5G In Healthcare: Boosting Remote Brain Surgeries, Connected Health, Or Medical VR

The next telecommunication revolution is just around the corner: the promises of high bandwidth, low latency and low-power-low-cost of 5G will open the gate to a flood of new inventions and the implementation of ideas, which are already long in the public consciousness – such as stable augmented reality or truly immersive virtual reality platforms powered by networks. 5G in healthcare will finally allow the building of infrastructure suitable for the interplay of health sensors, algorithms, and smart devices, for the smooth operation of telemedicine, or even for providing a way for parents to interact with babies who are stuck in incubators. What is 5G? Do you have the pain of trying to stream the latest Game of Thrones episode to your phone due to network troubles? The God of technology is telling you ‘not today’ during Arya Stark’s big scene? Well, do you remember that just a couple of years ago, we weren’t able to stream videos on smartphones, and sometimes it took literally a day to download a 700 MB movie? Technology is developing superfast and with the next revolution in mobile communications around the corner, with the emergence of 5G, you will not only be able to download the entire Avengers movie in HD to your smartphone in seconds, but you’ll finally be able to emerge in augmented and virtual reality worlds that have been promised for years. But before going deeper into the rabbit hole, let’s look at 5G technology itself. 5G stands for fifth-g...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine Telemedicine & Smartphones 5G connected digital Innovation IoT medical medical technology mobile mobile health Surgery telecom telecommunication telehealth telesurgery Source Type: blogs