Introduction

Abstract

Using high technologies for producing health services can assist in providing more satisfactory healthcare services, as it can help diagnose and decide on treatment. It can help to increase the quality of auxiliary health services, such as health logistics, supplying medical substances and drugs, and healthcare waste disposal. The present book suggests new and unprecedented ways to understand the central concept of health 4.0 and its emerging technological implementations. For this aim, the book's authors examined technological implementation used or will be used in the healthcare industry. They synthesized the information concerning these technologies and their abilities and benefits to health professionals and patients in the present industry. After the introduction section, given the scope, concept, and future of health 4.0 in detail, examined the new tools for distribution management in the health industry. As a well-known fact for scholars and practitioners dealing with the health industry, distribution operations, a significant part of the logistics activities, play a crucial role in producing and providing successful health services. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.