Medical indemnity remains a key practice-management concern in South Africa, where negligence claims expose public budgets and private providers to different financial risks. For provincial health departments, compensation payments compete with spending on patient services. Meanwhile, private practitioners rely on their own liability and indemnity arrangements. However, international comparisons require caution. American physician surveys measure doctors’ experience of litigation, while…
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Doctor Entrepreneurship Programme To Launch In SA
South Africa stands poised for a significant shift in medical service delivery. The government launches a new national initiative this month. This initiative aims to transform medical doctors into savvy business owners and healthcare innovators. The doctor entrepreneurship programme is led by the Regenesys School of Entrepreneurship. The Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) delivers this initiative.…
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Medical Aid Forensic Audits: UP Study Flags Physiotherapist Harm
Physiotherapists say medical aid forensic audits are leaving them “fearful, stigmatised and traumatised”, according to new research from the University of Pretoria (UP). The study suggests that processes meant to protect patients’ money may be causing serious harm to practitioners and destabilising private practices. Lesley Meyer, an extraordinary lecturer in UP’s department of physiotherapy, led a study recently published in…