SA-founded Parent Sense chosen for global healthtech fellowship
Parent Sense, the parenting technology platform founded by South African parenting expert Meg Faure, has been selected to participate in the 2026 Innovation Hub Fellowship at the Thrive Centre at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Faure and Parent Sense chief...
Huawei debuts wearable diabetes risk assessment feature
Huawei introduced a new wearable diabetes risk assessment feature at World Health Expo Dubai 2026. The feature leverages non-invasive Photoplethysmography (PPG) technology and advanced smartwatch sensors to analyse wellness patterns and provide early alerts that may...
While policy stalls, a fragile web of private apps has filled SA’s healthcare limbo
While policy debates continue over the 15-year horizon for the National Health Insurance (NHI) and its planned Single Electronic Health Record (SEHR), a quieter, faster transformation has already reshaped South African healthcare. It didn't happen in parliament; it...
Can AI help make prescriptions safer in SA’s busy clinics?
Across South Africa, nurses and doctors in public clinics make hundreds of important decisions every day, often under enormous pressure. They’re short on time, juggling long queues, and sometimes working with incomplete information. By Henry Adams, country manager of...
The ethical pulse of progress: The promise and peril of AI in healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising healthcare as profoundly as the discovery of antibiotics or the invention of the stethoscope. By Vishal Barapatre, group chief technology officer at In2IT Technologies From analysing X-rays in seconds to predicting...
Deepfake doctors and bogus practitioners a new threat to patient safety
This National Doctors’ Day, commemorated yesterday (16 November), South Africans are not only thanking doctors. They are also learning that some of the faces they see online are not doctors at all. Previous reports confirm that a leading South African urologist,...
Roche launches first AI-enabled continuous glucose monitor
Roche has announced that its Accu-Chek® SmartGuide continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution is now available in South Africa. This significant milestone means that people living with diabetes over the age of 18 can now benefit from the solution’s enhanced glucose...
InterSystems HealthShare integrated with Google Cloud’s Healthcare API
InterSystems has announced a new partnership that integrates InterSystems HealthShare with Google Cloud. The collaboration aims to deliver a scalable, real-time, harmonised data foundation for generative and agentic AI applications. The partnership addresses one of...
Altron HealthTech to pilot SA’s first oncology companion app
The last thing someone dealing with a life-threatening disease wants is the pain of endless administrative paperwork and confusion that arises when aspects of their care are not easily coordinated. Altron HealthTech is set to pilot a solution designed to minimise...
Platinum Health closes the care gap with satellite connectivity
Platinum Health Medical Scheme has implemented low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity at its critical healthcare facilities to address long-standing infrastructure connectivity challenges in South Africa’s remote mining regions. The aim is to improve access to...
Situational awareness a frontline imperative for first responders
The ability to see, act and understand events in real time is changing the face of emergency response and the speed at which lives are saved. By Reshaad Sha, executive chairman of Sentiv For decades, this visibility was built on two-way radios, CCTV cameras and...
Q-KON’s smart satellite services enable telemedicine
Q-KON has expanded its partnership with Gijima to deliver vital connectivity to Lulame containerised mobile care clinics. As showcased at the recent World Health Expo in Cape Town, this collaboration leverages Q-KON’s Twoobii-LEO services on the Eutelsat OneWeb Low...