Overview
Providing a global platform of excellence to improve the global standard quality of life at every step through affordable healthcare and access to medicines; support innovation to improve overall wellness and improve societal outcomes; and to enable innovation through open and standardized means. The practice is focused on three main priority areas – clinical health, bio/pharmaceutical value chain, and wellness.
Featured

Clinical Trials Users Digital Technology Forum
Join innovators and thought leaders in the clinical trials industry as they share their insights on the latest trends and advancements in digital technology. Expert speakers will lead presentations on pragmatic and in-practice uses of digital technologies enhancing clinical trial operations and processes.

Re-Think Health Podcast
In this interview-style podcast, global healthcare stakeholders– technologists, researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, regulators, and more– re-think the approach to healthcare, from therapeutic discovery through bedside practice, utilizing new technologies and applications.

Meet the Winner of the 2023 Telehealth Tech Pitch Competition
Introducing the winning innovation of the 2023 IEEE SA Telehealth Tech Pitch Competition– OxyCam. OxyCam, presented by Husain Khaki (CEO of Active Medical BV) is a high-tech microscope placed under the tongue to provide quantitative analysis and visual demonstration of blood flow through vessels. This technology allows multi-generational patients to be conveniently monitored at home with minimal barriers to use. Watch the pitch videos from the winner, finalists, and much more.

Wearables and Medical IoT Interoperability and Intelligence (WAMIII)
The IEEE SA WAMIII Virtual Talk Series elevates the learning, conversations, and awareness of real-world challenges in trust and adoption of connected health devices with global experts across different disciplines. Watch more than 50 recorded webinar sessions on-demand!
Market Collaborations

Bio/Pharma
Optimizing the pharmaceutical value chain from R&D through drug distribution with new technology applications that enable a more inclusive and efficacious approach enhancing patient outcomes.

Clinical Health
New technology applications enabling a patient-driven approach to monitoring, diagnosis, and therapeutic delivery with precision and efficiency for all individuals.

Wellness
Enabling foundational technology frameworks for immediate response to national emergencies, disease outbreaks, and climate impact on food sustainability and security, while protecting the security and privacy of the most vulnerable.
Featured Standards and Projects
IEEE P1752
Open Mobile Health
IEEE 11073
Medical Devices Family of Standards
IEEE P2968.1
Decentralized Clinical Trials Patient Safety
Strategic Collaborators
Supporting Partners
Get Engaged
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Decentralized Clinical Trials
Technology and data harmonization for decentralized clinical trials certification incubator program.
Transforming Telehealth
Transforming telehealth paradigm – connectivity, privacy, and security.
Ethical Assurance of Data-Driven Technologies
Ethical assurance of data-driven technologies for mental healthcare.
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