Apr 24, 2023
Data does more than just turn people into numbers: it saves lives, writes Vukosi Sambo, executive head of data insights at the AfroCentric Group. As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, the role of data to drive efficiencies and improve patient outcomes has...
Apr 20, 2023
Healthcare is a contentious issue in Africa for so many reasons. Not least is the inequality of the services provided by an underfunded public healthcare system, where most of the population receives care, versus private healthcare. Add to the mix a lack of records...
Apr 11, 2023
While tempting to envision, the law firm of the future will not be populated by highly intelligent, unemotional, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that render automated legal output based on massive databases of knowledge and repositories of precedent. To me, the...
Mar 20, 2023
Even though healthcare is driven by data, it needs patient consent for providers to optimally leverage it across the myriad of disparate systems that currently exist. According to InterSystems South Africa, a creative data technology provider, if this consent is not...
Mar 8, 2023
By 2022, the value of the South African healthcare market was predicted to reach over R681-billion, and this is expected to rise to over R865-billion by 2027. As both the public and private sectors strive towards improved access and quality of care for the...
Mar 7, 2023
All over the world, data is being generated, stored, and shared at tremendous volume. However, we cannot entrust information to any system without considering the potential for misuse. Data security breaches and cybercrime are rife in this digital age and data needs...
