I’ve often been asked by friends, family, and colleagues – how do you stay so happy and positive? I’ve always said something like “I don’t know… I just do.” But having thought about it, I realised that I have cultivated certain habits or behaviours over the years that keep me in a positive state of …
Category: AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Global COVID-19 experts see inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy as the key challenges for Africa in 2021
Africa, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Global Health, Health Equity, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vaccines, Vantage Health TechnologiesGlobal 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 …
Coining a phrase: data insight experience
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Decision Support, Digital Healthcare, Future of Work, Future of Work, Guided Workflows, Health Equity, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesA 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 …
BroadReach Group announces partnership with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Sustainable Development, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesNovember 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 …
BroadReach wins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding for the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) project
Africa, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Global Health, Health Equity, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Vantage Health TechnologiesCreating 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
AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Vantage Health TechnologiesWe 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 …
Opinion: Pandemic Lessons from a Health Solutions Company
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Covid-19, Decision Support, Digital Healthcare, Future of Work, Future of Work, Guided Workflows, Health Equity, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Universal Health Coverage, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesBroadReach 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
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesWith 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
Africa, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Vantage Health TechnologiesToday, 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, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Health Equity, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesThe 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, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Vantage Health TechnologiesErnest 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
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesAshley 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.
Mpumalanga launches Vantage mobile app to stop Covid-19 spread
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Vantage Health TechnologiesSouth Africa, 9 April 2020: BroadReach Group is proudly partnering with the Mpumalanga Department of Health to roll out its Covid-19 community screening mobile app, on the Vantage platform, today (9 April). Over the next month, thousands of community healthcare workers are being deployed throughout the province, with a population of 4.5 million, in a …
Opinion: Data science — the new normal in public health management
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesData science has begun to fundamentally change and improve the way many industries operate. This gives those in the global public health and the development sector an opportunity to learn from, adapt, and apply these techniques to address some of the most pressing challenges of our generation. While data has long been a fundamental tool …