by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, News, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJGO, WHSA
Will NHI worsen SA’s medico-legal nightmare? How a medical malpractice public/private partnership can reduce State’s medico-legal exposure and improve health care outcomes. With the draft NHI bill silent on an estimated R98 billion in state medico-legal claims, public...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured, JEMDSA, News, PNT, SAFP, SAJAA, SAPJ, WHSA
Medical industry duty of care: onerous, but necessary A recent study on the state of medical waste management in rural South Africa has revealed that areas of the country are underprepared to deal with multiple forms of potentially-hazardous materials. If left...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured, JEMDSA, News, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJCN, SAJGO, SAJS, WHSA
Systems harm patients more than doctors Hospital Association of South Africa A culture of “name, blame and shame,” in medicine drastically reduces the potential for system changes to improve patient safety, the Hospital Association of South Africa’s...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, News, PNT, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJGO, SAJS, WHSA
Indemnity outfit boosts State surgical rescues Johannesburg – A local insurer of healthcare professionals, EthiQal, has donated R240 000 to Operation Healing Hands, OHH, a non-profit-organisation set up to relieve the overwhelming burden of surgery in the public...
by Chantelle Janse van Rensburg | Jan 30, 2018 | AJCOR, Featured, News, PNT, SAFP, SAJAA, SAPJ
Ground-breaking recycling project turns used medical consumables into much-needed school shoes for disadvantaged children In a pioneering and collaborative move for the healthcare industry, a recycling project between Adcock Ingram Critical Care, Netcare, Executive...
by Chantelle Janse van Rensburg | Nov 16, 2017 | Featured, News, SAFP, SAJAA
ETHIQAL 1ST BIRTHDAY Thursday, 16 November 2017: A new take on medical professional indemnity (PI) protection for doctors is turning the traditional, controversial indemnity insurance model on its head. EthiQal, a new medical professional indemnity (PI) solution...