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CONFERENCES PRIVATE HOSPITAL REVIEW 2009 NEWSLETTER RESEARCH

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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.

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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.

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.

ELIM CLINIC

02 June 2008

Pretoria Eye Institute

02 June 2008

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I was recently admitted to a private hospital. Although I am on a medical scheme, my hospital bill was not settled in full and I had to pay in an amount of R82,00. Is this hospital entitled to this money?

Lucas Malambe is Hasa's Executive Officer, Corporate Communications educated at the universities of the North and Witwatersrand. Malambe has a postgraduate qualification in Business Management and Economics from the University of Johannesburg where he is finishing his Masters in Commerce (Business Management).

He is also the editor of the prestigious research-driven publications Health Annals and the monthly Hasa News.

He has seven years experience in public communications having worked for DRUM magazine as a health journalist, sub-editor, and columnist. Lucas also worked for Lifeline Southern Africa interfacing with the organisation's various publics. At this time he contributed regularly to publications such as Business Day's Health Supplement and Mshana as a health correspondent and health-advice columnist respectively.

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Hasa Awards of Excellence: Call for Nominations

13 July 2010

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 2010 will take place in November 2010 and the deadline date for submission of entries is 07 October 2010.

LegalWatchJune02,68

15 June 2010

The Children’s Act 38 of 2005 (as amended). How does it affect healthcare?

Several outstanding provisions of the Children’s Act [Act 38 of 2005] have become operational. The relevant Government Gazette has made the date upon which the law became operational as being 01 April 2010.

LegalWATCH June01,67

02 June 2010

HASA LEGALWatch:June01

Update on Sections 55 and 56 of the National Health Act, 2003 relating to the
removal of blood or other tissue, together with section 68 which
permits the Minister of Health to make regulations relating to tissue,
cells, organs, blood, blood products and gametes, has been
promulgated. (In other words, has become law, as of the 17th of May
2010). Download The June 01 LegalWatch:

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