Rapid innovations in 3D printing are not only taking the medical world by storm but redesigning the possibilities for ultra-cheap custom prosthesis and adaptive devices. So much so, that gone […]
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COHSASA Announces New Workshops for 2016
Following the success of the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa’s (COHSASA) workshops in 2015, the organisation has announced plans to continue the workshops in 2016. Over the […]
HST Examines eHealth Interoperability
In September 2015, a leading provider of optimised and integrated eHealth solutions, Health System Technologies (HST), travelled across the country to discuss the global trend of eHealth interoperability, its impact […]
TradeWorld and How2Tender Running Tender and B-BBEE Workshops
After successfully training more than 530 attendees in the last five months, How2Tender and Ariba’s TradeWorld Tender notification platform will host six more one day B-BBEE and How2Tender workshops this […]
Tom Jones: Fixing Africa’s eHealth Challenges
Director of Strategy and Impact at the African Centre for eHealth Excellence (Acfee), Tom Jones, discusses the outcomes of the recent Acfee eHealth Forum (AeF). Tom is an editor and […]
New Technologies Could Bring Down Costs of Healthcare
Digitisation could radically transform the way healthcare is delivered and bring down costs, delegates at the Hospital Association of South Africa’s (HASA) 2015 Conference heard in Cape Town on 22 […]
“Leapfrogging” to NHI with eHealth
This morning, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi addressed delegates at the HASA 2015 Conference in Cape Town about Universal Access and the unavoidable necessity of NHI. Motsoaledi told delegates at […]
WC to Host Public Hearing on Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Standing Committee on Community Development is inviting stakeholders and interested parties to attend a public hearing on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6B […]
New Somerset Hospital Laparoscopic Surgery Training First for the Western Cape
New Somerset Hospital is leading the way in laparoscopic hernia surgery training in South Africa. This comes after the facility was identified by the Hernia Interest Group of South Africa […]
Pulse App Wins iHI Health Hackathon
An innovative patient-centred mHealth App, called Pulse, has been selected as the winning health solution at the inclusive HealthCare Innovation (iHI) health hackathon that took place in Cape Town last […]
Jacqui Stewart: On Accrediting Healthcare with COHSASA
Interim CEO of the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA), Jacqui Stewart, talks about the importance of eHealth in achieving and maintaining standards in healthcare facilities, and […]
Mobile Psychology Clinic Drives out Stigma
Using a microbus as a mobile clinic, registered counsellor, Andreas Banetsi Mphunga, is gearing up to provide trauma counselling to the marginalised youth of the Khayelitsha township situated outside of […]