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Innovative customer service solution for South African medical scheme members
Press releases • Jun 07, 2016 10:28 CAT
Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest medical scheme administrator, today announced a partnership with Pypestream, a leading global messaging platform that was specifically developed for customer communication. In a South African-first for medical scheme clients, Discovery Health will use this technology on its Discovery app to securely message with members of Discovery Health Medical Scheme.
Financial Intermediaries Association gives Discovery top honours
Press releases • Jun 06, 2016 11:28 CAT
Discovery walked away the winner in two categories of the 2016 FIA Awards. Discovery Life, for the seventh time overall and the fourth year in a row, took top honours as the Long Term Insurance Product Supplier of the Year – Risk, while Discovery Health was selected the Healthcare Product Supplier of the Year for the 8th time since these awards were announced.
Top health journalists for 2015 honoured at the annual Discovery Health Journalism Awards
Press releases • May 26, 2016 08:13 CAT
Top health journalists for 2015 honoured at the annual Discovery Health Journalism Awards Investing in advancing the calibre of health reporting, the Discovery Health Journalism Awards recognised excellence in the field of health journalism for 2015, and awarded R75 000 to the Discovery Journalist of the Year.
Discovery Health Medical Scheme’s strong financial performance affirms its position as industry leader in funding healthcare and enhancing the healthcare system to benefit its members and stakeholders
Press releases • May 17, 2016 14:42 CAT
Discovery Health Medical Scheme released its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Commenting on these results, Milton Streak, Principal Officer of Discovery Health Medical Scheme says, “Despite slow economic growth and a difficult economic environment, it has been a year of positive performance for the Scheme.
Discovery honours nurses and celebrates nursing excellence in South Africa
Press releases • May 12, 2016 13:08 CAT
Today is International Nurses Day, celebrated around the world to highlight the impactful role of and the crucial service nurses provide in the healthcare system. On the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, the world recognises each person who has dedicated him or herself to, and has built a career in, providing crucial nursing care.
Discovery Vitality launches state-of-the-art HealthyFood Studio
Press releases • May 04, 2016 14:24 CAT
Discovery Vitality, Woolworths and Prue Leith Chefs Academy are on a mission to get people back into the kitchen. The newly launched HealthyFood Studio is a fully equipped, state-of-the-art culinary studio based in Sandton, where classes deal various aspects of nutritious cooking. These are taught and demonstrated by a Prue Leith professional, using fresh ingredients from Woolworths.
Discovery receives the 2016 Starfield Award for testing the effectiveness of primary care coordination
Press releases • Apr 20, 2016 09:26 CAT
The ACG® System Team announced Discovery Health as the winner of the 2016 Starfield Award in recognition of Discovery’s use of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) System. The award was presented during the ACG international Conference in San Diego, USA.
Discovery, Uber and Dis-Chem partner to deliver flu vaccines
Press releases • Apr 18, 2016 13:16 CAT
For a second year in a row, Discovery has partnered with Uber, to bring flu vaccines to selected areas of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town. You can order a flu vaccine and have it delivered to your doorstep for only R100 using the Uber app on your smartphone.
Discovery invests R1 million towards enabling the core aims of the Treatment Action Campaign
Press releases • Apr 04, 2016 11:44 CAT
Discovery made an investment of R1 million through its Discovery Fund to support the excellent work of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in the public health system.
Guidelines for Personalised Health Technologies Released
Press releases • Mar 01, 2016 14:38 CAT
Framework addresses ethical, legal and social challenges for data generated by wearables, smartwatches and mobile health apps.
Discovery delivers robust financial performance accompanied by excellent growth and significant investment in new initiatives
Press releases • Feb 25, 2016 10:01 CAT
Reporting interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2015.
Can the aroma of coffee get you active?
Press releases • Feb 19, 2016 11:20 CAT
Join the CEO of Discovery Vitality, Dr Shrey Viranna, on Tuesday 23 February to discuss how we used the aroma of coffee to get thousands of people off the couch and into their running shoes, and how this laid a foundation for a powerful, global real-time Vitality platform that is ultimately shift health outcomes.
Liverpool Ladies to play Mamelodi Sundowns in pre-season South African tour
Press releases • Feb 16, 2016 13:44 CAT
Liverpool Ladies Football Club can today confirm the fixture for their pre-season tour of South Africa for the Discovery Liverpool Ladies FC Tour. After playing the winners of the Discovery Walter Sisulu Ladies Challenge on Sunday 21 February, the Reds will face Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC in a friendly match on Wednesday 24 February.
Discovery commits R1 million to support services of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group
Press releases • Feb 15, 2016 12:59 CAT
Discovery today, 15 February, committed R1 million to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) Suicide Helpline. Discovery’s support follows from an interview with Cassey Chambers, Operations Director of the SADAG, on Radio 702 last week.
New study shows companies with healthy workforces outperform the JSE All Share Index
Press releases • Feb 06, 2016 01:00 CAT
Discovery Limited – A new study being published in New York on 5 February 2016, found companies with healthy workforces appear to have a competitive edge in the stock market.
Discovery Health response on cover for motor vehicle accidents and claims from the Road Accident Fund
Press releases • Jan 26, 2016 15:12 CAT
In response to inaccurate statements being shared on social media regarding how Discovery Health Medical Scheme pays claims for motor vehicle accidents and refunds from the Road Accident Fund (RAF), we would like to provide the correct information.
Vitality members give children the joy of a teddy bear
Press releases • Jan 26, 2016 10:39 CAT
Children at Kids Haven in Benoni were the first to each receive one of 14 500 teddy bears which are being donated to organisations across the country, thanks to Vitality members reaching their weekly fitness goals in December.
Discovery partners delivered exceptional service to clients
Press releases • Nov 19, 2015 13:52 CAT
Every year, Discovery Insure recognises its top performing partners, and this year’s Discovery Insure Partner Awards mark a particularly high service delivery year, as Discovery Insure has won the Sunday Times Top Brands Survey for the Best short-term insurer in the consumer category...
Discovery Sport Industry Summit shows business of sport still lustrous
Press releases • Nov 17, 2015 18:32 CAT
The issue of shared value in the South African and global sport industry came under the spotlight today at the 2015 Discovery Sport Industry Summit held at Vodaworld Dome, Johannesburg.
Discovery reveals South Africa’s safest driving cities
Press releases • Nov 17, 2015 17:02 CAT
Port Elizabeth is South Africa’s safest driving city according to driving behaviour analysis in this year’s Discovery Insure Driving Challenge with the best drivers overall in the country. CapeTown is in second place, and Bloemfontein in third place while Nelspruit is at the bottom of the rankings...