ArticleJSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
5G Use in Healthcare: The Future is Present.
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- Improving the latency for 5G/B5G based smart healthcare connectivity in rural area.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- A long distance telesurgical demonstration on robotic surgery phantoms over 5G.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2023Article
- Data integration using information and communication technology for emergency medical services and systems.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Testbed as a RegUlatory Science Tool (TRUST): A Testbed Design for Evaluating 5G-Enabled Medical Devices.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2023Article
- The feasibility and satisfaction study of 5G-based robotic teleultrasound diagnostic system in health check-ups.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- 5G Technology for healthcare and its health effects: Wonders, dangers, and diligence.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Review
- Gastroenterology in the Metaverse: The dawn of a new era?Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMost healthcare providers are unaware of the extraordinary opportunities for implementation in healthcare which can be enabled by 5G wireless networks. 5G created enormous opportunities for a myriad of new technologies, resulting in an integrated through 5G 'ecosystem'. Although the new opportunities in healthcare are immense, medicine is slow to change, as manifest by the paucity of new, innovative applications based upon this ecosystem. Thus, emerges the need to "avoid technology surprise" - both laparoscopic and robotic assisted minimally invasive surgery were delayed for years because the surgical community was either unaware or unaccepting of a new technology. DATABASE: PubMed (Medline) and Scopus (Elsevier) databases were searched and all published studies regarding clinical applications of 5G were retrieved. From a total of 40 articles, 13 were finally included in our review. DISCUSSION: The important transformational properties of 5G communications and other innovative technologies are described and compared to healthcare needs, looking for opportunities, limitations, and challenges to implementation of 5G and the ecosystem it has spawned. Furthermore, the needs in the clinical applications, education and research in medicine and surgery, in addition to the administrative infrastructure are addressed. Additionally, we explore the nontechnical challenges, that either support or oppose this new healthcare renovation. Based upon proven advantages of these innovative technologies, current scientific evidence is analyzed for future trends for the transformation of healthcare. By providing awareness of these opportunities and their advantages for patients, it will be possible to decrease the prolonged timeframe for acceptance and implementation for patients.
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