January 19th 2021 15:34
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In a new age of remote healthcare, how is the internet of things enabling new forms of medical treatment, understanding and care?
The advent of 5G is beginning to make the true transformative potential of smart technology and the internet of things a reality.
And with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic placing new demands on healthcare and creating the need for solutions that can aid in providing care remotely, away from a healthcare institution, this couldn’t have come at a better time.
The use of smart technology in healthcare has been advancing steadily over the past several years, putting powerful devices like smart insulin pens, connected inhalers, asthma monitors and more in the hands of everyday consumers and allowing them to better manage and address their own health needs – as well as to quickly access help if something goes wrong. Wearable devices like biosensors and smart watches can also allow healthcare professionals to remotely mon
The healtcare workers who have died from Covid-19 At least 220 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus. Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020. This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients. The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.