Brought to my attention by Walter Riker. Will ask for more comment from the VA, sure it is being looked at.
Telemedicine with 5G could be a gamechanger for military health
FederalNewsNetwork, July 22, 2021
Telehealth became an even bigger industry during COVID-19. Doctors were forces to think of creative ways to see patients as people were forced to stay home to avoid the spread of the virus.
However, as 5G is starting to roll out, telehealth may be breaking into a completely new plane. At Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) the Air Force is testing capabilities that could be the future of medicine.
“5G brings a whole new paradigm and architecture to the table. From what we’ve seen before even up through the current 5G non-standalone that you see advertised on TV today,” Jody Little, executive program manager for 5G NextGen at JBSA, said during a Federal Insights discussion sponsored by Verizon. “Now you can bring large amounts of data forward or back to it and operate in the forward edge. You can virtualize these applications and get very ultra-low latency. And now you’re supporting lots of sensors. Whereas in, say, 4g, you could support maybe 100. Here, you can support 1000s.” ... '
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