Samsung Medical Center, KT Partner to Develop 5G Medical Service
HIT Infrastructure January 24, 2020
The 5G medical service will allow smart hospitals to access digital data for pathology analyses, deliver surgery education outside of the OR, and more, the companies say.
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) and Korea’s largest telecommunications company KT Corporation recently announced that they have partnered to develop an innovative, 5G medical service to support the development of smart hospitals.
According to the announcement, KT built an enterprise-dedicated 5G network at SMC, created service environments in operating and proton therapy rooms, and conducted a test operation for the pilot project.
“KT, in partnership with the Samsung Medical Center, is pioneering innovative medical services for the new 5G era,” said Park In-Young, vice president of KT’s ICT convergence business department. “We...