Digital transformation priorities for African healthcare organisations
At the time of writing this, South Africa's healthcare sector had conducted nearly four million Covid-19 tests with just under 650 000 positive cases identified. By Mervyn George, executive advisor: innovation strategy at SAP Africa While infection rates continue to...
IFC, Imperial partner to pilot modular Covid-19 screening
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a partnership with South African-listed Imperial to jointly develop a modular screening and treatment healthcare infrastructure program in sub-Saharan Africa to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Imperial, an...
Drones boost healthcare supply chains
Health workers serving remote communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must often undertake a six-day return journey to collect vaccines, traversing dense tropical forests and often the raging Congo River and its tributaries. Drone technology is offering...
Sustainable interoperability is key to quality integrated public healthcare
A shortage of budget to implement progressive e-health strategies means that South Africa's public sector healthcare institutions face the common challenge of not being able to collate patient records across different facilities in a simple and transparent manner. By...
Healthcare must prepare for the next wave of cyberattacks
While healthcare providers must accelerate their digital health maturity as it directly improves operational efficiencies, quality of patient care and improves protection of personal and sensitive information, it also provides a greater platform and risk for...
SA firm provides communication platform for UK’s NHS
Following local application in the healthcare sector, for Covid-19 patient care among others, a South African health technology company Healthcent (Signapps) has won a prestigious contract with Britain's National Health Services (NHS). In terms of the contract,...
Leviathan Viral Testing Africa adds Biotime antibody tests
Leviathan Viral Testing Africa has added the Biotime range of Covid-19 antibody tests to its portfolio. The company is also the exclusive African distributor of the LifeCase PCR testing solution manufactured by Evotech-Mirai Genomics (EMG). The Biotime range will be...
Cloud versus edge: rethinking healthcare infrastructure
Cloud computing isn't exactly a new concept in the healthcare industry. By Ronald Ravel, director: B2B South Africa at dynabook South Africa Its benefits have become increasingly well-known across the sector and, without it, we wouldn't have many health-related...
LVT Medical brings rapid serology test to Africa
LVT Medical, subsidiary of specialist medical distributor Leviathan Viral Testing Africa, has won the exclusive distribution rights in Africa for Assure Tech's FaStep Rapid Diagnostic Test for Covid-19. The FaStep Rapid Diagnostic Test is FDA Reviewed and Authorized,...
Diabetes telemedicine attracts local investment
Covid-19 is a serious risk for the estimated 4,6-million people with diabetes in South Africa as high blood sugar levels increase the mortality risk posed by the pandemic. Digital healthcare solutions are emerging as effective tools for safe, remote condition...
PPO provides Mediclinic with maturity assessment
Around the world, healthcare is a business vertical like any other. Hospitals exist and operate within the healthcare arena with the ethical purpose of providing the best possible healthcare to the patients, while at the same time being able to generate profits in...
Name-matching software aids in tracing travelers
SITA, a software provider owned by 400 members of the air transport industry, has selected Basis Technology's Rosette name-matching for its contact tracing solution. Governments will be able to open borders and keep track of who came in contact with confirmed cases of...