Walter Pike's battle with inoperable stage four prostate cancer says so much about the connected world we live in.
The three institutions are determined to discover more ways to enter the multibillion-dollar m-health sector.
Researchers train a computer algorithm to predict if a patient will have a heart attack.
Jasper Westerink hopes to leverage the development of connected care in South Africa.
The city's health department considers an electronic appointment system to streamline processes at its clinics and sets aside R5 million.
Having fast and efficient WiFi in place in hospitals is becoming increasingly important to how well nurses can do their jobs, says Quentin Daffarn, MD of UC Wireless.
Cape Town based CPGR is adopting AI to enhance knowledge and analyse genomic data to identify disease-causing mutations.
The company is helping Vula Mobile to provide medical care to remote patients with a software testing service for the Vula Mobile smartphone app.
The computing company partners with IDx to use cognitive computing applications to assist patients with serious eye conditions.
Molecular compound will be used to seek, identify and treat solid mass tumours such as those found in breast and ovarian cancer.
Very few IT service providers to the SA healthcare industry are able to comply with the surety standards required by POPI.