Despite protests from medical associations, the sale of plastic surgery procedures online has generated a frenzy of activity on auction site bidorbuy.co.za. More procedures will be auctioned in the KwaZulu-Natal area this week.
Much of the South African medical community is concerned that the auctioning of plastic surgery procedures on local auction site bidorbuy.co.za heralds the commercialisation of healthcare.
This week, bidorbuy.co.za, in conjunction with private hospital Park Lane Clinic, will auction off plastic surgery procedures.
Ariel Technologies has signed an agreement with Infobank Africa, which will give Ariel the right to build and operate an e-commerce hub powered by Infobank`s InTrade e-hub.
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Sanlam, in partnership with Dimension Data Internet Services, has launched Cura, a Web-based company that offers medical insurance online.
Synergy Computing, sole distributor of PowerHouse solutions in Africa, says PowerHouse has assisted Neil Harvey and Associates in developing Medware, a solution for the healthcare administration industry.
MediKredit Integrated Healthcare Solutions, a business-to-business e-commerce company in the healthcare industry, is upgrading its IT systems based on Stratus Computer Systems technology.
IQ Health, part of the IQ Business Group, says the current e-transaction process within the healthcare industry is in dire need of help and believes its HEALTHe product range is the ideal solution.
The SA healthcare industry must develop an initiative from within its own ranks to realise the benefits of information and communications technology, says Richard Firth, chairman of MIP Holdings.
According to Hennie du Plessis, general manager of PQ Health, the healthcare division of PQ Africa, Internet-driven information technologies are waiting to transform the healthcare industry.
Aubrey van Aswegen, MD of business intelligence company Knowledge Integration Dynamics, examines the role of data warehouse applications in the healthcare industry.