Healthcare DIVE April 20, 2023
Dive Brief:
- Verizon is building a private 5G network at a new Cleveland Clinic facility in Ohio — one of the first projects in the U.S. where a hospital is being newly constructed with a 5G network embedded from the start, the company said this week.
- The Cleveland Clinic Mentor Hospital, scheduled to open in July, will explore a number of 5G-enabled capabilities in addition to bigger bandwidth, including patient check-in kiosks, enhanced digital displays and virtual reality for assisted surgery and imaging, according to the release.
- Verizon is not disclosing the cost of the project, but the company is implementing 5G in a service model so the hospital doesn’t have to provide upfront capital expenses, Gary Lynch, Verizon’s...
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