Vertice MedTech

EVERY DAY, OUR INNOVATIONS IMPACT 323 LIVES

Making an Impact, One Life at a Time.

Vertice provides medical innovations that enhance patient health outcomes. Our company offers a diverse portfolio of specialised medical devices, medical products, and software services. We distribute, develop, and manufacture for both public and private health sectors. By bridging the gap between healthcare and technology, we empower healthcare providers to better serve communities with life-changing solutions.

Altron HealthTech

Altron HealthTech, a division of Altron (Pty) Ltd, was founded when MedeMass, MediSwitch, and MedeServe consolidated their offerings to the market in 2016. Collectively, the company has provided innovative solutions to the healthcare industry for over 30 years.

Our proven, trusted healthcare solutions run seamlessly in the background to deliver the administrative, financial and clinical support and insights you need.

By providing a secure foundation for both the patient and practitioner journeys, from first appointment to final payment, we enable your healthcare business to move confidently into a meaningful digital future. Efficiently and cost-effectively.

Discovery

Discovery Health is the leading medical scheme administrator in South Africa, providing administration and managed care services to over 3.7 million beneficiaries. The business has a market share of over 40% in the overall medical scheme market in South Africa and administers 18 restricted medical schemes administered on behalf of leading corporate clients, as well as the Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS), South Africa's largest open medical scheme. Discovery Health successfully operates beyond traditional services, and provides ongoing product innovation, service excellence, effective claims risk and fraud management, and the management of the quality of clinical services accessed by our clients.

HealthFOX

HealthFOX, a pioneering healthcare digitalization company founded in 2014 in Finland, is transforming the landscape of healthcare delivery with its innovative "easier tomorrow" service concept. This approach brings healthcare directly to people's homes, ensuring seamless access to healthcare professionals around the clock through digital platforms.

Our state-of-the-art integrated healthcare platform connects the entire healthcare team, enhancing both outpatient and inpatient care by:

• Unifying Patient Care: HealthFOX breaks down the silos in healthcare delivery, setting new standards for digital medicine and ensuring cohesive patient care.


• Empowering Patients: By utilizing automated, semi-automated, and assisted self-care pathways, HealthFOX leverages cognitive behaviour therapy to boost patient motivation and adherence to their care plans, fostering accountability and engagement.


• Optimizing Provider Efficiency: Our advanced machine learning algorithms enable healthcare providers to focus on critical care areas, prioritize their time effectively, and see more patients. This leads to improved patient satisfaction and elevated quality of care.


• Enhancing Access to Care: Through our comprehensive remote monitoring, screening, and telehealth solutions, HealthFOX ensures continuous access to care, enabling patients to receive timely medical attention and support from the comfort of their homes.


• HealthFOX is at the forefront of revolutionizing healthcare delivery, ensuring a future where healthcare is more accessible, efficient, and patient-centred.

Healthbridge

Healthbridge is a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record (EMR/EHR) / Electronic Clinical Notes & medical billing practice management software in South Africa. We save healthcare professionals time & money with cloud-based clinical/Electronic Medical Record (EMR) & Medical Billing practice management software. Healthbridge caters for a wide range of healthcare practitioners & industry specialists (Paediatricians, Gynaecologists, Physicians, etc). This includes General Practitioners (GPs), Allied Healthcare Professionals, Specialists, Optometrists, Dentists, start-up practices, Hospitals, Bureau providers & Corporate clients in a range of industries including pathology, radiology & optometry.

PPS Healthcare Administrators

PPS Healthcare Administrators was established in 2005. Professional Provident Society Healthcare Administrators (PPSHA) is the fourth largest medical scheme administrator in South Africa and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Professional Provident Society Insurance Company Limited (PPS).

PPS

PPS is the only mutual financial services company in South Africa that focuses exclusively on graduate professionals, providing tailor-made insurance, investment and healthcare solutions to our members. We’re recognised as a company of value and integrity by lawyers, doctors, accountants, engineers and many other professions that know PPS is exclusively there for them and their families through every life stage – from graduation to retirement and beyond.

BrandMed

BrandMed provides unique end-to-end solutions, enabling doctors and funders to effortlessly measure, manage and monitor patients living with chronic lifestyle illnesses. Our approach combines our unique science and purpose-built technology to enable clinical, operational and financial outcomes.

Pro-Tech Consulting

Pro Tech Consulting is an expert-led technology services and consulting firm with a proven track record of helping our clients achieve business goals through innovation, technology and digital transformation.

We strategically integrate digital, robotic, AI, cloud, ERP, cyber security, skilled human resources and other bespoke capabilities to build agile, automated and cloud-enabled solutions that are customised to suit your organisation.

Oryx Industries

Oryx Industries is a company that offers cyber security solutions to organizations of all sizes. They provide a comprehensive suite of technologies to combat cyber threats.

Complete Orthopaedic Innovation

Complete Orthopaedic Innovation is a medical device, diagnostics & pharmaceutical company. Complete Orthopaedic Innovation is primarily focused on providing cost effective, proven health care solutions to help meet the patient demands as well as needs, within South Africa and Africa.

