5G and the future of healthcare (Reader Forum)
RCR Wireless News September 10, 2020
Integrating 5G network technology and today’s digital healthcare technology will improve patients’ access to doctors, increase the availability of the latest healthcare technologies, improve patient outcomes, and increase the efficiency of healthcare delivery.
To improve patient access and patient outcomes, and accelerate the acquisition of large amounts of medical data for future research, the healthcare industry has undertaken initiatives in remote patient monitoring, telemedicine, robotics, and data collection and analysis.
The mobile industry is doing its part with the ongoing deployment of ultra-fast 5G networks, which support the the near-instantaneous transmission of huge amounts of data, and rolling out new, more powerful mobile and IoT devices.
Wireless operators are investing billions to build the infrastructure needed for widespread...