KT to Create '5G Hospital' with Samsung Seoul Hospital

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] KT announced on the 14th that it has jointly developed innovative 5G medical services with Samsung Medical Center to build a ‘5G Smart Innovative Hospital.’

To establish the 5G Smart Innovative Hospital, the two companies developed and completed verification of tasks including ▲ 5G digital pathology diagnosis ▲ 5G proton therapy information inquiry ▲ 5G surgical guidance ▲ autonomous robots in the operating room. To this end, KT built a ‘private 5G’ network for Samsung Medical Center and established service environments in the operating rooms and proton therapy rooms for pilot operation. Given the hospital’s nature of handling personal medical information, a highly secure ‘private 5G’ accessible only to authorized users is essential.

For example, before 5G proton therapy information inquiry, medical staff had to travel the 1km distance between the professor’s office and the proton center to check proton therapy information such as CT or MRI scans. However, with 5G, they can check the information anywhere within the hospital, enabling faster patient care. The ‘5G surgical guidance’ uses 5G-enabled sync cams to provide high-quality real-time video and audio from the surgeon’s perspective during surgery, allowing education to be conducted not only in the limited operating room but also in lecture rooms where many trainee medical staff gather. Through this, Samsung Medical Center has improved the educational effect for trainee medical staff, enabling the mass acquisition of specialized surgical capabilities for patients.

KT and Samsung Medical Center will continue their collaboration this year to build the 5G Smart Innovative Hospital beyond just developing these 5G innovative medical services. Professor Park Seung-woo, Chief Planning Officer at Samsung Medical Center, said, “Samsung Medical Center plans to continuously cooperate with KT to improve convenience for all customers at Samsung Medical Center, including patients, medical staff, and visitors, based on the verified services.” Park Yoon-young, Vice President and Head of KT’s Enterprise Business Division, stated, “Based on KT 5G, we will secure the mobility of Samsung Medical Center’s medical staff and the continuity of medical practices, and together create a smart innovative hospital that provides even better medical services.”

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