MercyAscot puts data at the heart of operations
MercyAscot, one of New Zealand's largest private hospital providers, is leveraging the Qlik visual analytics platform to improve the quality of patient care. By effectively visualising and analysing data, MercyAscot now has a more accurate view of where operational...
Equra Health selects Datacentrix for specialist networking
Equra Health, a provider of radiation therapy facility services in South Africa, has chosen eNetworks as its key technology partner to enable better efficiencies throughout the company's IT network infrastructure. Operating from its headquarters in Cape Town, Equra...
Big data in healthcare: connecting the dots
The delivery of healthcare services in Africa is under pressure to change, and no-one can be certain how the industry will evolve. What can be certain is that future trends will be driven by access to Big Data, to shape new models of care in driving innovative,...
Is your healthcare data safe?
There are three questions you should ask, according to Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet In the all-out war for data, the healthcare industry is getting hit the hardest. Experian's fourth annual 2017 Data Breach Industry Forecast states that...
PPPs best for delivering healthcare in Africa
Increased spending on healthcare in the public and private sectors across the African continent has resulted in improved health indicators and life expectancies. "But the progress of this improvement is extremely slow and not commensurate with the increase in...
New medical app launches in SA
The Medici secure messaging app that enables users to communicate virtually with medical providers via text, call or video, is now available in South Africa and will expand into the rest of Africa. First launched in the US, the app hosts an array of practitioners...
Ideas on the future of healthcare
At the World Economic Forum on Africa, regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society hope to agree on priorities that will help Africa achieve inclusive growth. There is a definite urgency to focus on economic diversification, revitalization...
Med-e-Mass partners with Datos Health
Med-e-Mass, part of the Altron group of companies and a leading developer of management applications for the healthcare industry, has partnered with Datos Health, developer of a pioneering Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) management solution, to link care plan...
Software testing helps Vula Mobile deliver medical care
Software and services company DVT is helping the innovative team at Vula Mobile to provide quality medical care to rural and remote patients with a range of software testing and test automation services for the award-winning Vula Mobile smartphone app. The brainchild...
IDx and IBM Watson Health partner on eye health
IBM Watson Health and IDx have announced a five-year strategic alliance to advance eye health through cognitive computing applications. The alliance aims to help primary care providers, hospitals, health systems, and integrated delivery networks deliver value-based...
SA healthcare braces to take on risk
The security risks facing the healthcare sector have never before been so broad or so complex, reports Fortinet. "Thanks to digitisation across the sector, the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables, and the increasing sophistication of cyber criminals, the...
Tech is key to unleashing the value of genomics
Dr Wolfgang Mertz, chief technology officer: EMEA for healthcare, life sciences and HPC at Dell EMC Isilon, tells us that thealth sector is on the cusp of a step change that will see patients benefit from treatment that is more focused on the individual than ever...