5G is primed to enable continuous, data-heavy health innovations, but hospitals need to prepare
MobiHealth News April 14, 2020
AT&T Business’ Clint Cetti gives a rundown of new health technologies that could benefit from increased capacity and speed, as well as some key considerations for health systems planning to implement the next-generation network.
By now it’s common knowledge that the greatest influence on a patient’s health is not their regular doctor’s visits or occasional procedure, but the health behaviors, self-management routines and other practices that occur outside of a healthcare setting. With this in mind, the industry has begun a push to integrate their services with day-to-day life – through continuous remote monitors, through stronger healthcare messaging, through increased access to services, and so forth.
In many ways, this trend has evolved alongside advances in networking and communications technology,...