First edition of the Ombudsman’s Briefcase for 2021Published: Tue, 06 Apr 21 In our first edition of the Ombudsman’s Briefcase for 2021 we take this opportunity to wish you a safe and prosperous year ahead. We face this year with a little more hope having emerged from a second wave of the coronavirus and with the COVID-19 vaccine being rolled-out. In this edition we look at insurance ...
Read More » |
|
POPIA 101Published: Thu, 01 Apr 21 All businesses with employees, customers and suppliers must comply with POPIA, which comes into effect on 1 July 2021. Here is a practical guide to the most important aspects
With the commencement date of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPI) of 1 July 2021 fast approaching, businesses ...
Read More » |
|
|
Introducing our new eNews AppPublished: Wed, 13 Jan 21 Insurance Gateway is thrilled to introduce our brand new electronic newspaper. The final product is available as both a mobile and desktop application. Our aim with the app was to develop an electronic newspaper that would dynamically reflect and complement our more extensive Insurance Gateway website. The pages are ...
Read More » |
|
Healthcare planning new year resolutions for 2021Published: Tue, 05 Jan 21 2020 has been a brutal year, financially and emotionally. The pandemic and its subsequent aftershocks on household income and spending have been severe. Going into the new year, many families are reviewing household expenses and prioritising the ‘must haves’ from the ‘nice to haves’, but also ...
Read More » |
|
Healthcare Funding and Resources – SA’s ‘other’ pandemicPublished: Wed, 09 Dec 20 Wednesday, 9 December 2020 - The global COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the medical community into a furious race to develop a vaccine – at an exponentially faster rate than any other illnesses. By early June over a hundred studies were being conducted to develop a vaccine, and pharmaceutical company Moderna is ...
Read More » |
|
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT SCOOPS AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE INSURANCE COMIC BOOKPublished: Wed, 18 Nov 20 At a virtual awards ceremony on Friday November 13, 2020, Norton Rose Fulbright in South Africa was recognized by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) for leaping out of the proverbial box with an innovative ‘first-in-industry’ comic book, developed to inform clients about avoidance and ...
Read More » |
|
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY-POPIA ESSENTIALSPublished: Thu, 12 Nov 20 The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has been in the making for a while, with certain aspects already introduced. It is finally set to come into full effect after President Cyril Ramaphosa said, in June, that the effective date for compliance is 1 July 2021, and most organisations will have much to do ...
Read More » |
|
Health checks and treatment should be addressed even during COVID-19Published: Wed, 04 Nov 20 Around the world, many people are choosing to delay treatment for serious and chronic ailments because they are worried about being exposed to COVID-19 in healthcare settings. In the early months of the pandemic, some hospitals in the United States saw a marked decline in the number of heart attack and stroke patients ...
Read More » |
|
Medical malpractice claims, adverse inferences and res ipsa loquiturPublished: Sun, 01 Nov 20 The Eastern Cape MEC for Health was held vicariously liable for the negligent conduct of provincial hospital nursing staff in failing to take the necessary steps to ensure that a patient’s wound was properly assessed and cleaned and that all debris, specifically a large shard of glass, had been removed. The ...
Read More » |
|
Health checks and treatment should be addressed even during COVID-19Published: Thu, 22 Oct 20 Around the world, many people are choosing to delay treatment for serious and chronic ailments because they are worried about being exposed to COVID-19 in healthcare settings. In the early months of the pandemic, some hospitals in the United States saw a marked decline in the number of heart attack and stroke patients ...
Read More » |
|
Covid-19 - Private hospitals an ‘obsessive infection control bubble’Published: Fri, 09 Oct 20 Patients returning to private hospitals for treatment will find themselves in an “obsessive infection control bubble” environment that is intended to keep them safer from the novel coronavirus than virtually anywhere else, says Dr Charl Loggerenberg, General Manager of Emergency Medicine for the Life Healthcare ...
Read More » |
|
AlphaCode awards R450 000 to healthcare fintech at virtual demo dayPublished: Mon, 05 Oct 20 Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) startup incubator AlphaCode has taken another step to find the next unicorn in financial services when it chose Oyi Medical Card and awarded it R450 000 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded entrepreneurial packages valued at R2 million ...
Read More » |
|
Review your will to account for COVID-19, advises JustMoneyPublished: Mon, 05 Oct 20 The COVID-19 pandemic is a timely reminder of the importance of ensuring your personal finances are in order – and a key component of this is an up-to-date will. This legal document, that should take into account the current value of your assets, with instructions on how you wish to allocate them, is particularly ...
Read More » |
|
REVIEWING YOUR MEDICAL SCHEME OPTIONS FOR 2021Published: Thu, 01 Oct 20 The year has posed many uncertainties and now, without knowing what the future holds, private medical aid members need to decide on their medical scheme options for the forthcoming year.
One lesson Covid-19 has taught us is to ensure we have sufficient healthcare funding policies in place that suit our own, ...
Read More » |
|
|
COVID-19 and guidance for the medical professionPublished: Thu, 06 Aug 20 The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has recognised the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak and provided special guidelines that will apply during the pandemic. The HPCSA will continue to operate, but with restrictions. For example, professional conduct inquiries and in-person mediations will be suspended ...
Read More » |
|
Notification obligations under a medical malpractice insurance policyPublished: Thu, 06 Aug 20 Medical malpractice insurance is a practical necessity in the current litigious environment, writes Aneesa Bodiat of
Natmed Medical Defence (http://www. natmed. mobi/), as an unfavourable judgment can lead to severe financial and reputation consequences.
Some of the most serious cases, for example where ...
Read More » |
|
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY DURING A PANDEMICPublished: Thu, 06 Aug 20 The COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique set of circumstances for medical professionals, many of whom would do well to be seek clarity from their professional insurers as they are called on to step into unfamiliar terrain. Medical malpractice insurance usually covers malpractice related to a medical practitioner’s ...
Read More » |
|
|
