Strategic partners in clinical risk, ethics and healthcare leadership
Health IQ consulting offers a range of services to assist health services organisations to reimagine the future of healthcare.
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Results orientated
We believe in co-creating solutions with our clients. Our experienced team will work with you to diagnose, develop and deploy interventions suitable for your unique context.
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Fuel your organisation with global knowledge as a foundation for locally relevant solutions
Advisory and capacity-building solutions that are data-driven and grounded on ethical principles.
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About us
Health IQ Consulting was founded in 2008. Our team has hands-on experience and in-depth of knowledge in the fields of healthcare leadership, health services management, public health, operations management, information technology and ethics. We specialise in health services strengthening, digital health, research and training.
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Contact details
Tel: +27 11 528 5446
Fax: +27 86 6711 497
Email: info@health-iq.co.za
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Articles – accessible online
Health professionals are now experiencing double jeopardy
15 Jul 2021 |
Dr. Brenda Kubheka |
City Press
Society praised health professionals and other essential workers for showing up, risking contracting Covid-19
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Reluctance to seek medical help during the pandemic may be deadly
30 Jun 2021 |
Dr. Brenda Kubheka |
City Press
“I am not going to the hospital because I will not come back alive,” said a Covid-19 positive patient
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Catholic doctors in Kenya pushed startling claims about Covid-19. Here’s why they’re wrong
11 Mar 2021 |
Polity
A day after Kenya took delivery of a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19, a group of Catholic doctors weighed in
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Is Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy a threat to SA’s economy?
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the connection between the health of the society and the economy
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Covid-19: It’s impact on long haulers and the workplace
She is a frontline worker who has been persistently refuting the symptoms of a patient suffering from chronic fatigue,
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Pandemic lessons: Digitising everyday living is a must for healthcare
We have witnessed patients deferring seeking healthcare, the disruption of routine health services and health professionals
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Bioethics and the use of social media for medical crowdfunding
Social media has globalised compassion enabling requests for donations to spread beyond geographical boundaries
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Covid-19: The human faces behind the surgical masks
“Overwhelmed.” It is the one word that sums up my state of being at the moment.
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Social media health promotion in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges
Health promotion is an effective tool for public health
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Covid-19: Lessons from a hospital discharge planning strategy
It took my niece, who is in primary school, saying she is not going back to school when schools reopen for me to worry, think and then breathe
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Everyday ethics: Covid-19 casts a spotlight on youth inequalities in South Africa
Covid-19 is threatening the sovereignty of states, organisations, communities, families and individuals
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In a coronavirus crisis, who deserves a ventilator?
Everyone who ‘needs’ a ventilator will not get one. When there are two patients and one ventilator
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Mobilising equipment to protect health professionals from Covid-19
Last month’s guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that “the current global stockpile of personal protective
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High C-section rates in the private sector are a multifaceted problem
The recent Council of Medical Schemes (CMS) report on the trends of caesarean sections (C-sections) in South Africa cites the World Health Organisation (WHO
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The practice of medicine is inherently risky, not everything is predictable
Late last year, paediatric surgeon Dr Peter Beale was charged with culpable homicide in connection with a routine laparoscopic
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More than the body parts: Reflections from a doctor’s experience as a patient
What happens when a doctor becomes a patient? Dr Brenda Kubheka writes about the things she realised when she heard that she was losing her hearing
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Draw a line before sharing information about your sick child on social media
So, you, the parent or caregiver, have decided to share an episode of your child’s illness on social media
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Worried about healthcare? You can play an active role in your safety
We read and hear a lot about things not going right during the delivery of healthcare
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A well-functioning public health system is everyone’s business
A well-functioning public health system is a catalyst for effective universal health coverage and it should be everyone’s business
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Clear goals are needed to address overcrowding in Gauteng hospitals
The recent case of Klebsiella related infant deaths at the Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, in Vosloorus
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Watch with ECG functionality will shake up the SA health industry
Apple just released its series 4 watch with ECG functionality approved by the Food and Drugs Administration. This qualifies it as a medical device
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Health worker strikes: Human and employee rights in conflict
The country recently witnessed the health worker strikes by members of the worker’s labour unions in Gauteng and the impact it had on access to health services
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Our Services
Our advisory services include policy development, setting up clinical governance structures, and clinical ethics committees. We also conduct focused reviews of clinical departments or services as a proactive measure or because of an incident, malpractice claims, or patient safety trends. The purpose of this review is to provide an in-depth analysis of the system, practices, policies, or behaviours posing a risk to the organisation.
Training and coaching services are offered for health service managers and clinical leaders to be effective in their roles. We assist organisations in designing, implementing, and monitoring the effectiveness of ethics, quality, and risk management focused CPD accredited activities for health professionals.
Our team will guide the research project's scope, including developing the problem statement, identifying objectives, designing research tools, then collecting and analysing data. The research report will also include recommendations and areas for future research. We also conduct focused patient safety culture, ethics culture, and stakeholders’ satisfaction surveys.
We provide advisory and training services on ethics for leaders, clinicians, and researchers. Our organisation conducts an ethics impact analysis of digital health innovations.
