Global and African vaccine experts join BroadReach Group webinar to address mass vaccination rollout concerns and solutions Webinar in summary: Mass immunizations must be treated as a multi-year marathon, and vaccine hesitancy must be addressed before herd immunity can be achieved. – Dr Tim Mastro, chief scientist at FHI 360 Health authorities must share vaccine …
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How Patient Experience Drives
Healthcare Success
According to IDC research, patient engagement and experience is the top business priority in 2020 for 60% of healthcare providers surveyed.
Watch our webinar on demand, where Chris LeGrand, BroadReach Group CEO, and industry leading guest speakers will explore how patient experience and retention tactics result in successful healthcare.
You will hear strategies for empowering patients to stay on treatment and how targeted communications can drive better outcomes for patients. Better patient adherence equates to better patient outcomes and improved program performance.
Agenda
- The importance of patient experience and engagement - Chris LeGrand, CEO, BroadReach
- Strategies to keep patients on treatment - Dr. Tshabalala, Chief Director: Strategic Health Programmes, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
- How technology has revolutionized disease management and how care is delivered – Chinny Ogunro, CEO, WellSpring Health and BroadReach Consultant
- Empowering patients to stay on treatment and how targeted communications can drive better outcomes - KP Yelpaala, Founder and CEO, access.mobile
Getting to know: Lauren Haddon, VP Global Business Management
LeadershipLauren Haddon joined BroadReach as vice president of global business management in January this year. Lauren has extensive global health development experience, advanced training in business, finance and in program management, and has also run health programs in Nigeria and South Africa. She has worked across the US, France, South Africa and the UK. Tell …
Community health workers must be better supported in 2021, the Year of the Healthcare Worker
BroadReach Group, Covid-19, Global HealthFrontline health workers, who are to be honoured during the World Health Organization’s international Year of the Healthcare Worker in 2021, must be better supported in their vital role to beat back the global COVID-19 pandemic on community level, according to global health technology experts, BroadReach Group. Frontline health workers, and in particular Community Health …
Condolences on the passing of Dr. Arthi Ramkissoon
HIVThe team at BroadReach are saddened to learn of Dr. Arthi Ramkissoon’s passing. She was a true and humble leader in the fight to end HIV in South Africa. We offer our heartfelt condolences to our colleagues at MatCH and especially to her friends and family. Dr. Ramkissoon was the Executive Director of MatCH (Maternal, …
Coining a phrase: data insight experience
Leadership, VantageA study by McKinsey tells us that less than 1% of data is used to make real business decisions[1]. At the same time, we talk about data being the “new oil”, holding so much intrinsic value. So why is it that just 1% of the total data in the world yields value? We have gone …
Managing Directors of BroadReach Group businesses announced
Announcement, BroadReach Group, LeadershipBroadReach Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Bhuhi and Todd Malone as the Managing Directors of our two newly constituted business units: Vantage Health Technologies and BroadReach Health Development, respectively. BroadReach is a global social impact group whose mission is to harness health technologies and innovation that empower human action. We fulfil …
BroadReach Group announces partnership with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
Announcement, Microsoft partnership, VantageNovember 2020: BroadReach Group proudly announces its role as partner on the recently launched Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. BroadReach has integrated its cloud platform for population health management – Vantage – with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Vantage provides management decision-support and operational tools to governments and private sector payer and provider organizations enabling them to …
Five minutes from disaster
BroadReach, Leadership, ValuesNOTE TO READER: Adapted from an internal staff blog to colleagues within the BroadReach Group as a reflection on the group’s refreshed Values. I have failed, I have made mistakes, got so many things wrong, I have sat with problems I could not see my way through, and I have felt paralyzed by perfectionism. The …
Getting to know: Todd Malone, Chief of Party, PEPFAR/USAID APACE Program
BroadReach, LeadershipTodd serves as the Chief of Party with BroadReach for the PEPFAR/USAID-funded APACE project. Through APACE, Todd and his team improve and expand comprehensive clinical and non-clinical HIV care and treatment services and accelerate and sustain HIV epidemic control in South Africa. APACE stands for Accelerating Program Achievements to Control the Epidemic. Why does BroadReach mean more? BroadReach means more because we believe that our teams can leverage technology …
Dr Ernest Darkoh appointed to Schwab Foundation Board
Announcement, Global HealthThe Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has announced the appointment of Dr Ernest Darkoh, founding partner of the BroadReach Group, to its Board. As a world renowned thought leader, Dr Darkoh has more than 25 years of experience developing and implementing innovative health interventions at scale. As the sister organization of the World Economic Forum, …
Getting to know: Mandy Dube, BroadReach Project Director – IDeAS
BroadReach, LeadershipMandy is the Project Director for BroadReach’s IDeAS program in partnership with the Zambian Ministry of Health funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. IDeAS stands for Integrated Decisions and Analytics Support and her team is responsible for implementing SmartCare– Zambia’s electronic health record system. What excites you about being a part of BroadReach? …
BroadReach wins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding for the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) project
Africa, Announcement, Global HealthCreating tools to improve maternal health in West Africa BroadReach, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be developing a machine learning tool to improve maternal health as part of the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health project. Over the next two years and in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences and the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), BroadReach will use actionable data insights to help improve maternal, neonatal …
ANNOUNCEMENT: BroadReach achieves Microsoft Gold Partner Status
Announcement, Microsoft partnershipWe are excited to announce that we have officially been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner status, earning the highest level of competence and expertise within Microsoft’s widely recognized partnership program. Backed by innovative thinking and technology, the Microsoft brand has long been associated with credibility and trust, and we are honored to be a part of …
BroadReach urges HIV positive patients to remain on treatment to protect themselves from contracting severe cases of COVID-19
Africa, BroadReach, Covid-19, HIVThe ‘syndemic’ of HIV and other factors and diseases like COVID-19 was a major topic at the International AIDS2020 Conference (8-10 July 2020) as discussed by Ambassador Deborah Birx, US Government AIDS Coordinator and Coranavirus Coordinator for the White House, in her keynote address. BroadReach issued this advice following the release of their observational data …
AIDS2020 Poster Presentations
BroadReach, Conference, Covid-19, HIV, ResearchAIDS2020 went virtual this year. We were there to showcase three e-poster presentations. Learn from our experts: Identifying high risk populations for targeted testing and rapid treatment response from a COVID-19 screening and testing cohort in South Africa: an observational data analysis | Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood Click here to view the e-poster Improving the quality of …
Getting to know: Paul Bhuhi, BroadReach Group Board Advisor: Program Delivery
Leadership, Q&APaul Bhuhi has more than 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles and acts as a coach in helping companies through digital transformation, consulting/advisory, innovation and building effective go-to-market models. He joined BroadReach Group as a Board Advisor with a focus on Go to Market strategies to supercharge the delivery arm of the Consulting business. We sat down with …