NOTE 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 …
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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: 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 …
JIAS study: Same‐day antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased loss to follow‐up in South African public health facilities: a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with HIV
Health, HIV, Research articleAbstract Introduction South Africa introduced Universal Test and Treat in 2016 including antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on the same‐day as HIV diagnosis. Our study sought to evaluate the impact of same‐day ART initiation on loss to follow‐up (LTFU) and mortality comparing with patients who initiated ART after their HIV diagnosis. Methods We conducted a file …
Opinion: Pandemic Lessons from a Health Solutions Company
Big Data, BroadReach, Global Health, Universal Health CoverageBroadReach has been preparing for this moment in time since our founding. Applying our 17 years of learning and investments, we defined and implemented a COVID-19 pandemic response around two dimensions: demand (screening, testing, contact tracing, and treatment) and supply (the health system, including facilities, workforce, and supply chains). From my own 30+ year journey …
Artificial intelligence unmasks Covid-19 hotspots
Analytics, Big Data, BroadReach, Covid-19, HealthWith Covid-19 cases rapidly spreading across the country, South Africans have been hearing a lot about hotspots, clusters and targeted testing lately. A home-grown cloud-enabled screening and communication app has been helping community health care workers in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal mark hotspots seamlessly by recording live community screening in real time. The Vantage community screening …
ANNOUNCEMENT: 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on Vantage
Announcement, Covid-19, InnovationToday, 20 May 2020, marked a major milestone in our COVID-19 response efforts, as we exceeded 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on the Vantage Community Screening Application. This is a huge achievement across the BroadReach Group from the technology, engineering and delivery teams working remotely all hours of the day and night, to our …
Partner Opinion: Partnerships in Times of Crisis
Africa, Big Data, Covid-19, Microsoft partnershipThe current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need of efficient information management to the need of accurate data gathering for faster medical response. In looking at the role of technology during this period, one area that has stood apart in driving meaningful change is the role of partnerships. Today, more …
Watch: Africa’s response to Covid-19
Africa, BroadReach, Covid-19, Global Health, InnovationErnest Darkoh, BroadReach Group Founding Partner, was interviewed on Deutsche Welle, a top German national network. He gets to the heart of the Africa conundrum,“we cannot treat our way out of Covid in Africa, we must prevent it.” Interview: Covid-19 response in Africa – BroadReach Group
Listen In: Using tech to tackle Covid-19
BroadReach, Covid-19, Health, InnovationAshley Holling, the Program Execution Manager at BroadReach Consulting talks to Cape Talk about how we have partnered with the Department of Health to roll out a COVID-19 community screening mobile app called Vantage across KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in South Africa. To listen to the interview, click here.