Board of Healthcare Funders MD DR KATLEGO MOTHUDI: ‘Many areas where...
Being appointed Managing Director of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) in September 2017 could well have been perceived as a natural progression for...
Health Summit ‘hollow promises’ outcome unfortunate: Suzman Foundation
While acknowledging that the approach to universal health care (UHC) which advocates public-private partnerships is commendable, under the current NHI framework, this relationship is...
Time running out for Titanium Awards nominations
The organisers of the 2019 Titanium Awards have reminded all individuals, healthcare professionals and organisations in the public and private sectors “driving change by...
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Overloaded SA medical professionals in danger of burnout: SASOP
Faced with South Africa’s chronic shortage of doctors and
specialists, the country’s stressed and overloaded medical professionals are at
greater risk of burnout that puts both...
SAPPF concerned about ‘unilateral’ Fraud Charter
The SA Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) has given notice that it is still considering whether to support the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Charter (FWA...
Physicians’ lack of trust in one another could compromise quality and...
While the importance of trusted relationships between
patients and their physicians is taken for granted, little attention has been
given to the relationships among physicians themselves....
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Inactive ingredients in meds may cause allergic reactions
A new study has found that the vast majority of the most
frequently prescribed medications. contain at least one ingredient capable of
causing allergic or gastrointestinal...
SAMWUMED back on track
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has announced that stability has been restored at the SA Municipal Workers Union Medical Aid Scheme (SAMWUMED) four...
Limpopo tops Discovery’s fraud list
Discovery Health’s efforts to curb fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) in the healthcare system resulted in a substantial R555m recovered on behalf of client...
Nominations called for 5th Annual Titanium Awards
All individuals, healthcare professionals and organisations in the public and private sectors “driving change by creating affordable, accessible and sustainable healthcare throughout the Southern...
Fear, regulation limitations still a major obstacle to implementing “game-changing “healthcare...
While technological advances in healthcare have the
potential to become a massive gamechanger in the way healthcare service are
delivered, healthcare professionals’ fear that it could...
Public health medico-legal claims will render NHI ‘stillborn’ – medico-legal expert
Even if there
are funds to implement National Health Insurance (NHI) as envisaged, Donald
Dinnie, well-known medico-legal practitioner, has predicted that the scheme
will be “stillborn” due...
Some personal care products causing dermatitis may be unexpected
A specialist in contact dermatitis provided a primer on identifying the most likely causes of allergic rashes in soaps, shampoos, and sunscreens at the...
Life-saving antibiotic receives new use guidelines from researchers around world
First international consensus reached to create guidelines on polymyxins, a last-resort antibiotic for deadly bacteria
11th UPdate conference
Held from 1-3 March at the University of Pretoria’s
Groenkloof Campus, this year’s UPdate Annual Conference again provided the
ideal opportunity for paediatricians and other healthcare professionals
involved...