Tech refresh underpins Goodbye Malaria’s expanding efforts
While preventable and curable, malaria ranks as one of the most severe public health issues across the globe, and is a leading cause of death and disease in many developing countries, with young children and pregnant women being the most severely impacted groups. In...
Ukheshe launches track & trace to assist with Covid-19
Ukheshe, a SMME focused digital banking platform, has launched a track and trace service using its existing payment ecosystem to assist consumers to manage any possible risk factors in level three lockdown. Clayton Hayward, CEO and co-founder of Ukheshe, says that...
AI is critical for quality healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already had a significant impact on every industry sector where it has been adopted. By Henry Adams, country manager of InterSystems It is especially in healthcare where the technology has become critically important in not only...
SA lags in attaining the gold standard in healthcare
Various benchmarking and standards frameworks has resulted in the creation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, aimed at achieving specific strategic objectives in the delivery of healthcare. As an adjunct to this, technology plays a major role in enabling...
App addresses Covid-19 reinfection fears
As the government considers how soon to lift the lockdown, the prospect of more South Africans returning to work is both a welcome and worrying prospect. The question is this: how to fight a potential second spike in infections in compliance with government safety...
The role of TES in creating youth employment opportunities
Despite the increasing rate of unemployment in South Africa, businesses can play a meaningful role in creating sustainable job opportunities for the youth, those that are most affected. By Theresa Ackerman, manager of operational excellence at T-Systems South Africa...
Helping to keep Covid-19 out of mines
As South Africa's mining sector slowly reboots production following one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, mining companies have been tasked with taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of all employees and contractors returning to work. Some...
The need for healthcare virtualisation amid the pandemic
In times of a global pandemic, where human and physical resources are stretched to the limit, operators and services providers in the healthcare ecosystem need to find ways to virtualise the delivery of healthcare, while trying to sustain business as usual. By Shiraaz...
Interoperability within healthcare needed now more than ever
Many of our healthcare facilities still run legacy systems that operate in silos, which means that when moving data, it needs to go through a streamlining process first. By Shiraaz Joosub, healthcare sales executive at T-Systems South Africa As this information is raw...
Could SA’s NHI have helped with COVID-19?
During a pandemic, access to accurate and current information is key. Data sharing is more important than ever under the current coronavirus pandemic, writes Andrew Brown, deputy managing executive at Altron HealthTech. One of the key tenets of the government's mooted...
The importance of sharing healthcare data
A key part of making healthcare affordable and accessible to all members of society is gaining insight from patient data to better understand their needs as well as the efficacy of treatments and medication. By Henry Adams, country manager of InterSystems Furthermore,...
Ricoh to make 40 000 face shields a day for UK healthcare workers
Ricoh will produce 40 000 face shields every week for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to help healthcare workers in their attempts to help Covid-19 patients. The face shields, rapidly prototyped using Ricoh 3D printing technology, are designed to be comfortable...