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6G Communication Technology: A Vision on Intelligent Healthcare

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Health Informatics: A Computational Perspective in Healthcare

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6G is a promising communication technology that will dominate the entire health market from 2030 onward. It will dominate not only health sector but also diverse sectors. It is expected that 6G will revolutionize many sectors including healthcare. Healthcare will be fully AI-driven and dependent on 6G communication technology, which will change our perception of lifestyle. Currently, time and space are the key barriers to health care and 6G will be able to overcome these barriers. Also, 6G will be proven as a game changing technology for healthcare. Therefore, in this perspective, we envision healthcare system for the era of 6G communication technology. Also, various new methodologies have to be introduced to enhance our lifestyle, which is addressed in this perspective, including Quality of Life (QoL), Intelligent Wearable Devices (IWD), Intelligent Internet of Medical Things (IIoMT), Hospital-to-Home (H2H) services, and new business model. In addition, we expose the role of 6G communication technology in telesurgery, Epidemic and Pandemic.

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Nayak, S., Patgiri, R. (2021). 6G Communication Technology: A Vision on Intelligent Healthcare. In: Patgiri, R., Biswas, A., Roy, P. (eds) Health Informatics: A Computational Perspective in Healthcare. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 932. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9735-0_1

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