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CONFERENCES PRIVATE HOSPITAL REVIEW 2009 NEWSLETTER

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It is with great pride and honour to be a gate keeper of this website. This site takes pride in providing research-based and thought-provoking documents. The focus, in terms of content, has been more on the quality of information, resulting in carefully selected topics covering healthcare issues ranging from nursing and quality to in-depth healthcare analyses of medical inflation and its underlying drivers. Not only has the site been a valuable reference hub over the years, it has also become the kind of thermometer for the various burning issues raging in private healthcare today.

Nonetheless, this internet site proves that the private healthcare industry is a complex sector, which is over-simplified in popular newspapers. The Hospital Association of South Africa trusts that the site will add value and perspective to the intricacies of private healthcare and show how new developments impact on private hospitals.

Documents - Local Patients

HASA CONFERENCE 2009

09 June 2009

'Towards Universal Access to Healthcare'

The HASA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2009 held at the prestigious Elangeni Hotel in eThekwini on 03-05 June 2009 was a resounding success hosting 290 delegates and 20 partner companies. Durban was an oasis of warmth just as a cold front rolled through the rest of the country, and surely the air of warmth and favourable weather lifted the spirit of the delegates.

Dr Molefi Sefularo, the honourable Deputy Minister of Health, shared the stage with the chairperson of Hasa Dr Nkaki Matlala to officially open this conference reminding delegates of the important task of improving the broader healthcare system. The event comprised of groundbreaking research, analysis and intense discussions by the best minds in the healthcare industry. To read all about the 2009 conference visit our conference pages.

NURSINGwatch0109

12 May 2009

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL NURSE'S DAY and HASA’s Board of Directors and staff would like to thank every nurse in our member hospitals for their hard work and dedication to private patients in South Africa. You are the pillar of health care.

Without nurses no hospitalisation is possible and our industry would collapse. Without hard-working nurses we would never have achieved the status of being the fourth best health service in the world. Our doctors would not be able to provide cutting edge surgery in our theatres without dedicated theatre nurses.

We offer each one of you a bouquet of good wishes and thanks from the bottom of our hearts, not just for today, but for every shift worked in our hospitals.

THANK YOU

HASAWatch 2

29 April 2009

Please be advised of an alert issued for suspected Swine Influenza cases.

Attached (download below) please find relevant guidelines for surveillance, laboratory diagnosis and management of patients with suspected Swine flue A/H1N1 as issued by the NICD.

Kind regards

Sharon Slabbert

The Nursing Strategy for South Africa

01 April 2009

THE NURSING STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2008 offers a comprehensive approach to address the challenges faced by the nursing profession. Developed by members of the nursing profession in support of the department’s efforts to reposition nursing, the strategy purports to articulate the link between nursing practice, education and training, nursing leadership, nursing regulation, social positioning of nurses, resources and the national health system. It is aimed at addressing as a matter of urgency the challenges faced by nursing in South Africa.

A breath of fresh ideas...

09 October 2008

New Minister of Health Barbara Hogan and her deputy Dr Molefi Sefularo are a breath of fresh air and a healthy rejuvenation of the healthcare sector. Hogan brings in a consumer-based approach and a financial background to an otherwise underspending department. Sefularo has been at the coalface of healthcare delivery for the past 10 years as MEC for health in North West.

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I underwent major surgery at a private hospital and as a result have suffered many complications as a result of, in my opinion, the action of my doctor. What can I do about this situation?

Lucas Malambe is Hasa's Executive Officer, Corporate Communications educated in the universities of the North and Witwatersrand. He is also the editor of the prestigious research-driven publications Health Annals and the monthly Hasa News.

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Sunninghill Netcare-Vodacom Cranio Facial Unit wins award

27 November 2009

The Sunninghill Netcare-Vodacom Cranio Facial Unit wins awards emerged as the winner of the coveted 2009 HASA EXCELLENCE AWARDS at the Excellence in Healthcare Awards 2009 presented by the Minister of Health Dr Pakishe Motsoaledi and Hasa CEO Kurt Worrall-Clare. Netcare Cuyler and Cure Day Clinics-Medkin were deserved runners up.

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN - Hasa Awards of Excellence

16 September 2009

The annual Hasa Awards of Excellence are part of the Ministerial Healthcare Awards. This year's theme is quality is excellence. The process to find the best of the best in the private hospital industry is nearing its end. The Health Excellence Awards 2009 will take place on the third week of November 2009 and the deadline date for submission of entries is 07 October2009.

PANDEMIC INFLUENZA A(H1N1) 2009

27 August 2009

REVISED HEALTH WORKERS HANDBOOK

Read all about the new revised guidelines for dealing with the "SWINE FLU" pandemic as submitted by the NICD.

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