Five golden rules to reduce patient harm or risk

by Chandré Blignaut | Oct 28, 2019 | Featured, SAJAA, SAJGO, WHSA

Five golden rules to reduce patient harm or risk   Johannesburg – Talk to any doctor who’s faced litigation from a patient or their family, following an adverse event, and they’ll tell you how emotionally exhausting the process is. Risk reduction in medicine or...

Will NHI worsen SA’s medico-legal nightmare?

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...

Systems harm patients more than doctors

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...

Indemnity outfit boosts State surgical rescues

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...

Innovative training portal for nurses aims to build a movement of breast health advocates

by Chantelle Janse van Rensburg | Nov 9, 2018 | News, PNT, SAJGO

Innovative training portal for nurses aims to build a movement of breast health advocates   Improving access to breast care nurses for all women is a priority in the South African breast health arena. Nurses are urged to sign up to a new, progressive online...

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS – WHY THIS COMMON CONDITION NEEDS TO BE TREATED CORRECTLY

by Chantelle Janse van Rensburg | Feb 20, 2018 | Featured, News, SAFP, SAJGO, SAPA, SAPJ

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS – WHY THIS COMMON CONDITION NEEDS TO BE TREATED CORRECTLY Bacterial Vaginosis, defined as an imbalance in vaginal flora characterised by low levels of lactobacilli and an increased frequency of facultatively anaerobic bacteria, is one of the most...