Integrating electronic communication into medical care, faster communication connection speeds are changing the doctor-patient relationship. Without leaving home, patients only need to wear telemedicine sensors to transmit their vital signs to healthcare institutions. These data allow doctors and nurses to monitor a series of living bodies, manage treatment plans more dynamically, and complete consultations and medical interventions through video communications. The arrival of the 5G network will bring the current medical trend to a new stage, and provide significant economic stimulation to the medical community. According to the HIS Market report, 5G will provide more than $1 trillion in products and services to the global healthcare industry.
So how will this affect you? 5G represents a new way of digital network, which will very likely refresh your medical experience. It will help you maintain your health through three main functions: Large-scale Medical Internet of Things (IoMT), Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), and mission-critical services. The integration of the three will provide a comprehensive and personalized patient view anytime, anywhere.
In order to have a deeper understanding of how 5G affects the healthcare industry, we once again collaborated with Dr. David Teece to research the report “5G Mobile Phone: Impact on the Healthcare Industry”. Dr. David Teece is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and the chairman and CEO of the Berkeley research group. Qualcomm Technologies (QTI) commissioned this report to evaluate the potential impact of 5G on the growing healthcare industry, precisely because we predict that volume-oriented healthcare is beginning to transform into value-oriented (result-based) healthcare. According to Goldman Sachs forecasts, this transition will save up to $650 billion in savings by 2025.
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5G large-scale Internet of Things makes you healthier
The medical Internet of Things (IoMT) ecosystem supported by the super-large Internet of Things will cover millions or even billions of low energy consumption, low bit rate, interconnected medical and health monitoring equipment, clinical wearable devices and remote sensors. Doctors will rely on these methods to continuously capture, collect and receive patient medical data such as vital signs, physical activity through electronic information sources, and even monitor whether patients are taking their prescription drugs. Health care institutions will be able to receive these data in near real-time, enabling them to effectively manage or adjust treatment plans. In addition, these data support predictive analysis, and doctors can improve their diagnostic accuracy by quickly detecting emerging health patterns. The market shipments of patient wearable monitoring devices (including remote and field devices) are expected to surge from 8 million last year to 33 million units from 2021. The IoT/IoMT field has a very broad prospect. In addition, the annual income of the healthcare industry in the global Internet of Things is expected to reach 27 billion US dollars by 2025.
As patient needs continue to rise, medical sensors are constantly improving. In the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize medical device competition, this year’s award-winning work boldly promoted: a unique sensor that can diagnose and analyze 13 health conditions. The award-winning work contains a palm-sized sensor that is as user-friendly as a smartphone, allowing patients to easily measure their health at home. This is a major achievement, but only relying on a sensor is not enough. A large number of patient loMT devices combined with sensors can help doctors provide patients with a complete health view, thereby realizing personalized medical plans.
Of course, people without any health problems can also simply use IoMT equipment to help them monitor their diet and health, so as to lead a healthier lifestyle.
5G eMBB allows you to see a doctor without leaving home
If you don’t like to go out to see a doctor, that’s fine, because your doctor can come to you. Of course, it is realized in virtual form. 5G is expected to usher in a new era of significantly enhanced eMBB data rates and super-connectivity, which will enable doctors to simultaneously learn and analyze a large number of patient medical data sources and provide personalized treatment for patients.
eMBB can also support personalized healthcare apps and immersive experiences, such as virtual reality (VR) and live video. These tools will be used by doctors for remote management in bedless hospitals, providing virtual treatment to patients through 3D/UHD video telepresence or UHD video live broadcast. This service will help patients in remote areas overcome the barriers of time and distance, so that they can get better treatment by medical experts.
Not only for treatment, 5G can also support medical training. QTI is producing a medical VR experience product for medical training in the field of physiology and stroke diagnosis. The application of VR allows medical students to participate in a virtual stroke test. I believe that with the help of 5G, similar medical training tools can get more development in the future.
How 5G mission-critical services will save your life
5G will be able to control the mode of equipment and network communication, protect mission-critical information, so that doctors can provide remote medical care. The unified air interface of 5G New Radio is designed for connecting medical sensors across multiple network nodes, and has the characteristics of providing depth, redundant coverage and high system availability. This improves reliability (1 in 100 million missing), minimizes latency (as low as 1 millisecond), and ensures transmission at critical moments (such as medical emergencies), and performance takes priority over other transmission methods.
For example, in the recent heart attack case, the patient’s 5G IoMT sensor can quickly transmit distress signals and vital signs through the network to a nearby hospital, ensuring that EMT responds quickly to the care management end. In this case, make sure to be foolproof, because the failure of the connection may lead to serious consequences.
The 5G ecosystem also provides powerful security solutions, such as the seamless and secure sharing of biometric data, which can ensure that sensitive patient data is protected from exposure and other risks.
2Net: Bring 5G medical services to you immediately
Our leading role in the field of 3G and 4G technology has allowed thousands of people around the world to connect with each other. This will also be a springboard to create our leading technology in 5G. Our solutions provide ultra-gigabit data rates with ultra-low latency and ubiquitous coverage, supporting IoMT, eMBB and mission-critical services.
Qualcomm Life is using 2Net technology to connect patients and healthcare providers with next-generation mobile healthcare solutions, and the 5G medical experience has begun to take shape. 2Net platform, 2net hub, 2net Mobile software modular power supply through wireless connection and enhanced interoperability, reliable sharing and management of medical device data from various health care equipment (including health care-centric wearable devices), to achieve Intelligent health care. This enables biometric sensor data to be reliably captured, aggregated, and seamlessly transmitted to the cloud to achieve integration with any system, application or portal, thereby enabling continuous monitoring at any time and anywhere.
Doctors, hospitals and other health care institutions order 2Net, because 2Net allows them to develop a wide range of sensors and devices for collecting near-real-time data when patients are at home, and provide personalized care. Patients love 2Net because 2Net allows them to monitor their health comfortably and conveniently at home under the premise of cost-effective.
