[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":461},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-5g-in-healthcare-boosting-telehealth-vr-connected-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":205,"relatedBooks":376},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":38,"project_category":57,"contact_email_category":61,"yst_prominent_words":62,"class_list":72,"better_featured_image":107,"acf":140,"yoast_meta":149,"_links":152},23770,"2021-12-28T10:00:00","2021-12-28T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=23770&_wpnonce=3712816a16&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-12-27T10:17:58","2021-12-27T09:17:58","5g-in-healthcare-boosting-telehealth-vr-connected-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5g-in-healthcare-boosting-telehealth-vr-connected-health",{"rendered":17},"5G In Healthcare: Boosting Remote Brain Surgeries, Connected Health, Or Medical VR",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The digitisation of hospital systems is yet another result the pandemic’s challenges have brought upon us. The urgency for extra bandwidth needed for remote care solutions, hospital IoT deployments, telehealth consultations or the operations of robots and robotic systems made it clear: hospitals need better access to networks, and 5G is an obvious solution.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Indeed, 5G in healthcare will finally allow the building of infrastructure suitable for the interplay of health sensors, algorithms, and smart devices, for the smooth operation of telemedicine – or even for providing a way for parents to interact with babies in incubators.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>5G networks can provide the transformative technological background healthcare needs today. Let’s see how.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The advantages of 5G\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>5G promises high bandwidth, low latency and low power-low cost in healthcare. It will open the gate to a flood of new inventions and the implementation of ideas that have already been in the public consciousness, such as stable augmented reality or truly immersive virtual reality platforms powered by networks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospitals also equip themselves for change. Over three-quarters of hospital \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchart-na1.emarketer.com\u002F244375\u002Fvalue-vs-planned-usage-of-select-5g-applications-according-us-healthcare-industry-tech-professionals-nov-2020-of-respondents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executives\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchart-na1.emarketer.com\u002F244375\u002Fvalue-vs-planned-usage-of-select-5g-applications-according-us-healthcare-industry-tech-professionals-nov-2020-of-respondents\"> said\u003C\u002Fa> they’re “\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.emarketer.com\u002Fcontent\u002F2021-was-year-of-record-breaking-health-tech-expansion-how-might-2022-fare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cem>very or somewhat likely\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>”\u003C\u002Fem> to implement 5G for telehealth and remote patient monitoring; and more and more hospitals are enabling the technology within the walls, smartening up their infrastructure – or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fasia\u002Fsoutheast-asias-largest-5g-smart-hospital-launched-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being built entirely\u003C\u002Fa> with these goals in mind. The FDA is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fmedia\u002F148963\u002Fdownload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also regularly publishing\u003C\u002Fa> guidelines on 5G.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>5G networks will \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.delivered.dhl.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F5g-race-started-what-now.html\">allow devices to download data\u003C\u002Fa> at more than 1 gigabit per second (1gb\u002Fs). That is at least 10 to 100 times faster than today’s 4G services. As today’s hospitals need to gear up for the next challenges in healthcare, the institutions use bandwidth for everything: from operations to patient communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F12\u002F3g-vs-4g-vs-5g.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37601\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: raconteur.net\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>5G networks will eclipse their predecessors in at least three areas: capacity, latency, and customization. The first one refers to both the increase in speed and bandwidth, as well as the ability to connect a lot more devices at once, which is a prerequisite for the Internet of Things (IoT) networks. At the moment, smart sensors, connected devices, and other IoT tools are putting current networks under increasing strain. While 4G supports only 4000 devices per square kilometre, 5G can support up to a million devices. Now, that’s an insanely huge difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The second dimension, latency, or in other words, the responsiveness of a given system, will become key for the advancement of remote controlling in many sectors. In a 5G network, that round-trip time will fall to around one millisecond. That will be extremely important in the development of telehealth, especially telesurgeries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And finally, the third dimension of 5G is the appearance of customized networks. This one will prove to be truly revolutionary – for providers, at least, not necessarily for the average consumer. This means that instead of customers connecting to the same networks, operators will carve out subnetworks with features tuned to specific requirements. For example, there could be a network for telehealth emphasising the lowest latency rate possible, while fast download speed and wide geographical coverage for the transmission of medical images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37497\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_308-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Why is 5G interesting for healthcare? \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Although 5G will have an impact on average consumers, too, due to the increase in speed and bandwidth, the real beneficiaries of the technology will be businesses and sectors – such as healthcare. