As South Africa makes strides towards universal health coverage, efficient management of medicines will be more crucial than ever because medicines, and their availability and affordability, are fundamental to the […]
Features
Removing Healthcare Barriers with Telemedicine
Telemedicine has been connecting patients to healthcare for almost 30 years, but continuous barriers, such as resistance from clinicians, prohibitive costs and more recently, an inability to meet bandwidth requirements […]
Cipla: Pharma Industry Has a Key Role to Play
With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank cutting South Africa’s economic growth forecast for 2016 to 0.7% and 0.8% respectively, if economic objectives are not met the […]
What to Expect From the 2016 Healthcare Landscape
With 2016 already in full swing, there are a number of health trends and developments that have emerged which have the potential to change the South African healthcare landscape, from […]
GBS Patient and Top Matriculant Pursues a Career in Medicine
Despite being diagnosed with the rare auto-immune disorder Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) and being hospitalised for most of the academic year, SACS student, Andrew Tucker, overcame the odds to become one […]
emocha Boosting MDR-TB Linkage to Care in South Africa
Since its implementation in a number of South African primary healthcare clinics in March 2015, a team of US and South African TB experts along with the technology experts at […]
Lapo Bertini: IHE and its Role in South African eHealth
Lapo Bertini from Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, explains the importance of IHE in developing eHealth standards during his recent trip to South Africa for the free IHE workshop […]
eHealthALIVE 2016: Towards Healthy Africans, Empowered Professionals & Transformation of the Industry
As healthcare matures in Southern Africa, eHealth is no longer a novelty or separate administrative function within delivering healthcare. eHealth is a toolset that helps us navigate the complexity of […]
Anton Grütter: Moving from Silos to Processes
In the wake of the recent Lean Healthcare Summit that took place in Johannesburg, the CEO of the Lean Institute Africa (LIA), Dr Anton Grütter, discusses the summit’s outcomes and […]
Bridging the Access Gap with Get Health
CEO and Co-Founder of Get Health, Trevor Brewer, explains how his healthcare start-up is helping to alleviate the burden on public health services by providing access to affordable, quality primary […]
Medical Schemes Industry Trends Revealed
Leading corporate healthcare consultancy, Alexander Forbes Health, has published the latest edition of Diagnosis, an annual publication that analyses key trends in the medical schemes industry. Providing an overview of […]
Xelus Questions Medical Aid Sustainability
Managing Director at Xelus Specialised Risk Solutions, Michael Settas, explains why he believes the CMS statement that medical aids are in good health is an overly simplistic assessment of sustainability. […]