How 5G technologies can help the healthcare industry.

Private 5G in the Healthcare Industry

There is a growing need for automation, robotics, software deployments, and improvements to data privacy and cybersecurity throughout the healthcare industry. It’s an exciting time for healthcare, with hospitals and other healthcare facilities investing in new technologies, enabling improvements to day-to-day operations, including advancements to patient care, visitor experience, and employee wellbeing. However, with the ever-growing number of machines and devices, there is a concern surrounding the cost of improving the required digital infrastructure and its security. Fortunately, such challenges can be diminished with the implementation of 5G technologies, specifically a private 5G network.

Read on or watch our video to learn how 5G is disrupting the healthcare industry.

What is 5G?

5G differs from its predecessors, 3G and 4G, in many ways. In addition to vastly superior data speeds of up to 10Gbps, 5G technology allows a fully private, dedicated network to be created for organisations at scale. 5G has a range of advantages over other technologies, including fully wireless deployments, network slicing, improved bandwidth, reduced latency, and unrivalled security.

How can 5G help Healthcare?

Many organisations across other industries – including financial services, manufacturing, and logistics – are already switching from traditional networks to private 5G networks, to ensure they can offer a secure and reliable connection for their employees. The healthcare industry should not be an exception to this as hospitals continue to implement technological innovations, with the aim of improving operations for staff and patients.

Due to such innovations, hospitals are beginning to struggle with security, congestion, and reliability as it places strains on traditional digital infrastructure – considering the highly personal and sensitive nature of this data, this is obviously a concern. It is therefore evident that 5G private networks are much more effective for healthcare environments. With a network which is configured to a specific location, a hospital has total control of which users can access the network, how it is used, and retrieve all data insights for analysing – this also creates opportunities for smarter working through automation and IoT. This is in addition to having the ability to offer much increased speeds throughout the entire building, for all users.

As mentioned earlier, 5G networks can also offer higher security than other traditional wireless solutions. This is essential for patients’ data protection, especially with the creation of the General Data Protection Regulation in 2016 and the Data Protection Act in 2018.

Summarising the Benefits of 5G networks

  • Greater capacity – connects thousands of devices, whether it’s tablets, mobile phones, security cameras, wearable tech for patient monitoring, or environment monitoring
  • Scalability – much easier and faster to deploy than traditional networking solutions
  • More reliable connection for all devices throughout hospital buildings
  • Low latency – around 20 times faster than other wireless solutions, making it perfect for IoT
  • Increased health and safety for all patients and staff, through real-time monitoring
  • Security – localised data management with carrier-grade, end to end decryption

Conclusion

A 5G private network allows hospitals and other healthcare premises to continue with the implementation of new technological advancements without challenges arising such as security, speed, and reliability. The solution, which has been applied across a range of industries, is providing higher levels of control, security, and resilience for those that handle sensitive data and require a constant connection for IoT operations.

Contact Boost Pro today for more information on how your organisation can adopt a 5G solution to improve your wireless network.

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