News
KZN’s Dr Zweli Mkhize new Minister of Health
State
President Cyril Ramaphosa has just announced that Dr Zweli Mkhize, former Minister of Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs, succeeds Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as South Africa’s...
Allergy
Update: HPCSA’s first national conference
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will be hosting its first-ever National Conference from 18 - 20 August 2019 at the Emperor’s...
Cardiology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Critical Care
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Dermatology
CMS launches pilot programme for planned National Beneficiary Registry
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is going ahead with its plan to establish a central repository containing the details of all medical scheme...
Diabetes
CORRECTION: Scheme access to patient treatment records
In the Med Brief Africa report “Doctor must, by law, release record to scheme on request” (posted 1 July 2019 and since removed), the...
Dietetics
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Emergency Medicine
SA’s top hospitals according to Discovery Health
Mediclinic, private hospital group Busamed and independent private hospitals have come up tops in Discovery Health latest survey to choose South Africa’s 20 best...
Gastroenterology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
General Practice
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Gynaecology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
HIV
CMS launches pilot programme for planned National Beneficiary Registry
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is going ahead with its plan to establish a central repository containing the details of all medical scheme...
Hospital
Music viable alternative to meds in reducing anxiety before anaesthesia
Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anaesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published in the...
Imaging
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Nephrology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Neurology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Nurses
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Oncology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Ophthalmology
PCNS warns about scam
The Private Code Numbering System (PCNS) is warning all healthcare professionals that the BHF's name has recently been used falsely to send SMS’s to PCNS...
Optometry
Doctor pharmacist collaboration essential to cut out iatrogenesis risks
South African patients are essentially getting a raw deal when it comes to medication counselling and assured adherence
“In the United States they experience from...
Paediatrics
Guidance updated for managing infants at group B strep risk
New guidelines for the management and treatment of group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in infants have just been published online in Pediatrics.
Karen M. Puopolo, M.D.,...
Pain and Anaesthesia
Music viable alternative to meds in reducing anxiety before anaesthesia
Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anaesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published in the...
Pharmacy
Music viable alternative to meds in reducing anxiety before anaesthesia
Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anaesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published in the...
Psychiatry
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
Surgery
Music viable alternative to meds in reducing anxiety before anaesthesia
Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anaesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published in the...
Urology
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....