Saving Lives at the Edge: How Edge Computing Drives Healthcare in Disadvantaged Networks

Healthcare does not always take place in a modern hospital or other controlled setting with abundant connectivity and compute resources. Healthcare is also administered in remote places such as rural areas, war zones, aboard submarines and even on the International Space Station. In these so-called “disadvantaged networks,” where data transfer is difficult, it’s still crucial for healthcare practitioners to have access to real-time information and analytics to make potentially life-saving decisions.
To overcome the challenges faced by disadvantaged networks in healthcare and to provide…