5G Will Accelerate The Digital Transformation of Healthcare During The Pandemic

5G technology has already been in trial in many countries to combat COVID-19, especially in the healthcare sector. 

The pandemic is having tremendous impacts on every aspect of our daily life including healthcare. The epidemic, thus, has been the push for the digital transformation of the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Telemedicine seems to be the new normal of the medical checkup and diagnosis since people try their best to avoid any in-person meeting with the doctors.

Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm President, stressed the crucial role of mobility in the field, bringing potentially great benefits for patients who are inconvenienced to access healthcare services during the pandemic. Added to that, 5G could accelerate the effort to transform the healthcare system online with the availability of existing technologies. By adopting 5G, the regular checkups and doctor visits could be made easy and efficient remotely.

5G will accelerate the digital transformation of healthcare during the pandemic. (Photo: Doctor in Progress)

Although telehealthcare has been adopted by hospitals in some ways before, it is the COVID-19 that encourages transforming healthcare online. The drive for telehealth along with 5G technology could create solutions to combat COVID-19, providing care for patients at risk of virus contraction. Speed, coverage and responsiveness are three aspects that 5G is predicted to boost in wireless networks. The advancement in mobile network technology such as 5G is essential in sharing information about medical documents, especially sophisticated imaging and real-time reports. The low latency of the new technology is said to be the greatest advantage that will smoothen and speed up the transfer of data.

Source: CNET

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Telemedicine is replacing in-person care amid the pandemic

Not only does it provide care that otherwise would not be accessible to patients in need, but telemedicine is also a safety measure for medical staff to avoid the risk of virus contraction.

Many people with health problems, especially chronic illnesses are going to struggle during the pandemic, provided that we are all following the stay-at-home policies. But the fear of catching COVID-19 and the restriction order should not keep people with serious non-COVID-19 symptoms from seeking medical care. Delaying care for medical emergencies can be life-threatening or prone to other severe complications. 

Telemedicine is replacing in-person care amid the pandemic. (Photo: ScienceSoft)

And this problem can be solved by telemedicine as told by health care executive Kerry Palakanis. "For people with chronic health conditions, we don't want them coming into the traditional health care environment and exposing themselves to COVID," she said.

The executive director for Connected Care at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Palakanis, stressed the benefits of remote medical care to patients with critical conditions that need regular follow-up visits and patients living in remote areas where hospitals are inconvenient to access during this time. 

On the other hand, experts have concerned the challenge of implementing the new digital approach due to the public perception of not having in-person meetings with a doctor.

Source: CNET

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