The rapid advancement of technology today is propelling digital disruptions in many industries and the Healthcare industry is no exception. To operate a great business, a medial practice cannot thrive without the right technology.

According to Luis da Silva, MD of Healthbridge, the present business model for medical practitioners is under strain. “Too much time is spent on administrative duties. For example, if a doctor could rather spend that time on seeing an extra patient a day working on the average 15-minute consultation, his bottom-line would increase by 10%.” he says.

With regards to the medical field, these practices are crucial. Healthcare software myMPS is abreast of the latest cloud-computing technologies that allow it to deliver faster and smarter solutions. By placing the innovative platform in the cloud, clients can connect not only to Healthbridge’s own exciting technologies, but also to other partners for more value, at far greater speeds. This encourages industry-wide interconnectivity, meaning everyone can thrive together. 

myMPS utilizes cutting-edge technology that has been used for around 7 years. Healthbridge is an innovative and forward-thinking healthcare company at the frontline of healthcare solutions.

Millions of deaths occur from traffic accidents every year with many efforts trying to reduce the frequency and severity of these traffic accidents.  The most effective way to tackle this problem is by means of an extensive program of road safety management, in which road safety modelling plays an essential part.

The modelling process attempts to adjust a model to the crash data, the geometric and operational characteristics of the road, and the environmental conditions, incorporating the most important factors. Numerous modelling techniques have been developed to improve the representation of reality, allowing for the employment of techniques that are more appropriate to the problems.

There have been limitations to these approaches, allowing for new opportunities, such as machine learning that SANRAL is currently exploring.  This allows to improve road safety, reduce congestion and information infrastructure development.

Machine learning can be used to detect and segment objects within the camera frame.  These objects can then be classified based on pre-trained image classification.  Which ultimately allows for the detection and classification of different types of vehicles, pedestrians, different types of animals, cyclists, etc.  The possibilities are infinite, based on the data available. 

Currently, there is ample data on the above-mentioned classification types.  While this is still in the exploratory phase within South Africa, it does come with significant risk and efforts are being made to understand how to effectively use this technology, while maintaining strict compliance with legislation as it relates to the privacy of the road users.

According to experts within the industry, the SUNBURST cyber attack appears to be one of the most complex and sophisticated cyberattacks in history.  The SolarWinds-Sunburst campaign is the first major supply chain attack of its kind and represents a shift in tactics where nation-State threat actors have employed a new weapon for cyber-espionage, and the use of a supply chain attack has changed the way one needs to defend against these cyberattacks.

These types of attacks impact not only private companies but also pose a threat to individuals and their families, given that in todays highly interconnected homes, a breach of consumer electronics could result in attackers accessing smart devices like smart phones to steal information or to act as a gateway to attack business.  Unlike government networks, that store classified information on isolated networks, private organisations often have critical intellectual property (IP) on networks with access to the internet making these attacks even more dangerous.

Hackers make us of trusted software to bypass cyberdefenses, then infiltrate the organisations and steal data, destroy data, hold critical systems for ransom, orchestrate system malfunctions or simply implant malicious content through the organization to stay in control even after the initial threat appears to have passed.

Another observation has been made on the threat that they can also use social networks, such as LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Facebook, and twitter to engage and develop relationships with and then compromise corporate employees, through who they compromise the broader enterprise.

While enterprises assert security controls over corporate issued devices and place restrictions on how consumer devices access IT assets, user activity on social network platforms are not monitored and controlled in the same way making it somewhat more difficult.

There has been a forecast that social network platforms attacks are becoming more common in the years to come, particularly among most advanced actors.