Cut­ting-edge pri­vate 5G SA net­work goes live at Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal

The Hola 5G Oulu project has announced the suc­cess­ful launch of its pri­vate 5G stand­alone (SA) net­work at Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal, mark­ing Europe’s first pri­vate 5G net­work in a func­tion­ing hos­pi­tal. This achieve­ment has the poten­tial to rev­o­lu­tionise health­care with advanced tech­nol­o­gy.

The project, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Pohjois-Poh­jan­maan hyv­in­voin­tialue Pohde, Bol­dyn Net­works, WICOAR Tech­nolo­gies, Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, aims to enhance patient care and oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy through secure, high-capac­i­ty con­nec­tiv­i­ty. The new­ly estab­lished 5G SA net­work enables real-time data shar­ing, remote mon­i­tor­ing, and the inte­gra­tion of cut­ting-edge med­ical tech­nolo­gies. The project will free up valu­able resources and stream­line work­flows. Enabling nurs­es and doc­tors to focus more on face-to-face patient care and less on admin­is­tra­tive tasks by con­nect­ing them with inno­v­a­tive wire­less wear­able devices. Sur­geons will have con­stant visu­al access to patients’ vital signs dur­ing surg­eries using WICOAR Tech­nolo­gies Oy’s AR smart glass­es. In the wards, smart glass­es and mobile apps are enhanc­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tion and data visu­al­i­sa­tion, reduc­ing admin­is­tra­tive tasks, and enabling faster diag­noses and informed treat­ment deci­sions.

A key com­po­nent of this ini­tia­tive is the devel­op­ment of wire­less wear­able solu­tions by WICOAR Tech­nolo­gies. These devices pro­vide health­care pro­fes­sion­als with imme­di­ate access to live patient data, facil­i­tat­ing quick­er diag­noses and per­son­al­ized treat­ment plans. The wear­ables are designed to stream­line work­flows, reduce admin­is­tra­tive tasks, and allow med­ical staff to focus more on patient inter­ac­tion.

The deploy­ment process involved metic­u­lous design, rig­or­ous lab test­ing, and com­pre­hen­sive on-site instal­la­tion to ensure the net­work’s sta­bil­i­ty and resilience. The pri­vate 5G SA net­work offers ded­i­cat­ed band­width, ultra-low laten­cy, enhanced secu­ri­ty, and geo-redun­dan­cy, ensur­ing unin­ter­rupt­ed ser­vice even dur­ing pow­er out­ages or oth­er dis­rup­tions.

This ground­break­ing project not only posi­tions Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal at the fore­front of health­care inno­va­tion but also serves as a mod­el for future hos­pi­tal net­works glob­al­ly. By lever­ag­ing 5G tech­nol­o­gy and wear­able solu­tions, the Hola 5G Oulu project is trans­form­ing patient care and set­ting new stan­dards for health­care deliv­ery.

Source: Hola 5G Oulu