Digital tech to boost healthcare industry

Firms eye cutting-edge solutions to better serve patients and physicians

With every walk of life getting a digital makeover, China's healthcare sector is hastening the pace of technological advances in the hope of serving patients better and empowering physicians in remote parts of the country.

Guided by a so-called Omni-Protection concept, French vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur unveiled last week a string of smart and standardized vaccination procedures in China to help users access immunization information, track vaccine data, and manage the vaccination process through the internet and big data technologies.