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What tech brings to healthcare in Africa and beyond

06 Dec 2019

What tech brings to healthcare in Africa and beyond

06 Dec 2019

Escalating costs across the spectrum of care are driving the need for healthcare providers to be more efficient, absorb increased healthcare funding risk and implement more effective and sustainable models of care. Information management and communication technologies have the potential to drive efficiencies, mitigate risks and enable new profitable models of care. However, there are a number of opposing forces at work and adoption of enterprise technology in healthcare has been poor globally and in South Africa.

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INTERVIEW: How mobile-first technology can transform healthcare

03 Dec 2019

INTERVIEW: How mobile-first technology can transform healthcare

03 Dec 2019

IT News Africa’s Jenna Cook had the opportunity to chat with the CEO of Signapps, Andrew Davies – former Chief Operating Officer of Mxit and also a director of SweepSouth – on the importance of communication in the healthcare industry.

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SME of the week: Messaging platform Signapps help stroke patients get better care, faster

03 Dec 2019

SME of the week: Messaging platform Signapps help stroke patients get better care, faster

03 Dec 2019

Signapps CEO, Andrew Davies, talking with MoneyWeb Radio about how Signapps is changing the way stroke patients are being cared for through the partnership with Life Healthcare.

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Simple tech health care communication solution

26 Nov 2019

Simple tech health care communication solution

26 Nov 2019

Palliative care is all about team, care-coordination and good communication. Palprac explains how Signapps has revolutionised their operations, facilitated communication and ultimately improved outcomes for their patients.

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Life Healthcare adopts tech to improve critical services

04 Nov 2019

Life Healthcare adopts tech to improve critical services

04 Nov 2019

Private hospital operator Life Healthcare Group has turned to technology to help improve critical hospital services in its facilities.

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Poor patient records fuel alarming increase in medical malpractice suits

08 Oct 2019

Poor patient records fuel alarming increase in medical malpractice suits

08 Oct 2019

Public sector healthcare departments face a mountain of medical malpractice claims and are rendered defenceless by poor record keeping.

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Introduction to Alignd

09 Sep 2019

Introduction to Alignd

09 Sep 2019

Meet the co-founders of Alignd and their partners: the local palliative-care doctor association, the hospice association and Signapps, a communication platform for teams of healthcare providers.

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Interview with Andrew Davies on CNBC today

31 Jul 2019

Interview with Andrew Davies on CNBC today

31 Jul 2019

Andrew Davies, founder and CEO of Signapps, was interviewed by CNBC today.

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SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures

30 Jul 2019

SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures

30 Jul 2019

SA healthtech startup Healthcent announced today that it had secured R8-million in seed funding from black empowered holding company Umkhathi Wethu Ventures and investment firm Allan Gray.

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Healthcare platform delivers medical care to cancer sufferers

18 Jul 2019

Healthcare platform delivers medical care to cancer sufferers

18 Jul 2019

A mobile healthcare platform is to play a key role in the delivery of medical care for South Africa’s cancer patients, thanks to the partnership between local tech businesses Alignd and Signapps.

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