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 # Hospital CIOs Weigh 5G As Digitized Medicine Pushes Wi-Fi to Its Limits

 


 

 Feb 7, 2024 5:00 PM ET

  ![A call center with multiple digital screens at the front.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/hospitalcallcenter_tmobile_020724.jpg "Tampa General Hospital’s CareComm command center uses artificial intelligence and patient data to increase efficiency. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL") 

 

 ![Scott Arnold](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/scottarnold_tmobile_020724.jpg "Scott Arnold, chief digital and innovation officer at Tampa General Hospital. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL") 

 

 ![Amy Kearney](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/NurseAmy_tmobile_020724.jpg "Nurse Amy Kearney goes through a patient’s orders in the bone marrow transplant and cell therapies unit of Tampa General Hospital’s Cancer Institute. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL") 

 

 

      

   ![A call center with multiple digital screens at the front.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/hospitalcallcenter_tmobile_020724.jpg?h=cd9e8a72 "Tampa General Hospital’s CareComm command center uses artificial intelligence and patient data to increase efficiency. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL")   ![Scott Arnold](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/scottarnold_tmobile_020724.jpg?h=eebaf6c7 "Scott Arnold, chief digital and innovation officer at Tampa General Hospital. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL")   ![Amy Kearney](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/NurseAmy_tmobile_020724.jpg?h=d8716dcf "Nurse Amy Kearney goes through a patient’s orders in the bone marrow transplant and cell therapies unit of Tampa General Hospital’s Cancer Institute. PHOTO: TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL") 

 

 

[Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on wsj.com](https://www.wsj.com/articles/hospital-cios-weigh-5g-as-digitized-medicine-pushes-wi-fi-to-its-limits-9567955b)

At Boston Children’s Hospital, CIO Heather Nelson said she has been working with T-Mobile to build a hybrid 5G environment, which would support both secure hospital traffic as well as general public connections, but with the idea that Wi-Fi would remain as a backup.

“We knew our current legacy systems couldn’t scale,” she said. With new technology coming, she added, “We knew that we needed to shift our clinical mobility strategies, why not do it and why not make sure that it’s scalable and that we can grow with it, and that it can grow with us.” She added that she’s had conversations with many medical device manufacturers that are embedding 5G capabilities in their products.

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