A distributed antenna system (DAS) serves as an in-building network that fills in cellular gaps and eliminates typical “dead zones,” but often falls short as hospitals face rising demands for seamless clinical mobility.
To help healthcare leaders understand how traditional DAS functions and how it can be improved to meet current and future connectivity needs, our team at Pixel Health is sharing an informative eBook: How a purpose-built Distributed Antenna System (DAS) can enable healthcare mobility.
Understanding how traditional DAS is configured
At a high level, we share how DAS can be configured to adequately support basic voice, texting, and light data, and why DAS may frequently struggle to support usage‑intensive and safety‑critical services such as real‑time patient monitoring, virtual nursing, or high‑density telemetry.
Comparing Wi-Fi to 5G DAS
Wi-Fi typically serves as a primary network layer for many healthcare organizations, but real-time telehealth is constrained by Wi-Fi’s higher latency and inconsistent in-building coverage, and can create connectivity challenges as clinicians move between floors, wings, and care units.
We share how combining 5G cellular’s mobility, low latency, and wide-area coverage with the wide-ranging device connectivity of Wi-Fi can extend network reach and address a range of strategic use cases.
Explaining key components and the economic value
To provide a primer, we discuss the key components of creating a purpose-built DAS to support next-generation healthcare innovations and help enable clinical mobility. We also compare the economics of Wi-Fi and a purpose-built 5G DAS to help hospitals and healthcare systems understand how 5G hybrid costs can be offset and the long‑term economic value.
Get the full details in our educational eBook: How a purpose-built Distributed Antenna System (DAS) can enable healthcare mobility
