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December is considered a quiet time for business news, nevertheless we will keep you updated with daily stories across our industries throughout the festive season. This is our last newsletter for 2015, our first editions for 2016 will be ready for delivery on Monday, 4 January.

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Ear, Nose & Throat
hearScreen mHealth solution first winner of SA Innovation Fellows Competition
Philips South Africa has announced that the winner of its first South African Innovation Fellows Competition is the hearScreen mHealth solution, created by Professor De Wet Swanepoel... read
Mobile Audiometer wins at 2015 GAP Innovation Awards
In the Medical category, the KUDUwave, a mobile and lightweight diagnostic audiometer won second prize in this year's Gauteng Accelerator Programme Innovation Awards (GAP)... read
Emergency Procedures
Technological partnership speeds up emergency response
CenHealth has partnered with emergency services provider, ER24 to use technology to speed up emergency response... read
Hospital Groups
COHSASA quality improvement and safety skills development workshops

Issued by COHSASA

COHSASA is offering a range of quality improvement and patient safety workshops in 2016. These will be held in Cape Town in the course of 2016... read
Quality advisor keen to further COHSASA's mission

Issued by COHSASA

Dr Abigail van der Linde joined COHSASA Quality Adviser Team on 1 December. She brings with her a solid commitment and dedication to ensuring that all people - regardless of age, race, income and health status - have the best possible healthcare available... read
COHSASA appoints new board member

Issued by COHSASA

Dr Nicole Spieker, Director Quality of PharmAccess Foundation and Managing Director of SafeCare, based in Amsterdam, has been appointed to the COHSASA Board... read
Medical Aid
Rights of medical aid members to dispute scheme's refusal of benefits

Neil Kirby

Where a member is of a view that a particular decision by a medical scheme is unfair or contrary to the rules of the scheme, that member has certain rights available in order to deal with that decision... read
Medical Research
Prostate cancer - new research on screening
Scientists in Ireland have developed a technique they hoped would be a more reliable and accurate method to detect prostate cancer, in findings recently published by the peer-reviewed open access scientific journal Advances in Modern Oncology Research (AMOR)... read
South African professionals more stressed over health than family
The second annual Profmed Stress Index has identified health as the number one cause of stress among South Africa's professionals... read
NPO
JPS Africa launches as independent NPO
JPS Africa has acted as the country office for Jhpiego, an international, non-profit health organisation, affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University, and dedicated to improving the health of women and families... read
Business
Eight festive season survival tips for small businesses

Daryl Blundell

For small businesses, the festive season might be their busiest time or an opportunity to regroup for the New Year. Here are eight ways to make the most of the holidays... read
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Health Systems Trust - 4 May 2016 to 6 May 2016, Johannesburg


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