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...
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...
Hospital cleaning trial cuts infections
A major trial of a bundle of hospital cleaning practices in 11 Australian hospitals has made significant reductions in healthcare-associated infections and demonstrated cost-benefits.
The...
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Primary care providers can improve diabetic retinopathy screening
Screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in primary care settings has the potential to reach most adults with diabetes, a brief report published online in JAMA...
New HPCSA Registrar: Ready for the challenges ahead
The past few years have seen the HPCSA
staggering under a plethora of claims relating to maladministration,
dysfunction, corruption, a lack of communication, registration hiccups and...
OPHTHALMOLOGY: December 2018 – CPD Questionnaire
Earn 3 clinical CPD points
Practitioners advised not to respond to additional PCNS documentation request
Request for additional personal details ‘unreasonable, not backed by regulatory requirements’
OPHTHALMOLOGY: December 2018 – CPD Questionnaire
Earn 3 clinical CPD points
Latest SA Health Review focuses on continued human resource needs
Health System Trust launches 21st edition of South African Health Review today
NHI Bill expected to be presented to Cabinet today
Civil societies have urgently called on government for proper consideration of public comments on the NHI Bill which is expected to be presented to...
Date: 20-24 March 2019: 49th National Congress of the Ophthalmological Society...
Venue: Cape Town ICC
Contact: ossacongress@telkomsa.net
Website: https://www.ossa2019.co.za/Dear Friends and Colleagues
It is my pleasure to invite you to the 49th Congress of
the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa...
Early life factors predictive of myopia identified
Factors include maternal education, hours spent playing computer games
Eye scans could detect early Alzheimer disease
Retinal thickness and microvasculature alterations implicated in the disease
Summit deliberations lacked anything new: Sonderup
More attention could have been given to ‘elephant in the room’
Summit deliberations ‘lacked anything new’: Sonderup
More attention could have been given to 'elephant in the room'
Presidential Health Summit to go ahead this week
The much-anticipated Presidential Health Summit on the NHI Bill and the challenges facing the country’s health system will be opened on Friday morning by President Cyril Ramaphosa
Stem cell implantation shows promise for retinitis pigmentosa
Findings offer some indication of medium-term safety of subretinal implantation of adipose tissue