The adoption of digital solutions for data capturing in the healthcare sector will revolutionise the delivery of healthcare services and solutions; from testing, early detection and prevention to remote patient […]
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MEDITECH South Africa Appoints New Sales and Marketing Executive
Integrated software solutions company, MEDITECH South Africa has announced the appointment of Dr Ntombi Mutshekwane as their new Sales and Marketing Executive. Dr Mutshekwane will assume responsibilities on the 2nd of […]
Leveraging Big Data to Improve Cancer Care & Outcomes
Business Unit Manager for Africa at Elekta, Yunus Munga, explains how as the incidence of cancer continues to rise, strategic leveraging of technology and big data will be essential to […]
Apple Brings EHRs to the iPhone
Apple has introduced a new electronic health record (EHR) feature in their Health app with the iOS 11.3 beta software update. According to Apple, the new Health Records section “brings together hospitals, clinics […]
For Precision Medicine, the Next “Killer App” is Data
Senior Advisor, Strategic Markets, for InterSystems HealthShare, Todd Winey, talks about the importance of data in the future of innovative healthcare and precision medicine. Once a concept takes hold, it’s […]
Prescribing Social Media for Doctors
We sat down with Stanford University e-Patient Scholar and founder of Healthcare Social Media South Africa (#hcsmSA), Vanessa Carter, for a quick, five minute Q&A to find out why and […]
EHR Data Facilitates Earlier Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in the US have developed an algorithm that identifies early, pre-symptoms of Parkinson’s disease based on data from a patient’s […]
New eHealth Tool Flags Colorectal Cancer
Israeli AI and machine learning developer, Medial EarlySign, has developed an algorithm platform, called ColonFlag, that can accurately identify patients who are at high risk of having colorectal cancer. The […]
IBM Watson Health Adopts SNOMED CT
SNOMED International and IBM Watson Health have announced that Watson Health will adopt SNOMED CT in support of the company’s commitment to comprehensive standardisation of patient data worldwide. SNOMED CT […]
Transforming the Digital Patient Experience
Technology and the Internet of things (IoT) hold great promise to improve patient care and well-being. Internet-connected infusion pumps, imaging machines, blood-glucose sensors, and myriad more devices can automatically share valuable data […]
Dr Gary Kantor: On Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Anaesthetist Dr Gary Kantor, Consultant to Discovery Health and Insight Actuaries, Co-founder of Best Care Always, talks about the culture and methods of quality improvement and patient safety. Tell us […]
IBM Unveils Watson-Powered Imaging Solutions
Watson Health and Merge Healthcare, both IBM companies, have unveiled new imaging solutions using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual […]