by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Innovation
South Africa is a unique country, and in many ways because of our uniqueness we need novel solutions, writes Thoneshan Naidoo, Principal Officer of Medshield Medical Scheme. On the one hand we face a quadruple disease burden of HIV/AIDs and TB; high maternal and child...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Innovation
Data sharing is more important than ever under the current Covid-19 pandemic, says Andrew Brown, Deputy Managing Executive for Altron HealthTech. However, one of the key tenets of the government’s mooted National Health Insurance is that public and private healthcare...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 7, 2020 | Sustainability
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, writes Henry Adams, Country Manager of InterSystems....
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 6, 2020 | Innovation
In these challenging times, it can be hard to think ahead, writes Helge Hess, Senior Vice President at Software AG. When companies operate in a state of emergency, they are affected in three sensitive areas: health and availability of employees, a decline in demand,...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
When there is a crisis, there are those who will try and take advantage, writes Indi Siriniwasa, Vice President at Trend Micro Sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, cybercriminals aren’t guided by the same moral compass as the rest of humanity. In fact, they are...