Future Innovations with 5G Technology
5G mobile communication technology is a platform for developing innovations and meeting the needs of patients and healthcare professionals, contributing to increased patient safety, improved quality of care, and streamlined healthcare.
5G technology also supports and enhances AI and cloud solutions, offering features such as fast transfer speeds, low latency, increased security and robustness for communication and positioning.
With 5G as a platform, new innovations can be developed, especially when combined with AI and cloud services.
Below are examples of new use cases that can be supported and developed with 5G technology. Disclaimer. None of the above has been decided or is planned to be implemented in Region Stockholm; they are ideas and thoughts about what might eventually be possible in the future.
- Increased security and resilience
- Smart ambulances
- Hospital@home
- Remote consultations with patients and healthcare professionals
- Holographic augmented reality surgery
- Massive IoT for building operations and medical technology
- Digital twins
- Autonomous robots to assist healthcare professionals
- Drones
- Full-scale indoor navigation for patients and staff
- Green wave in traffic and inside hospitals
- Dedicated 5G network for secure and fast communication of sensitive information
- Connectivity of medical equipment
The illustration explains how AI, 5G, and the cloud are three key building blocks for enabling future innovations.
- Updated: 24 february 2026