adopted as a methodology using the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and CAPES Periodicals Portal databases. In this context, it can be seen that in the same way that Industry 4.0 transformed manufacturing and other sectors, Healthcare 4.0 is revolutionizing healthcare by integrating advanced digital technologies to improve the prevention, protection and promotion of workers' health efficiently, personalization and quality of health services. Despite the positive aspects, the need to overcome ethical and privacy challenges related to the use of these technologies was identified, in order to ensure that workers' data is protected as well as transparency in the use of the information collected. However, the long-term benefits justify investments in technology and changing paradigms in occupational health management.