Health sector gets 'big data' boost

Committee to help improve research and application of new technology

China's healthcare industry is leveling up the use of big data technology, and a newly established organization aims to improve big data application in the health and medical sectors.

The China Smart Healthcare Industry Alliance, a nonprofit organization of companies within the healthcare and IT industries under direction from several related bureaus of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently announced in Beijing that it had established a branch committee on the application of big data technology in the healthcare industry, aiming to promote the use of big data technology in the sector to improve healthcare services and people's quality of life.