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  • International Health Policy Analyst Derek Yach Joins The Vitality Group

    Derek Yach has joined as Senior Vice President The Vitality Group®, part of the world’s longest-standing and largest incentive-based wellness program. Dr. Yach will lead a new venture, The Vitality Institute, a multi-disciplinary thought leadership organization tasked with advancing knowledge about the evolving science and art of prevention and health promotion to build healthier societies

  • Discovery Health Benefit Tracker August 2012

    August 2012: Health Benefit Tracker Comments: Membership has grown by 6% year to date, and in August, Discovery Health had 2.68 million lives under management.

  • Discovery Health receives R1 million for sustainable job creation

    Discovery Health has recently been awarded R1 million by the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Metro as a result of the investment that the company has made in the Metro by opening its Health Service Centre in the Coega Industrial Development Zone in November 2011.

  • Discovery and Cell C partnership gives free calls for healthy lifestyles

    Earlier today Discovery Vitality and Cell C announced the launch of VitalityMobile, a partnership that will give Vitality members access to free calls when calling other VitalityMobile members. Gidon Novick, CEO of Discovery Vitality said, “The genesis of VitalityMobile was the compelling trend of technology as an enabler to healthy living..."

  • Discovery’s financial results reflect a business built on innovation, quality and value

    Wednesday, 5 September 2012 - Discovery Chief Executive Officer Adrian Gore today announced the company’s annual financial results to the investor community and media.  Discovery posted a strong financial performance in the past 12 months, positioning the company firmly as a superior insurance group that measures competitively against its peers in the global financial services market.  Discovery’s

  • Discovery Health launches HealthID ™ – A revolution in electronic health records in SA

    Discovery has announced the launch of HealthID, the first electronic health record application of its kind in South Africa, which puts patients’ health records in their doctor’s hands. According to Adrian Gore, Discovery, CEO, “Our vision is that HealthID will do for the healthcare sector what the ATM did for banking”.
     The electronic health record is at the heart of the application, where valu

  • Why choose Discovery Health

    Discovery Health gives you quality healthcare cover at the right price to meet your family's needs.

  • Discovery Insure now included in Discovery iPhone app Available NOW!

    Discovery Insure functionality on the iPhone app combines innovation and intelligence to help you get the best out of your Discovery Insure policy. This easy-to-use app contains a number of features to make your life easier, whether you want to start a claim or get support in an emergency.

  • Discovery Health response: Allied and Therapeutic Benefit for 2012

    Managing the “abuse factor”: Member X from Johannesburg spent over R200 000 on allied health benefits last year. The principal member and her youngest child visited their physiotherapist more than 200 times for muscular pain, and her eldest child saw an occupational therapist 156 times for hand-grip function and co-ordination skills.

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