As living standards continue to improve, the demand for high-quality medical services is growing day by day, making "difficulty in accessing medical care" a major pain point for most people. 2019 is widely recognized as the first year of commercial 5G deployment. In addition to the successive launches of 5G smartphones by various manufacturers, 5G applications have also flourished in fields such as VR/AR and healthcare. Benefiting from 5G's gigabit-level speeds, low latency in the range of 5ms–30ms, and platform capabilities that integrate mobility with big data analytics, the widespread adoption and application of 5G in the healthcare industry enable people to enjoy timely and convenient medical services, thereby simplifying healthcare delivery.
What Changes Will 5G Bring?
Teleconsultation: Experts on call
China’s vast territory and uneven distribution of medical resources make it difficult for residents in rural or remote areas to access timely, high-quality healthcare services. Traditional teleconsultation relies on wired connections for video communication, entailing high construction and maintenance costs and poor mobility. Leveraging the high-speed capabilities of 5G networks, 4K/8K ultra-high-definition remote consultations and rapid transmission and sharing of medical imaging data are supported, enabling experts to conduct consultations anytime and anywhere. This enhances diagnostic accuracy and guidance efficiency, facilitating the decentralization of high-quality medical resources.
Remote Surgery, Real-Time Technical Guidance
Under traditional healthcare systems, remote medical treatment often suffers from issues such as unclear video feeds and latency-induced stuttering, leading to risks associated with untimely or imprecise surgical guidance and delayed emergency care. With 5G networks, remote experts can provide timely telesurgery for patients at primary healthcare institutions. By leveraging 5G network slicing technology, dedicated communication channels between higher-level and lower-level hospitals can be rapidly established, effectively ensuring the stability, real-time performance, and security of remote surgeries. This enables experts to monitor surgical progress and patient status anytime and anywhere, achieving precise cross-regional remote surgical control and guidance.
Emergency Rescue: Every Second Counts
During emergency rescue, urgent medical interventions must be administered within a short timeframe to address accidental injuries, disasters, and diseases that threaten human life. Leveraging 5G networks enables the real-time transmission of monitoring data from medical devices, real-time vehicle location information, and video feeds from both inside and outside the ambulance. This facilitates remote consultations and guidance. Furthermore, big data technology allows for the comprehensive exploitation and utilization of medical information data, supporting its application, evaluation, and use in auxiliary decision-making, thereby enhancing emergency rescue management and decision-making processes.
Remote Teaching, Popularizing Medical Knowledge
Under 5G networks, remote teaching enables activities such as case discussions, medical record sharing, live demonstrations of cardiac catheterization laboratory procedures, and ultrasound imaging instruction. Meanwhile, AR/VR-based virtual education utilizes wearable devices like AR/VR headsets combined with 3D digital models for training, offering learners a more immersive experience compared to traditional methods. Furthermore, the 5G medical teaching system is applicable to multiple scenarios within the operating room, including real-time surgical observation from teaching rooms, live broadcasting of surgeries for academic conferences, and remote surgical guidance via mobile devices.
Leveraging 5G technology to maximize healthcare value and better serve the public, Huochangjing Video has proposed a one-stop, full-scenario healthcare solution based on years of exploration in the medical industry. This solution can rapidly facilitate the implementation of diverse healthcare scenarios while providing robust technical support for the development of the healthcare sector.
Application Scenarios:Telemedicine consultations, live surgery broadcasts, medical case discussions, medical lectures, health education seminars, live streaming of medical summits, and medical training, among other healthcare application scenarios.
In response to the characteristics of traditional healthcare, such as fragmented medical personnel, suboptimal live-streaming outcomes, challenges in remote care, high training costs, and uneven resource allocation, Huode Scene Video’s comprehensive healthcare solution will deliver maximum value.
# Video Playback Is Smoother
Given the stringent requirements for low latency and minimal stuttering in live surgical broadcasts, Huode Scene Video provides independent, mutually redundant accelerated networks to ensure stable and smooth streaming services. This enables more real-time interaction, a low-latency online experience, and high-quality playback even under network jitter, thereby eliminating the critical issues of lag and delay in live surgical broadcasts.
4K HD for More Intuitive Visualization
With the implementation of 5G technology, Huode Scene Video provides robust technical support for the healthcare industry by leveraging advantages such as ultra-high definition, low latency, and high stability. Its 4K HD live streaming enables high-precision visualization of patient symptoms, facilitating more accurate clinical analysis by physicians and significantly improving surgical accuracy and success rates.
Easier Video Viewing
Medical experts and scholars across China can share medical content and watch videos anytime, anywhere, breaking free from the constraints of time and space. They can access videos on any device, at any time, and in any location, facilitating the sharing of high-quality medical knowledge, promoting its widespread dissemination, and maximizing the value of medical expertise.
In recent years, the healthcare industry has seen a surge in news headlines and persistent disputes, fundamentally stemming from insufficient medical resources. To address the pain points of online communication and interaction within the healthcare sector, Huode Scene Video has developed a one-stop "Medical Live Streaming +" solution. This platform aims to better promote the equitable distribution of medical resources, ensuring seamless communication among doctors, patients, and experts. By leveraging scenario-based live streaming technologies, it enhances transparency in doctor-patient interactions, truly making senior medical experts available on demand, medical knowledge readily accessible, and remote surgical consultations as close as if they were right beside you.