5G Improves Patient and Staff Experience at NGHS

5G means much more to healthcare than just faster cellular speeds. 5G is a technology that can help improve both patient and staff experience WITHOUT the need for extensive training or changes to workflows. If implemented smartly, 5G also represents a rare opportunity to future-proof healthcare facilities. To find out more about 5G and how it can be successfully deployed in healthcare, the team at Healthcare IT Today did a deep dive into this topic with: Stuart Samples, Chief Technology Officer at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS); Robert Johnson, Communications Manager at NGHS; and Bill Cune, Vice President at Corning Optical Communications (Corning) Corning is one of the world’s largest suppliers of fiber optic communication technologies – a key component to 5G infrastructure and telecommunications in general. NGHS is a large not-for-profit health system with four hospital campuses – NGMC Gainesville, NGMC Braselton, NGMC Barrow, and NGMC Lumpkin. Together they have over 700 beds and more than 1,200 medical staff serving the people of northeast Georgia. The team at NGHS has invested in the infrastructure to make 5G (and WiFi) broadly available on their campuses for the benefit of patients, caregivers, visitors, and staff. Together with Samples, Johnson, and Cune, we explored: The impact 5G can have on patient and staff experience; Why organization don’t have to choose between WiFi or Cellular; How a Fiber-to-the-Edge architecture can help future-proof a heal...
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