How technology enables better healthcare
The future of healthcare is shaping up in front of our very eyes with advances in digital healthcare technologies, such as artificial intelligence, 3D-printing, robotics and inventory management. By Fatima Khota, category head: POS at Rectron With the need for digital...
University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Centre uses data and AI to combat breast cancer
Western Digital partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Centre to provide the storage foundation needed to scale and store critical research data focused on improving the accuracy of cancer detection from mammography scans. The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer...
Here’s how SA will tackle the freezing and transit of Covid-19 vaccines
Express parcel business, DPD Laser, has announced its partnership with helium and natural gas company, Renergen, which has launched its Cryo-Vacc Covid-19 vaccine freezer prototype. The unit can keep vaccines ultra-cold, delivering a temperature range of 8ºC to...
Ushering in an era of remote healthcare
With social distancing being the new normal in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many activities, from sermons to shopping, have gone online. This acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the way people care for themselves, communicate...
ERP helps retail pharmacies gain business insights
The pharmaceutical industry is faced with a multitude of challenges, including a rapidly changing landscape, competitive pressures, and the supply chain challenges wrought by the global Covid-19 outbreak. With a Covid-19 vaccine likely to be available in early 2021,...
AI changing dynamics of healthcare
Globally, healthcare organisations have accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) with the ones still implementing frameworks planning to go live within 24 months. Hardly surprising given the improved consumer engagement that result from the technology. By...
Covid-19 test detects virus with smartphone
Montreal-based Two-Photon Research has announced CAST, a diagnostics platform that changes the way viruses are detected. The CAST platform uses TPR's patented Aptamer Molecular Photonic Beacon (AMPB) that photonically interfaces with smartphones. The first application...
AI/ML could solve the problem of medical fraud
Medical malpractice litigation costs South Africa millions of rands every year and drives up the cost of healthcare. By Shiraaz Joosub, healthcare sales executive at T-Systems South Africa While some claims of medical negligence have merit, the unfortunate reality is...
AI in radiology could to alleviate patient backlogs after Covid
Due to a chronic shortage of imaging equipment and skilled radiologists, hospitals have been plagued with a growing patient backlog for years. The sudden spread of Covid-19 in early 2020 has considerably exacerbated the issue as it forced the closure of...
Kiara Health moves to cloud, outsources managed services
Pan-African pharmaceutical company, Kiara Health, has kicked off its Industry 4.0 journey, partnering with Datacentrix. This follows Kiara's acquisition of the manufacturing plant and several marketed products from generic drugs manufacturer Sandoz South Africa, a...
AI promises to optimise hearing aids
Having transformed the performance of a broad spectrum of consumer and industrial products, artificial intelligence (AI) is now set to revolutionise the quality of a product that the US National Institutes of Health says half of consumers aged 75 and over desperately...
App helps to reduce negative impact of mental illness
The high cost of depression among employees in the workplace - as much as R4,2-billion annually - is being addressed by South African health tech Signapps. As part of its contribution to Mental Health Awareness Month, the Cape Town-based business recently hosted a...