# OpenCare5G: O-RAN in Private Network for Digital Health Applications
## 5 Conclusions
We aim to deploy this phase within one year of finishing the current PoCs;
* Rural PoC: Expanding the concept demonstrated in PoC-1-1-1 to a remote environment within the Brazilian Amazon region. The ultrasound exam room will be located in an Indigenous basic healthcare unit or a similar location and a reference central room doctor will be deployed in the city of Santarem, State of Para. Alternatives to backhaul coverage, such as low-orbit satellites, may be considered. The medical procedure will be refined and submitted for the approval of the relevant medical committees to best cater to the native population in the region. We aim to deploy this phase within one year of finishing the current PoCs;
* Geographical expansion: Expanding the urban and rural PoCs to additional regions in the country;
* Functional use cases: Increasing the usage of ultrasound diagnosis in prenatal care, heart exams and calculus detection, among others. Addition of other remote assistances to the portfolio. Implementation of further sVC (remote operation for tomography and magnetic resonance machines) in 5G-connected hospitals;
* Implementation of AI image analysis;
* Promotion of medtechs/healthtechs' engagement and knowledge diffusion;
* Evaluation of synergistic technologies in \"green or ecologically correct networks to support the expansion of the intelligent connected edge with minimal network energy consumption;
* Implementations for network security to overcome challenges in patients' data privacy and confidentiality;
* Advanced testbeds for novel communication technologies, including network slicing [62; 63; 64]. **Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, W.d.O., J.O.R.B.J., T.N. and S.T.T. ; methodology, W.d.O., T.N. and S.T.T. ; software, S.T.T. ; validation, W.d.O., J.O.R.B.J., T.N. and S.T.T. ; formal analysis, T.N., L.R.S., M.M.J., C.E.C. and G.B. ; investigation, W.d.O. and S.T.T. ; resources, T.N., and S.T.T. ; data curation, W.d.O., J.O.R.B.J. and S.T.T. ; writing--original draft preparation, W.d.O. and J.O.R.B.J. ; writing--review and editing, W.d.O., J.O.R.B.J., T.N., L.R.S., M.M.J., C.E.C. and G.B. ; visualization, W.d.O., J.O.R.B.J., T.N., M.M.J., C.E.C. and G.B. ; supervision, M.M.J. ; project administration, T.N. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This research received no external funding. **Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable. **Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable. **Data Availability Statement:** Not applicable. **Acknowledgments:** This work is supported by the Department of Computer Engineering and Digital Systems (PCS) of Escola Politecnica da USP (EPUSP the School of Engineering--University of Sao Paulo), Brazil; by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) in Brazil; by the Science and Technology Center (CCT), Research Support Foundation of the Sao Paulo State (FAPESP) project # 2021/11.905-0 in Brazil; by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Brazil; by NEC Latin America S.A., Brazil; by the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI), Brazil; by Clinical Hospital (HCFMUSP), Brazil; by the Itaat Bank, Brazil; by ANATEL, Brazil; by Airspan, Brazil; by Siemens Healthineres, Brazil; and by Telecom Infra Project (TIP), United States. The authors also express their gratitude for the contributions of [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON] and [PERSON]. Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that: (i) they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper; (ii) in the test performed: there was no patient. The project team performed the test in the case of ultrasound. We accessed the machine without a patient for tomography; there were no clinical diagnoses; technicians and physicians only evaluated the demo for test image quality.