Why hospitals are opting for private 5G networks
Becker's Healthcare April 24, 2023
Hospitals are turning to private 5G networks to help drive more precise surgeries, The Wall Street Journal reported.
For instance, Seoul, South Korea-based Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital deployed this type of network to facilitate an augmented reality technology that assists surgeons, according to the April 23 story. A tablet is placed above the patient’s chest, showing the exact locations of tumors and tissues.
“The AR technology acts like a navigation app for surgeries,” Lee Jun-woo, MD, a breast-endocrine...