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TeleICU – Saving Lives from a Distance
George Regional Hospital (GRH) and Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) collaborated to implement and telehealth service using robotics, enhancing critical care access for Eden and Central Karoo districts. This initiative has bridged geographical barriers, providing timely specialist consultations form GSH to GRH’s ICU. This approach aims to sustainably enhance healthcare delivery across the region through increased access to expertise as well as enhanced knowledge and skills transfer.
Date: 2026/01/29
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Public Health Innovations
Telehealth
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Telehealth Implementation within the Paediatric Speech Therapy Outpatient Service
The implementation of telehealth into the paediatric speech therapy outpatient service was initiated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, especially during level 5 and 4 lock down, patients were not able to access outpatient services. As restrictions were eased, it was evident that attending multiple appointments further added to the financial burden being faced by families as well as increasing their risk of exposure to COVID 19. As a result of these factors the innovation within the paediatric speech outpatient service through telehealth ensured that all patients still had access and were receiving speech therapy services, in accordance with patients’ right to therapy. Patients were provided with speech, language and feeding intervention in the comfort of their homes. This ensured that all patients are receiving the intervention that they have the right to receive, which is crucial, especially with Early Childhood (ECI) Intervention, which is a priority throughout all paediatric speech services. The reason being that ECI provides the opportunities for future success if intervention strategies are implemented from a young age. Essentially, it improves their overall outcomes.
Date: 2026/01/28
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Public Health Innovations
Disability Interventions/Prevention
Telehealth
Multi-Disciplinary Package of Care for Lower Limb Replacement Arthroplasty Patients
In South Africa, there is an ongoing major challenge of extensive waiting lists of arthroplasty patients. To manage this challenge would require huge sums of money. Following the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, this challenge became worse particularly with the subsequent cancellation of elective surgeries. At Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (CHBAH), it would take as long as two years for patients to receive an arthroplasty operations as per the waiting list registry kept at the unit, not only did this attract bad media publicity, it also inevitably became a major political concern. In response, the orthopaedic physiotherapists at CHBAH developed a solution in the form of a multi-disciplinary package of care.
Date: 2026/01/28
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Public Health Innovations
Disability Interventions/Prevention
Multidisciplinary Approach to Healthcare
Telehealth