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Discovery Vitality launches in Europe through Generali

23 June 2016 11:55

Generali Vitality, based on the Discovery Vitality programme and Discovery’s shared value insurance model, will be available to Generali customers in Germany from 1 July 2016.

Innovative customer service solution for South African medical scheme members

7 June 2016 10:28

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

6 June 2016 11:28

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

26 May 2016 08:13

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

17 May 2016 14:42

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

12 May 2016 13:08

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

4 May 2016 14:24

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

20 April 2016 09:26

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

18 April 2016 13:16

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

4 April 2016 11:44

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

1 March 2016 14:38

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

25 February 2016 10:01

Reporting interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2015.

Can the aroma of coffee get you active?

19 February 2016 11:20

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.

Discovery recognised by Ubuntu Award

16 February 2016 13:45

Discovery is honoured to be the 2016 recipient of the Ubuntu Economic Diplomacy Award.

Liverpool Ladies to play Mamelodi Sundowns in pre-season South African tour

16 February 2016 13:44

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

15 February 2016 12:59

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.