The City of Johannesburg is piloting an eHealth system aimed at improving efficiency at healthcare facilities. The city recently unveiled a pilot using theHealthSource (tHS) – an electronic patient record-keeping […]
The Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) Innovation Programme launched today in collaboration with Inclusive Healthcare Innovation to find the next ingenious healthcare tools and practices. “GSH has a long legacy of […]
Zambia’s First Lady, Dr Christine Kaseba Sata, has been appointed by the United Nations (UN) as an eHealth Ambassador for the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH). The Global […]
The newly developed KNFB Reader app is helping blind people by reading out printed materials captured by an iPhone’s camera. The $99 app relies on new pattern recognition and image-processing […]
Dartmouth University researchers have created a Zero-Effort Bilateral Recurring Authentication (ZEBRA) bracelet designed to secure access to eHealth systems. According to a statement issued by Dartmouth, the bracelet authenticates users […]
US based biometrics organisation, Lumidigm, is intent on revolutionising the healthcare verification system in South Africa. In a recent interview with eHealthNews, Vice President at Lumidigm, Greg Sarrail, and Divisional […]
This year’s theme of the 2nd Biennial South African HIV Clinicians Society Conference was ‘Excelling in Clinical Care’, which saw local and international speakers address an array of HIV issues including the […]
Vaccine developer, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc, and its partner GeneOne Life Science Inc, have announced plans to start testing its experimental Ebola vaccine in humans in early 2015. Other than fighting […]
The Head of the Pharmaceutical Policy, Research and Services Support Unit at Right to Care, Dr Shabir Banoo, talked to eHealthNews about South Africa’s growing interest and value in pharmacy […]
Dutch electronics giant, Philips, has announced plans to separate its healthcare-lifestyle division from the historic lighting business. Philips CEO, Frans van Houten, said in a statement that: “We’re preparing Philips […]
Metropolitan Health, the largest administrator of medical schemes in South Africa, has launched a first-of-its-kind HIV treatment guideline app, aimed at healthcare professionals. Executive Manager of the HIV YourLife programme […]
Greg Grant is known as one of the pioneers of pharmacy automation in South Africa because of his decision to implement MACH4’s automated medicines management and dispensing unit in his pharmacy […]
