Prof. Leenta Grobler, associate professor in Digital Health Innovation at the NWU.
What if patients could be monitored at home, rural healthcare professionals could consult specialists elsewhere, and artificial intelligence could identify medical patterns that might otherwise be missed?
These possibilities are no longer confined to the distant future.
For many South Africans, access to healthcare is still shaped by where they live, what expertise is available and whether the medicines they need are in stock.
However, there’s a remedy: technology can increasingly form part of the solution.