Standard Bank South Africa

Standard Bank South Africa is the largest operating entity of Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets. The group’s headline earnings for the period ended 30 June 2023 were R21.2 billion (USD1.2 billion) and total assets were R3.0 trillion (USD160.6 billion).

As of 30 June 2023, Standard Bank Group had over 18.2 million clients, employed over 49 000 people (including Liberty) and had over 1000 branches and approximately 6 000 ATMs on the African continent.

The Business & Commercial Business (BCB) segment provides broad-based client solutions to a wide spectrum of small- and medium-sized businesses as well as large commercial enterprises. Our client coverage support extends across a wide range of industries, sectors and solutions that deliver the necessary advisory, networking and sustainability support required by our clients to enable their growth.

Astra Zeneca – Phakamisa

PATIENTS ARE THE PRIORITY OF THE PHAKAMISA INITIATIVE

Phakamisa is AstraZeneca’s access to healthcare initiative in South Africa

The initiative supports early detection of disease, promotion of primary prevention, and shortened referral pathways for breast and prostate cancer, through capacity building, awareness and access.

The Phakamisa programme launched 10 years ago bringing together different organisations, partners and affiliates to help reduce the burden of noncommunicable disease, with breast and prostate cancer patients being the ultimate beneficiaries. To date, the programme has reached over 1,63 million people through outreach activities led by community healthcare workers, with 19,700 women identified with breast issues. We now look forward to expanding our reach through our partnerships, ensuring that we support all levels of healthcare and the communities they serve.

We aspire to work with healthcare partners to redefine care for non-communicable diseases in South Africa by; Increasing awareness, training community health workers and healthcare professionals and facilitating access to care.

Tranquility Online

Tranquility Online is an innovative App revolutionizing mental health care.

Member of the Tranquility Clinic Group, which has excelled in the field of Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and associated mental health conditions. Tranquility Clinic, in partnership with Mojalove, has screened 78 episodes of successful primary care treatment on DSTV Channel 157.

Our platform offers Live Chat, Voice and video consultations with therapists in the language of choice. A comprehensive team of inhouse and outsourced mental health experts.

We provide online support groups and webinars. Researched content in our information portal, featuring articles, animations, videos, and audio in various South African languages. All features are in app. No need to link to another platform or leave the app. Unique 3 Tier counselling structure including Frontline Counsellors, Inhouse Therapists and Outsourced Specialists.

Africa Telehealth Collaboration

The ATC is a voluntary association led by a committee consisting of leading experts across various areas of the healthcare industry to identify barriers, progress and define new approaches to telehealth access for all South Africans. The main aim is to create functional synergy by encouraging and facilitating knowledge and resource sharing between the initiatives in order to overcome the common barriers to telehealth adoption in South Africa and Africa at large.

ASAIPA

In ASAIPA independent practitioners form an alliance with other practitioners with similar interests in their area to mutually benefit from the union that they form locally and nationally. ASAIPA’s mission is to be an independent practitioners’ grouping, acting as a body of professional union, protecting the interests of independent practitioners, and guiding the profession in the South African medical landscape, while always supporting quality and cost-effective patient healthcare outcomes.

AxessHealth

Africa Healthcare Network. AxessHealth provide's Africa's only connected HCP communications hub, making it possible to connect with healthcare professionals, gain insights into HCP sentiment and stay up-to-date with real-time medical news, tools, and CME on one free, easy-to-use platform.

SAHIA

The South African Health Informatics Association (SAHIA) was formed to promote the professional application of Health Informatics in South Africa.

The organization's goals encompass representing South African Health Informatics nationally and internationally, stimulating the advancement of Health Informatics in South Africa, and promoting and upholding the status of the Health Informatics profession. This includes striving for the recognition of Health Informatics as a specialty registrable with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, stimulating appropriate conditions of service for Health Informaticians, participating in the definition of standards of education and professionalism of Health Informatics at Universities, Schools of Public Health and Technikons, promoting human resource development in Health Informatics, promoting the use of Health Informatics in the planning and delivery of health services, promoting the interests of IMIA in South Africa, and promoting the interests of members.

The Rebel Element

Rebelliously human. We specialise in engagement. We help businesses define, create and align the significance of their stakeholder engagement. Significant stakeholder engagement is the lifeblood of your business. Your bottom line reflects how well your current engagement strategy is doing. How well you are connecting human to human. Technology, distance, economics, government policies, global change, revenue targets are all irrelevant if your culture is not focused on creating significance in every stakeholder relationship.

Genie Health

Virtual Recovery and Physical Rehabilitation on your terms and at your convenience. Genie Health brings the expertise of a clinical MSK (musculoskeletal) team (physiotherapists and bio kineticists) to your fingertips. Virtual home exercise programs and therapy sessions through a state-of-the-art computer vision-driven mobile experience.

SAMA

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) is a not-for-profit company of medical doctors, representing the interests of medical doctors. SAMA's vision is to be the leading and preferred membership organization advocating and supporting medical practitioners in South Africa and our mission is to be the custodians of a growing advocacy platform that will unite, guide and support members for the health of the nation.

