16.5% over the period 2017-2023, b) large medical files transfer: 5G would allow the instant transfer of medical imagery files which are large files needing large amounts of data. Each patient generates hundreds of gigabytes of data and in total the healthcare industry generates massive amounts of data and thus, the need for a technology that supports such high bandwidth and data rates, DOI: 10.1201/9781003368311-1 5G Wireless Communication System in Healthcare Informatics TABLE 1.1 A Comparison of 5G and 4G Characteristics Characteristics Latency 30 - 50ms 1 - 10ms Throughput 300 Mbps - 1 Gbps 10 Gbps User data rates 20 - 50Mbps Up to 1 Gbps Connected devices per unit area Source: [1]. c) real time monitoring: remote real time monitoring can be done with the support of 5G wearable devices transferring real time data over the 5G net- work. A report by Accenture [2], claims that this real time monitoring would reduce hospital costs by 16% over the next five years, and d) medical innovation: real time monitoring would need effective sensors to cap- ture correct data and reliable transmission over the network, this would fuel innovation in the design of medical sensors that are expected to be low-cost and efficient. The telecom industry is an important partner to the healthcare industry with an important role to play in the smart healthcare industry, finding applications in different healthcare categories as described below [3]. a) patient applications: precision medicine and monitoring, b) hospital applications: telemetry and virtual reality in surgery procedures, and c) data management: medical data record maintenance and delivery. Healthcare centers would turn into data centers and 5G technology would help in making sense out of the data which would include techniques such as artificial intel- ligence (AI) in processing the data. Telehealth and remote home monitoring technology have the potential to resolve the issues of healthcare in rural areas with doctors located miles away. According to a study by Market Res