5G project progress: completing our 5G telemedicine solution platform

We’re happy to say that we’ve completed the telemedicine solution platform for our 5G Project!

All the pieces are in place: the 5G connectivity module, the cameras that’ll be used for in-ambulance video streaming, and the interfaces that show patient vital signs. All tied together by an algorithm that we’ve developed over the last year alongside Kingston University’s Professor Christos Politis and Dr Nada Phillip.

Last month, our 5G expert Dr Arslan Usman presented the project to an NHS Research Ethics Comittee, a board of over 30 doctors who examine projects to make sure they’re ethically solid and safe for patients. Winning their approval is a big step, and a sign of good faith.

The trials themselves will be Quality-of-Experience based. We’ll install the 5G telemedicine solution in a pool of ambulances provided by ambulance trusts around the country, then collect feedback from groups of participants who use or benefit from the solution in action.

Once we’ve collected feedback from each group, we’ll know if there are any final changes to be made that’ll make using the 5G telemedicine solution a better experience for patients and doctors alike.

And then… it’s launch time!

Just in time for the rise of telemedicine in the UK

Arslan recently spoke with Comms Business Magazine about the boom in 5G telemedicine solutions caused by the pandemic. ‘Healthcare professionals are saying their industry should have had telemedicine solutions in place before the pandemic; it’s caused the whole industry to become very tech-aware very quickly,’ he explained. ‘So there’s a huge opportunity right now for Channel partners to get healthcare providers connected, and be part of the wave of change that’ll reshape the healthcare sector, in the NHS and beyond.’

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