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Healthcare will benefit from 5G technology from countless aspects; it is basically the field that might experience the most changes. And not in the distant future: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcmag.com\u002Farticle\u002F354624\u002Fhow-a-small-city-in-finland-turned-into-a-5g-pioneer\" target=\"_blank\">hospitals in Finland\u003C\u002Fa> have already deployed a range of such solutions for years, from a way to do stroke rehab through VR and smart bandages that track your healing to a way for parents to interact with babies who are stuck in incubators. But that’s just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Adding a high-speed 5G network to existing hospital architectures can help\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.business.att.com\u002Flearn\u002Fupdates\u002Fhow-5g-will-transform-the-healthcare-industry.html\"> \u003C\u002Fa>quickly and reliably \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.business.att.com\u002Flearn\u002Fupdates\u002Fhow-5g-will-transform-the-healthcare-industry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transport huge data files of medical imagery\u003C\u002Fa>, which can improve both access to care and the quality of care. For example, at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.business.att.com\u002Flearn\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Faustin-cancer-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Austin Cancer Center\u003C\u002Fa>, the PET scanner generates extremely large files — up to 1 gigabyte of information per patient per study. When someone needs a remote consultation, it could be difficult to send over such a huge file quickly with the currently existing networks. In the future, that might change for the better and lead to more frequent remote consultations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How 5G Networks Will Revolutionize Healthcare\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FDRojI4oWRS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In order to make patients the point of care, accurate pocket-sized connected devices are needed that constantly monitor the state of the patient and notify the physician in case of values out of the normal range. 5G technology could enable such health IoT networks to operate in a stable and highly reliable way. According to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anthem.com\u002Fblog\u002Fliving-healthy\u002Ftop-4-trends-in-health-care-technology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthem\u003C\u002Fa>, 86 percent of doctors say wearables increase patient engagement with their own health. Additionally, these devices are predicted to decrease hospital costs by 16 percent in the next five years. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Both statistics are likely to increase further in the coming years. Although expectations regarding health sensors, wearables, and other connected devices are already high to transmit often real-time data to doctors about the user’s health, networks and\u002For mobile technology cannot show up the performance matching these expectations at the moment. That’s why 5G technology could be a game-changer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Parallel to the advancement of health IoT networks and devices, the possibility to create big data-powered smart algorithms in healthcare will also increase. Using 5G infrastructure, it will be much easier and more reliable to use artificial intelligence software analyzing real-time patient data sent to could platforms. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The real era of A.I. will come with the advent of 5G technology.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"cloud gaming and cloud hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-31025\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Cloud computing technology can become the upgrade needed in healthcare\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What if you could operate on brains remotely?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>One of the most important aspects of 5G technology is that it enables telemedicine, and more specifically, telesurgery due to the very low latency that it can achieve. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fonezero.medium.com\u002F5g-could-finally-herald-the-era-of-wireless-surgery-53e746ef25c3\" target=\"_blank\">Experts say\u003C\u002Fa> that 5G’s ability to penetrate farther than current wireless networks could finally enable telesurgery, bringing necessary operations to those who need it more. It supports the use of advanced \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-specialties-with-the-biggest-potential-in-the-future\u002F#\">technological solutions in surgery\u003C\u002Fa> and other medical procedures. In China, a 5G-powered medical robot recently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheglobalherald.com\u002Fnews\u002F5g-powered-medical-remebot-performs-remote-brain-surgery-in-60-seconds\u002F\">performed remote brain surgery\u003C\u002Fa> – in a matter of 60 seconds! China is also \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.cgtn.com\u002Fnews\u002F2021-11-16\u002F-Surgical-robots-ready-to-support-2022-Beijing-Winter-Olympics-15eN9ZF6TQc\u002Findex.html\">preparing to deploy\u003C\u002Fa> remote surgical robotic services for the 2022 Winter Olympics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The speed and reliability of 5G networks also change medical transportation and emergency response. