Advancing Healthcare Through 6G IoMT: Latest Opportunities, Trends, and Challenges

The healthcare sector has been substantially influenced by the advancements in wireless communications. Moreover, the advent of the sixth generation (6G) tends to add even more capabilities to the forthcoming healthcare sector, advancing sensing precision and backbone support for Internet of medical things (IoMT). Leveraging 6G capabilities, the IoMT framework has the potential to transform healthcare practices and open new research possibilities. Realizing the growing importance of this topic, this work brings together several innovative aspects of 6G communication, highlighting its impact on human-centred technologies, particularly with the emergence of smart IoMT. As a proof of concept, an advanced healthcare architecture has been presented with a layer-wise operation arrangement that complements 6G references. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design, key results have been generated and analyzed. Additionally, this work explores 6G-enabled modern tools, highlighting specific requirements related to standardization and implementation. Finally, this work offers valuable insights into the role of wireless technology in shaping the forthcoming healthcare sector, including associated challenges, opportunities, and planning for the future.