Life Healthcare

iol | May 12, 2016

Johannesburg - Life Healthcare would focus on growing its brand in southern Africa and internationally in order to achieve its growth objectives for the year ahead, it said yesterday. The group already boasts a R685 million private hospital in Poland, which it acquired in November, bringing the total investment in that country to R2.1 billion. Chief executive André Meyer said the Scanmed Group acquisition in Poland currently consisted of 619 beds, 12 inpatient cardiology centres and 43 medical c...

moneyweb | May 11, 2016

JOHANNESBURG – Private hospital group, Life Healthcare says it will add hospital beds cautiously in South Africa, having identified a slowdown in the growth of insured medical aid members. “We are still seeing strong demand,” said group CEO, André Meyer, noting the group would add between 200 and 250 beds a year annually in South Africa to 2020, depending on demand. “Occupancy has remained strong, in the order of about 69%/70% consistently over the period, and that is despite the fact that we ha...

EHRIntelligence | January 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of EHR users are dissatisfied with the technical service and basic software account support from current EHR and HIT vendors, according to a 2020 Black Book Research survey. Since the HITECH Act was signed into law in 2009, EHRs have not only been more prevalent, but they have continued to change and evolve. However, technical service from EHR vendors hasn’t kept up with the constant change, according to high-level hospital tech managers. Healthcare software support is ...

Managed Healthcare Executive | January 15, 2020

Ride Health, providing smarter transportation for every patient need, announced they raised $6.2 million in a funding round led by Activate Venture Partners. The capital raise is joined by Newark Venture Partners, Anthro Ventures, BioAdvance, Leading Edge Ventures and Startup Health, according to a news release from Cision PR Newswire. Ride Health will use the funds in an initiative of ensuring every patient, everywhere, has access to the care and resources they need to ensure good health. Ride ...