There’s a lot of buzz in the health care industry about the coming 5G wireless standard, which promises to bring high-speed, low latency connections to businesses. With 5G, health care organizations are able to quickly and easily transmit data that requires a high bandwidth, such as CT scans and X-rays. But it will also have an impact on lower bandwidth applications, such as the data found in home health care applications.
The reality is that for most health care organizations and the patients they serve, 5G won’t be available in broadway for at least a few years. However, remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions—which can transform seniors’ care by helping them live independently—need reliable connectivity options to transmit data between the patient and the doctor’s office or hospital.