Important 5G Benefits for Healthcare

It seems everywhere you look these days you see ads for 5G. It’s the “new thing” when it comes to telecommunications. It reminds me when “the cloud” was first introduced – not many people knew what it really was and yet leading vendors like Microsoft and IBM were pushing it. Cloud was this amorphous “thing” that could magically solve business problems. The same is happening with 5G right now. It’s tough to know what is real and what is hype. This is especially true about 5G + healthcare. How will the technology help? Where can it be used effectively? These were the questions in my head when I sat down to read an e-Book from Corning titled 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense. I was somewhat familiar with 5G, but I didn’t know some of the details and what it meant for healthcare. The biggest surprise for me was that the 5G provided by the major telecommunications companies won’t likely be available at most healthcare facilities. Unlike 3G and 4G signals, which can penetrate the walls of hospitals and medical buildings, 5G signals from outside antennas are unlikely to be strong enough to be used by people inside. That means healthcare organizations will need to invest in the necessary infrastructure to make 5G available inside their buildings. What does this look like? Download the e-Book for the details. For me, the core idea is that healthcare organizations need to seriously consider investing in a wirele...
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