Health care sector touts advances

Advances in technologies such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and digitalized information portals, will transform the healthcare industry into a value-based market benefiting both providers and patients, Siemens Healthineers said on Wednesday.

“We believe that it is the next industrial revolution … We believe that data is the new major change and the next revolution that will change the way we are doing things especially in healthcare,” said, Enno Bass, Siemens head of strategy and digital health services for Asia Pacific, during a media roundtable.