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-drones-2021\">Drone deliveries\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ericsson.com\u002Fen\u002Fcases\u002F2020\u002Fthe-5g-connected-ambulance\">smart ambulances\u003C\u002Fa> are becoming necessities to provide even faster and better care – this now being more important than ever. 5G-connected ambulances are enabling life-saving communication tools for the patient to receive \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F5gbarcelona.org\u002Fpilots\u002F5g-connected-ambulance\u002F\">real-time specialized remote support\u003C\u002Fa> while still in the ambulance. Sounds too distant? It’s happening already in many places in the world from Australia to Spain or the UK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5G technology does not encompass a health technology development but it will have a tremendous impact on the medical sector. Health sensors, wearables, connected devices as well as smart algorithms relying on big data sets cannot be dependent on the fragile nature of 4G networks or home bandwidth. Especially when it comes to electronic devices connected to patient data, users want to see stability, reliability, and constant performance. \u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5G could provide exactly that.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED screens greeting visitors by their names using facial recognition, virtual patient visits, and robots leading operations… Well, experts have pretty much the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mckinsey.com\u002Findustries\u002Fhealthcare-systems-and-services\u002Four-insights\u002Fhospital-care-in-2030\" target=\"_blank\">same idea\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recently, we have written a lot about the future of hospitals. We emphasised the importance of good design both \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">inside\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-healthcare-design-outside-the-point-of-care\u002F\">outside\u003C\u002Fa> the point of care. We imagined that these institutions will become “\u003Cem>health centres for patients for preventing diseases, for acute care patients and for patients who need surgical procedures or large radiology machines\u003C\u002Fem>.” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The following points about the ideal hospital might sound utopistic or even naive; however, each one has already been implemented in a hospital somewhere in the world, proving it’s indeed not some dreamy speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The need for speed\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On The Medical Futurist \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon channel\u003C\u002Fa>, Kimberly Powell, VP of NVIDIA \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbuilding-smart-37511442\" target=\"_blank\">talked\u003C\u002Fa> about how NVIDIA could build hospitals in a matter of days. She went on about how NVIDIA envisions these institutions. “\u003Cem>Hospitals will use AI cameras to automatically screen for elevated body temperature, use genomics sequencing to predict how lethal a virus or suspected condition could be for each patient, use AI in medical imaging for detection and predicting clinical outcomes, incorporate AI into everyday cameras and microphones to monitor and interact with patients.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fnvidia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33941\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>In going a full 360 on hospitals, we decided to give you a full insight into how a hospital in 2030 should (and even could) look like. As you’ll see, it won’t take a leap into science fiction; instead, these are logical and unambiguous steps, leading to better patient experience, lowering healthcare costs and safe data handling. We have already seen some elements of the following in practice, but not all in one institution. Let’s have a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The ideal hospital is…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. \u003Cstrong>…paperless\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, it starts here. Patient data stored on paper is as old as medicine itself. Now is the time to get rid of paper entirely. There is no place for paper and handwriting in a well-functioning hospital. (Yes, this is also the end of illegible doctors’ notes.) Eliminating paper-based records is a huge undertaking – but achievable. For example, Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust has been successfully working with Xerox on reaching this goal. The hospital uses an electronic document management system for handling patient records, digitising paper records, thereby also adding to patient data security. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>There was an area within the paediatric service with benching on the side,\u003C\u002Fem>” Josh Chandler, associate director of IT for the Trust explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.itpro.