Dr Richard Friedland

Group CEO at Netcare

Group CEO of Netcare, leads the largest and most ambitious healthcare digital and data transformation across Africa over past six years as part of a 10-year strategy to radically transform the way healthcare is delivered here in SA and across the continent. Netcare has now digitised all of its operating platforms including emergency services (Netcare 911), Primary Care (Medicross), Akeso (mental health), cancer care, occupational health and is now using clinical data to improve outcomes, patient safety and AI driven machine learning and algorithms to predict early onset of sepsis in ICU and renal failure as examples.