
Stay-at-home mandates during the COVID-19 crisis mean that general practitioners must minimize face-to-face consultations. Today, these tools could contribute to a variety of healthcare solutions during the pandemic and beyond. Other areas involving technology include video consultations and remote monitoring of vulnerable patients. 5G has the potential to accelerate these further.


Possibilities were already emerging in recent years: Gartner has consistently identified augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) as fast-growing trends, for example-with healthcare as a key application.