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-strategy\u002Fdigital-transformation\u002F358958\u002Fhow-nhs-bedfordshire-is-building-a-paperless\" target=\"_blank\">this article\u003C\u002Fa>. “\u003Cem>It was always completely taken up with patient notes that had been tracked in for that day’s clinics. That’s now all completely empty because it’s all accessible through a computer\u003C\u002Fem>.” The next steps will be data intake and safe remote data management. That is still to come, for this particular hospital, but they set a good example for others. To see how to ensure a smooth transition, check out these \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmv.com.br\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002F5-steps-to-a-paperless-hospital\" target=\"_blank\">five steps\u003C\u002Fa> to a paperless hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. \u003Cstrong>…connected to the homes of patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An ideal hospital aims for patients to spend as little time as possible within its walls. The place of treatment should be the patient’s home; just as well as the place of diagnostics and the place of rehabilitation. What is needed to achieve this is first and foremost good connection. Staff and data should be connected with the hospital and the patients’ homes. If a hospital has 5G with wi-fi in the wards, the data will run faster than people. This will allow faster decision-making and future-readiness. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the world’s first 5G-enabled hospitals was the Veterans Affairs Department’s healthcare facility in Palo Alto, California. At the launch of the concept, the hospital \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Fveterans-affairs-launches-its-first-5g-enabled-hospital\u002F162949\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">stated\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>VA providers are presently tapping into virtual reality to treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and piloting exoskeleton devices to help vets with spinal cord injuries regain their mobility—both of which could possibly be enhanced through the budding technology.’\u003C\u002Fem> The team primarily used the capacities and the connectivity in medical education. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, with the pandemic, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fsix-months-vas-5g-enabled-hospital-project\u002F167593\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the team also\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>recognised that the system also offered an opportunity to bring people who are meant to be social distancing together in a virtual environment and enable them to collectively interact.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let’s Design The Hospital Of The Future! - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGeYvybkoPLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. …designed, not built for a purpose\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Through its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.architectmagazine.com\u002Fproject-gallery\u002Fpatient-room-2020-3166#:~:text=Patient%20Room%202020%20is%20a,patients%2C%20families%2C%20and%20caregivers.&text=The%20prototype%20hospital%20room%20is,Studio%20in%20New%20York%20City.\" target=\"_blank\">Patient Room 2020\u003C\u002Fa> project, non-profit design organisation NXT Health aimed to design the future of hospital rooms. It’s a high-achieving, inspiring project built with designers along with healthcare professionals with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthmanagement.org\u002Fc\u002Fhospital\u002Fissuearticle\u002Fthe-patient-room-2020-next-generation-in-patient-care\" target=\"_blank\">the aim\u003C\u002Fa> to “\u003Cem>both improve patient experience and optimise caregiver performance\u003C\u002Fem>.” It features a streamlined, patient-centered design, deployable bedside work area with embedded technology as well as various safety features. Unfortunately, the project has not (yet) been deployed anywhere, proving that even the best ideas can get stuck at viability. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But indeed, the design of a hospital building should not facilitate the meeting of patients and doctors; it should be planned so that patients and doctors can meet there\u003Cem> in the best conditions.\u003C\u002Fem> We \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\" target=\"_blank\">recently wrote\u003C\u002Fa> about the specific hospital design both in- and outside the point of care in our articles. There we explained with our experts how interior spaces and patient rooms should be built; and pointed out four key elements for future (re)designs of medical institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. …would use patient design\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We wrote about it over and over again: the ideal hospital is designed by patients. This is exactly what Professor Stefaan Bergé did. He \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fpeek-into-the-future-of-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">redesigned\u003C\u002Fa> his whole department based on the book, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F1w0O3sx\" target=\"_blank\">The Guide to the Future of Medicine\u003C\u002Fa>, covering patients’ suggestions. It turned out that patients wanted the simplest things like more privacy and more information. But as hospital design \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bdcnetwork.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhealthcare-architect-turned-patient-what-i-learned-when-admitted-facility-i-helped-design\" target=\"_blank\">directly affects\u003C\u002Fa> how patients receive care and, ultimately, how they heal, the design of these institutions should also change. The spaces should help the best possible patient experience, should be compassionate, and should even decrease the stress of incoming patients. