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BHF welcomes HPCSA’s lifting of telemedicine ban
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has welcomed the lifting of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) telemedicine ban to broadly permit...
SAPPF puts COVID-19 financial and other support measures for healthcare providers...
The SA Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) has reiterated its support for healthcare practitioners during the COVID-19 crisis and has taken the following measures to...
OPINION: How the COVID-19 pandemic could nudge us towards the achievement...
This article was published in the Daily Maverick and was written by Geetesh Solanki: Specialist Scientist at the Health Systems Research Unit, SA Medical...
Doctors on Call: volunteer COVID-19 helpline
Two medical groups and a communications network have joined forces to establish a help line-based initiative, “COVID-19 Doctors on Call”, to recruit family practitioners...
Healthcare practitioners volunteering to assist in COVID-19 pandemic
This communique has been prepared by medical practice legal advisor, Julian Botha*, in response to queries raised by healthcare practitioners who have been approached...
Further amendments to Telemedicine Guidelines during COVID-1 outbreak published
The HPCSA has made further amendments to its Telemedicine Guidelines that will apply during the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The latest notice amends...
COVID-19 will permanently change SA’s healthcare landscape
While the COVID-19 outbreak is going to require massive healthcare resources to deal with, and stretch the health system to breaking point, it may...
MediCoop partners with Aon to deliver risk and insurance broking solutions...
As leaders in the medical malpractice insurance broking market, Aon has over 15 years’ experience in the provision of medical malpractice insurance broking solutions...
Medications safe to use in COVID-19 treatment
A recent
study has found that there is no evidence for or against the use of
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen for patients with
COVID-19.
The study,
led...
SA healthcare workers prioritised for flu shots amid COVID-19 pandemic
Health workers are to be prioritised to receive the flu vaccine this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As the vaccines are pre-ordered a year...
Delaying instant gratification for long term goals*
The Marshmallow Test for Adults
Lack of PPE and other controls concerning: SAMA
The
South African Medical Association (SAMA) has issued a statement noting with
concern reports from many of its members in the public sector that they either
do...
HPCSA telemedicine guideline ‘wrong and dangerous’: health bodies
Organisations representing medical doctors, medical schemes, and medical scheme administrators, have expressed deep concerns over a guideline by the Health Professions Council of South...
HPCSA issues guidance on Telemedicine Guidelines application during pandemic
Acknowledging that medical practitioners are faced with an ethical dilemma of how to contribute to the national endeavours of self-isolation and social distancing and continue...
MPS issues guidance on remote consultation during COVID-19 pandemic
The current situation surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus has created a number of challenges, many of which relate to self-isolation and social distancing. For doctors,...
Medical sector cooperative developing niche products for shareholders
MediCoop is developing investment, finance and insurance solutions specific for health professionals’ individual and business circumstances. MediCoop’s members are also shareholders.
Medicoop investment services
MediCoop’s savings products...
Despite FWA Summit postponement, Section 59 report still to be released...
In its statement announcing the postponement of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Summit from 2 to 3 April in Durban to a date...