The ATC has an interest in developing a research repository to highlight the positive use cases of Telehealth in Africa.
Research is ongoing and collaborative. To partner/ contribute to research contact us.
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Personalizing Healthcare: Engaging Patients in a Digital Age
The world has dramatically changed in the past few months The way we work, and live, has also changed. The healthcare industry has had to pivot to remote work and [...]
Clinical Communication in a Digital Era
Meeting the secure collaboration and communication needs of healthcare providers with Microsoft 365 Frost & Sullivan White Paper – Sponsored by Microsoft Daniel Ruppar Download Paper
Technology: The Next Step Up in HIV Testing Innovation
As Principal Investigators on large PEPFAR and other donor-funded public health programs, we know the difficulty of finding new HIV-positive patients in environments with ever-shrinking new positive yields. Read Full […]
Are we there yet? Unbundling the potential adoption and integration of telemedicine to improve virtual healthcare services in African health systems
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the attention has now shifted towards universal vaccination to gracefully lift strict COVID-19 restrictions previously imposed to contain the spread of the disease. Sub-Saharan Africa […]
Expanding telemedicine to reduce the burden on the healthcare systems and poverty in Africa for a post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reformation
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global public health emergency, has exposed the fragility of health systems. Access to healthcare became a scarce commodity as healthcare providers and resource-poor populations became […]
Guidelines for the use of WhatsApp groups in clinical settings in South Africa
In everyday clinical practice, healthcare professionals (HCPs) are exposed to large quantities of confidential patient information, and many use WhatsApp groups to share this information. Download Guidelines
Updated HPCSA Guidelines
Health Professions Council of South Africa General Ethical Guidelines for Good Practice in Telehealth Booklet 10 Revision: December 2021 Download Booklet
Telehealth related opportunities and considerations to address health care delivery gaps in South Africa
Telehealth presents an ideal opportunity to address health care delivery gaps in South African and Covid-19 has demonstrated that now is the time to explore, embrace and regulate future practices [...]
Facilitating remote access to specialist medical expertise through the scaled up adoption of a smartphone application: A South African case
The public health service in South Africa (SA), serving 85% of the population, is based on a primary healthcare (PHC) model, which is in accordance with international best practice. Primary [...]