5G, the next-gen cordless tech, is making a great deal of pledges. Improving healthcare is among them.
AT&T is assisting telemedicine take an advance by partnering with Rush University Medical Center to develop the very first 5G-enabled healthcare facility in the United States. The innovation is anticipated to accelerate network interactions and decrease latency to assist enhance care at the Chicago healthcare facility, AT&T stated Tuesday.
“Imagine a hospital where rooms are intelligently scheduled, patient care is enhanced with artificial intelligence and augmented reality is used in training medical students,” Mo Katibeh, AT&T Business’ primary marketing officer, stated in a declaration. “It sounds like the future, but it’s not that far off.”
In addition to much better speeds, responsiveness and protection, 5G is viewed as the structure for a large swath of brand-new tech such as self-driving cars and trucks and virtual truth. It assures to make information speeds 10 to 100 times faster than the normal 4G LTE networks today.
“We strongly believe 5G is a game-changing technology that when fully implemented will help us support better hospital operations as well as provide the highest quality patient and staff experience,”Dr Shafiq Rab, primary info officer at Rush University Medical Center and the Rush System for Health, stated in a declaration. “High-speed, low-latency 5G technology will help enable care to be delivered virtually anywhere at any time.”
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AT&T is locked in a race with Verizon and other network operators to move to the next-gen wireless technology as quickly as possible. Its 5G network went live in a dozen US cities last month, but you need a 5G-compatible phone to use it. Manufacturers are expected to start releasing 5G phones this year.
AT&T also said Tuesday it’s installing a 5G network at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas — home of the Dallas Cowboys. The network will deliver new types of connected entertainment at the stadium, AT&T said.
“5G is expected to alter the in-stadium experience in dramatic, exciting ways by blurring the physical and digital experience in ways that are simply not possible on today’s networks,” Igal Elbaz, AT&T’s senior vice president for wireless technology, said in a statement.
The stadium’s 5G network is expected to be up and running in the coming months.
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