Fierce Healthcare July 16, 2019
Bringing effective telemedicine to rural areas will require providing 5G technologies to small communities.
Just as it promises to increase speeds and reduce latency for consumers, 5G technology also has the potential to transform how healthcare is delivered.
In telehealth, 5G will drive near real-time, high-quality video required for remote medical consultations. By leveraging 5G mobile edge compute, hospitals and doctors can have on-hand access to patient’s high-quality imaging for review without the wait. By extending health care providers’ reach beyond hospitals, telemedicine will improve access to quality care, helping patients get treated sooner and reaching specialists otherwise not available.
Because of its huge potential, it’s not surprising that two-thirds of U.S. health care providers have or are developing telehealth...
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