App brings health care services to all

With the ever increasing cases of Covid-19 in the country, the Department of Health turned to mobile technology as a solution for improving critical access to healthcare in Gauteng. The solution came in the form of Mpilo, a healthcare app launched in 2019 by Vodacom...

SA mental health support platform launched

A new online platform designed to make mental health support and therapy accessible to as many people as possible was launched in South Africa at the start of the country’s Mental Illness Awareness Month in July. Called Obuntu (www.obuntu.co.za), it was...

InterSystems debuts HealthShare Message Transformation Service

InterSystems has announced the availability of InterSystems HealthShare Message Transformation Service. Developed for use with Amazon HealthLake, the on-demand service enables healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies to convert their existing data...

SA first in line to experience new medical consultation technology

Conducting consultations and working through that waiting room queue is being disrupted with the introduction of uConsult, a multi-sided virtual consultation platform that home-based care accessible in South Africa. According to Dr Johan Pretorius, CEO of Universal...