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...
Telemedicine offers healthcare solutions
Following the President's address on 23 March 2020, South Africans may be wondering how to obtain access to health services from healthcare practitioners during lockdown. By Berné Burger, Lara Kerbelker, Erwyn Durman and Justin Malherbe from Webber Wentzel Although...
Kaspersky offers free product licenses for healthcare
Kaspersky has announced free availability of its core endpoint security products for medical organisations, in order to help them stay protected from cyberthreats during the pandemic. The full list of B2B products available for free for six months includes Kaspersky...
Bitdefender gives enterprise-grade Bitdefender to healthcare companies
Bitdefender has announced that it will offer enterprise-grade security solutions free of charge to all healthcare organisations worldwide, in an effort to contribute to the global support effort during the Covid-19 pandemic. Healthcare organisations of all sizes, from...
WHO launches Covid-19 messaging service
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French and Spanish with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. The easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion...
SUSE offers free tech in Covid-19 fight
SUSE has made a commitment to help all organizations that are producing medical devices to fight Covid-19. To that end, the company is offering free services such as support and maintenance for its operating system and container technologies to be embedded in and run...
Kenyan startup races to complete health portal
Kenyan health tech startup Afya Rekod is sprinting to launch its AI- and blockchain-built consumer-driven health data platform amid the coronavirus pandemic in support of global efforts to curb the disease by providing a portal for people across the world to store...
SAP, Converge Solutions deliver healthcare solutions
Complex business models, combined with immense pressure to deliver great patient experiences and outcomes, has African healthcare providers turning to technology to improve their operational efficiency and automate back-office operations. This task is now far less...
First African Healthcare Information Exchange to launch
CareConnect, a non-profit organisation founded by three of the largest medical insurance administrators and three of the largest hospital groups in South Africa, has selected InterSystems to implement HealthShare Unified Care Record and HealthShare Patient Index....
Laparoscopy performed using 5G technology
The first laparoscopy to be performed in Russia with the use of 5G technology was recently undertaken in the 5G pilot zone located in Skolkovo. Telecommunications company Beeline, together with Huawei and GMS Hospital partnered together to complete two such surgical...