SAUBC

South African United Business Confederation(SAUBC) is a non-profit & non-racial business organization that represents cross-cutting business interests in South Africa. SAUBC consists of members representing Export Confederations, Industry Associations and Joint Action Groups. We are a comprehensive business and economic organization with a membership comprised of representative companies of South Africa, nationwide industrial associations and regional joint economic organizations. Our mission as a comprehensive business and economic organization is to draw upon the vitality of corporations, individuals and local communities to support business activities which contribute to the self-sustaining development of the South African economy and improvement in the quality of life for the South African people.

SACNA

South African Clinical Neuropsychological Association (SACNA) is a peer-credentialed association of psychologists in South Africa, who aim to promote and stimulate interest in the field of neuropsychology, while maintaining standards in neuropsychological practice. This is achieved by ensuring that its full members have demonstrated knowledge and competence in the field, by way of examination and peer review.

BASA

The Biokinetics Association of South Africa (BASA) is a leading Biokinetics company on a mission to develop informative Biokineticists into transformative health leaders. BASA's main focus is not just on physical health, but on creating transformative health leaders who can inspire and educate others. Through ongoing education and training, BASA's team of Biokineticists are equipped to lead their clients towards long-term, sustainable health and wellness.

IPAF

IPAF is a non profit organisation comprising of the three major IPA umbrella groups, the SA Medical Contracted Community, (SAMCC), The Alliance of South African Independence Practitioners Associations (ASAIPA) and The SA Medical & Dental Practitioners Network (SP- Net). Later other provider networks such as the GP Management Group (GPMG) also joined the national initiative. The main purpose of this initiative is to galvanise and unite Family Practitioners into providing better care. The IPA Foundation was conceptualised when prominent Independent Practitioner Association (IPA) leaders concluded the formation of an independent,unified doctor driven organization to represent the interests of Family Practitioners under the stewardship of the late Dr. Lex Visser.

KZNDHC

KZNDHC provides professional medical services and advice pertaining to the private practice sectors. The KwaZulu-Natal Doctors Healthcare Coalition (KZNDHC) was brought into being during 1995 by a group of doctors who shared a common vision. This vision was for KZNDHC to become the reference organisation in the private health care industry in the KwaZulu-Natal region, and would be accomplished by actively promoting the objectives as laid out in the Mission Statement: to promote and enhance quality, cost-effective, accessible healthcare to all citizens on the basis of sound economic principles without compromising ethical standards.

SASLHA

SASLHA is the acknowledged voice of Speech-Language Therapists and Audiologists in South Africa. It promotes the professions to the public and promote the best interests of members in all spheres of professional activity. It provides opportunities to enhance professional competence through providing and/or co-ordinating learning activities for its members including free online CPD, lobbies and advocates for recognition of the professions to government, the private sector, international bodies and medical aid schemes. Furthermore, it also encourages members to aspire to the highest standards of ethical conduct and provides guidelines for best practice in the fields of Audiology and Speech therapy.

SASP

The South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP®) is a non-profit organisation that has been representing South African physiotherapists and students since 1924. It is a voluntary professional membership organisation committed to equal opportunities and inclusivity and strives to support the demographic profile of South Africa in terms of race and gender.

SAOA

The SA Optometric Association is a Professional Association registered as a Non-Profit Company (NPC) representing optometrists and dispensing opticians in South Africa. Membership of the SAOA encompasses all forms of practice modalities in the private sector including independent practice, group practice and franchise models, as well as optometrists employed in the public sector, academia, and industry. The main objective of the Association is to promote and protect the collective interests of its’ membership in good standing, and in so doing, promote the interests of the profession generally as well as those of the public.

SACRA

The South African Clinical research association (SACRA) is an industry community association with the sole purpose of leading and serving as a conduit within the clinical trials community. SACRA is a non-profit organisation representing the clinical research industry in South Africa whose main purpose is to lead and serve as a conduit across the various stakeholders, positioning the country at the forefront of clinical research both nationally and internationally.

SAAFP

The South African Academy of Family Physicians (SAAFP) is the national association of family doctors, representing South Africa on the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA). The aim of the SAAFP is to develop the discipline and body of knowledge of family medicine through research, education and training, provide for the professional needs of its members such as continuing professional development, and to represent the opinion of the profession on national and international forums. The SAAFP is a specialist sub-group affiliated to The South African Medical Association (SAMA), and its membership comes from all sectors; academic, private, public and NGO’s, including rural and urban practice.

SALDA

The Southern African Laboratory Diagnostics Association is a body that represents laboratory medicine in Southern Africa and is a unified voice around IVD’s and a collaboration of multinational and local companies who distribute,supply and manufacture In Vitro Diagnostic tests. IVDs contribute to more than 70% of all medical diagnosis and can be used to decrease overall healthcare costs. We believe that broader access to innovative diagnostic tools will drive and support the healthcare paradigm. Our association aims to lead and highlight the relevance and impact of IVD, influence patient lives and wellbeing, improve access, and propel the market within Southern Africa. We actively engage with necessary stakeholders, public, private, advocacy, patient groups about the value industry brings to patients.