KT agrees to change Samsung Medical Center into 5G-based smart hospital

By Lim Chang-won Posted : September 25, 2019, 15:33 Updated : September 25, 2019, 15:33

[Courtesy of KT]

SEOUL -- To check big proton therapy data on cancer patients in conventional hospitals, doctors and medical personnel had to put in a lot of time and trouble, going back and forth between proton therapy centers and secluded cancer wards. Such an onerous task will go away if 5G technology is applied with secured security.

Samsung Medical Center, a tertiary hospital headquartered in southern Seoul, signed a memorandum of understanding with KT, a telecom company which is establishing a 5G network across South Korea, on the establishment of an innovative 5G smart hospital.

"We will work with Samsung Medical Center consistently to create a platform that enables business cooperation between medical teams based on 5G technology," KT's future platform division head Lee Dong-myeon said. "We are going to establish a base for spreading innovative smart hospitals through 5G."

KT will establish a 5G network at the Seoul campus of Samsung Medical Center, a proton treatment center, a cancer hospital and other facilities so that medical teams can check information on proton treatment in real-time. Functions would be developed to read digital pathology data and enable surgical education and collaborative care, all in real-time.

When 5G is applied with secured security, the large-scale image information of patients will be safely verified and checked anywhere in hospitals, enabling doctors to avoid the hassle of identifying pathological tissue samples only in a restricted location.
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