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Innovation enhanced service delivery in the health sector
A complimentary ITWeb webinar brought to you together with AWS
This webinar, which was a follow up to our inaugural session earlier this month, was opened by our host, Ben Dorfling, who is the Chief Technology Officer at ITWeb. He started by welcoming the attendees and proceeded to thank our event sponsor, AWS, for enabling this crucial discussion around the adoption of cloud technologies in South Africa and how they are enabling an innovation enhanced service delivery in the health sector.
Ben Dorfling then took the attendees through some key findings from the ITWeb’s 2020 Cloud Survey, which revealed cloud adoption trends in South Africa. The survey revealed that 51% of the South African public sector is already using cloud technologies and that they utilise them mostly for databases and analytics. It also indicated that integration with existing systems is the main factor hindering public sector enterprises from fully adopting cloud technologies.
AWS Worldwide Lead: Healthcare, Life Sciences & Genomics, Dr Shez Partovi, gave a detailed account of the role being played by AWS in the healthcare sector and all the cloud innovations and support systems the company has on offer.
Key eHealth Insights Shared:
Ben Dorfling then facilitated a panel discussion in which the Kwazulu Natal Department of Health Director for eHealth, Dr Vuma Magaqa; A2D24 founder, Muhammad Simjee; Signapps CEO, Andrew Davies and Dr Shez Partovi and discussed the important role that is played by cloud technologies in a technology driven healthcare delivery system. The panel discussed in great depth, among other others, the following issues:
- How to employ new technologies to provide health services to all communities;
- The importance of creating integrated digital platforms for the development of health information systems; and
- The crucial role of public and private sector partnerships in the improvement of innovation and service delivery in the health sector.
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