It’s well known that South Africa is grappling with universal health coverage, specifically defining which health services should be covered to ensure affordability and equal access to care. As part […]
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Building a Business Case for Your EMR
Executive Director of Information Services & CIO at Bendigo Health, Bruce Winzar, examines the steps needed to ensure a successful electronic medical record (EMR) system rollout. Rome wasn’t built in […]
Advanced Biological Laboratories and Right to Care Collaborate to Strengthen HIV Treatment
Medical Data Technology company, Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) S.A., and Right to Care have announced that they have entered into a license agreement for the distribution of ABL products. The […]
Med-e-Mass Partners with Datos Health to Improve Care Plan Delivery
South African Electronic Medical Records (EMR) provider, Med-e-Mass, has partnered with Israeli eHealth startup, Datos Health, to improve the delivery of care to chronic patients in South Africa. By using […]
Algorithms Beat Doctors at Predicting Heart Attacks
A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham have trained a computer algorithm to predict if a patient will have a heart attack more accurately than doctors. Typically doctors use […]
Holistic Treatment & Management of Diabetes Critical
The International Diabetes Federation predicts that by the year 2040 over 642 million people worldwide will be diagnosed with diabetes. Acting Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund, Gerhard Van Emmenis, […]
IBM Launches Watson Imaging Clinical Review
IBM has launched IBM Watson Imaging Clinical Review, the first cognitive imaging offering from Watson Health that reviews medical data to help healthcare providers identify the most critical cases that […]
Craig Carty: On the Importance of Partnering for Sustainability
CEO at the Relevance Network, Craig Carty, talks about his drive to create access to quality services through multi-sectorial integrated partnerships, and the importance of using innovative mHealth solutions to […]
The Journey to EMR Adoption: Persistence Pays Off
Information technology in South Africa is at an exciting crossroad where critical decisions need to be made on how to leverage the benefit of technology so that clinical outcomes and […]
Global Blockchain Healthcare Initiative Launched
Blockchain Technology Company, Gem, has partnered with Philips to launch a new Blockchain-based Healthcare Initiative aimed at revolutionising eHealth around the world. The initiative, introduced as Gem Health, is an […]
InterSystems Scores High in KLAS HIE Report
InterSystems HealthShare® has received high customer scores in the EMR-independent category of health information technology (HIE) products, according to the KLAS report ‘HIE 2016: Shifts in Vendor Performance and Provider […]
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 […]