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Who else would know better how to create a human-centered hospital room than the patients themselves? We described this in detail in a scientific \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2022\u002F8\u002Fe39178\">paper\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why is Patient Design Essential in Healthcare? \u002F Episode 6 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FhjPcpVaJ9xU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. \u003Cstrong>…would have special places for telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 has changed how we look at healing altogether. It helped us realise how many tasks could be conducted from afar, often with much greater efficiency. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\">Telemedicine\u003C\u002Fa> came and conquered, and will stay with us even with the pandemic gone. The fact that patients don’t actually need to get to the hospital\u002Fclinic, and doctors don’t necessarily need to meet them in person decreases stress and time wasted – but the effectiveness of the consultation remains, at least in most cases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Remote patient monitoring works well for example at UCLA Health in their post-surgical remote monitoring program. Their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uclahealth.org\u002Ftelehealth\u002Fremote-patient-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiac Telehealth Program\u003C\u002Fa> is for patients who undergo heart surgery. Therein patients receive a cardiac telehealth kit upon leaving the hospital. This telehealth technology can send important health data over the internet to UCLA nursing staff, but patients can also contact their doctors using the tablet provided in the kit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospital design needs to follow this transformation; and even provide doctors with dedicated teleconsultation spaces with appropriate \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cssspnql.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdefault-source\u002Fcentre-de-documentation\u002Fdoc_telesante_salle_eng_web.pdf?sfvrsn=2\" target=\"_blank\">design\u003C\u002Fa>, devices, connection, lamps, and an acceptable hospital background for the video. Pretty much like a miniature studio within the hospital. It’s important to have proper patient rooms in the hospital; it should be just as important to have the right venue for remote care because that is the new norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. …has places for healthcare personnel to relax\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The well-being of healthcare personnel also got exposed during the pandemic – and hospitals, in general, were falling short. Well-maintained and equipped common rooms and resting spaces should be provided for frontline personnel even outside a pandemic. The pressure for these people both physically and mentally is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">so h\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\">igh\u003C\u002Fa> that hospitals need to create the opportunity for them to recharge. The ideal hospital should be a wellness centre for patients AND health personnel alike. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A good example here is the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Here David Putrino, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Abilities Research Center and Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System, has “converted his lab into recharge rooms for front-line healthcare workers.” Along with his team, he created “\u003Cem>multi-sensory experiences that can reduce stress in just 15 minutes\u003C\u002Fem>” – he explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mountsinai.org\u002Fabout\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fpodcasts\u002Froad-resilience\u002Frecharge-room\" target=\"_blank\">this podcast\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fptsd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33943\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fmiss_pilling\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. …should resolve the issue of alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even today’s institutions are packed with technology, and the hospital of the future will be even more so. All these devices have their own alarm systems. Caregivers can therefore become desensitised to alarm signs from the myriad of devices emitting a cacophony of beeps all day in the clinical setting. There are as many as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4206416\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">187 alarms per bed per day\u003C\u002Fa>. 72% to 99% of these are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnurse.org\u002Farticles\u002Falarm-fatigue-statistics-patient-safety\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">false alarms\u003C\u002Fa>, it’s understandable that alarm fatigue came to exist. Healthcare practitioners are easily at risk of disregarding important alerts, which might even be fatal. A.I. could be a solution to this issue: researchers have developed an A.I. solution to help caregivers cope with auditory overload.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"alarm fatigue\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Describing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC402202\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Ideal Hospital of the Future\u003C\u002Fa> in 1932, authors argue that there is no need for radical change in hospital operations. Perhaps it wasn’t needed then, but it certainly is today. With the increasing use of digitisation, AI, other technologies, as well as the flourishing development of patient empowerment, the demands towards our hospitals are changing rapidly and radically. It is up to us to stand up for these changes to actually happen.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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