HST is owned 100% by SHC, but is managed as part of SekTSG. It is the intention of SekTSG to acquire HST in the short term.

Ranked among the top health ICT systems services provider in South Africa, HST is a leading provider of ICT solutions for healthcare organisations. Health Systems Technologies (HST) forms part of the Sekunjalo group of companies.

As a major contributor to healthcare ICT, HST has proven delivery capability to integrate the appropriate mix of ICT requirements for successful large healthcare ICT projects.

Global Health ICT Solutions, Local Customisations

HST has become firmly established as a leading healthcare IT solutions and services provider of internationally recognised applications from Siemens Medical Solution (SMS) plus solutions from other leading ICT suppliers. Health Systems Technologies (HST) provides healthcare management information systems for Southern African healthcare organisations.

HST was awarded a provincial contract to implement the Hospital Information System (HIS) to 40 public hospitals and clinics in the Western Cape.

To date all three academic hospitals (Groote Schuur, Red Cross and Tygerberg) have gone live successfully . HST has subsequently also successfully rolled out five additional specialist hospitals (Victoria, Valkenberg, Stellenbosch, Mowbray Maternity and False Bay)
The HST team’s customised local enhancements and bespoke developments to suit the South African environment. Solutions thus offered are internationally proven and exploit the global synergies, research and development and major technological advances of Siemens and other leading suppliers.
Siemens Medical Solutions is one of the largest suppliers of technologies to healthcare in the world, offering integrated diagnostic, clinical, financial and management applications.
With every implementation of HIS systems in the Western Cape, patients’ attendances and medical history are merged with the existing four million Western Cape patient records currently supported. A complete history of all patient encounters is provided thus improving the patient’s healthcare experience and health service delivery.

HST has been successful in assisting the hospitals to generate more revenue from efficient collection and to manage their financial systems and information.

With the successful delivery of ERP systems into hospitals, HST has diversified its ERP skills and is now assisting non-healthcare clients with financial, supply chain, customer and asset management.

With a combination of HST’s local knowledge and experience and Siemens’ advanced technologies, customers are enabled to improve their operational efficiencies and thereby improve the patients’ experience in hospital service delivery.
During 2005, HST and its partners and health service providers have been a key contributor in responding to the South African government’s initiative for a National Electronic Health Record for all citizens (e.HR.ZA). This project will track the health records of all patients across all levels of care and provincial borders into a central repository thus providing more efficient clinical care and management nationwide. Through its involvement in this large project, HST will experience significant growth and the country’s healthcare delivery will be improved by streamlining patient information sharing, management and reporting at all levels.

Health ICT Experience, Application Expertise

Focused on the delivery and support of world class solutions and systems, the HST team continues to address the comprehensive administration and clinical information and management needs for healthcare providers in South Africa.
The skills transfer thus developed builds local expertise and empowerment for the staff of HST and its clients.

HST offers solutions and services in the following areas:

Electronic health record management, analysis and process consulting: to bring together all the clinical, financial and management information to enable healthcare providers to work effectively and provide better patient care.
Systems commissioning, implementation, project management, integration, data conversion, data cleansing, training and continued systems support and maintenance to support entire business processes.

Business Intelligence
Software analysis, consulting, design and development to enhance and build bespoke and customised applications to suit local health conditions.
Hardware installation, configuration, training, documentation and support
Database implementation, administration and support.

Professional Services
A key part of the HST offering is the dedicated and experienced team committed to delivery and improving healthcare in Southern Africa. The HST team consists of health professionals (nurses, pharmacists, health management), business professionals (accountants, MBAs), IT professionals (developers, system engineers, network specialists), implementation experts and support specialists. The following professional services are offered: Project Management, Software Analysis and Design, Software Consulting; Software Development and Enhancements; Interface Design and Development; Business and Technology Consulting; Data Conversion; Data Cleaning and Quality Assurance; Business Process Re-engineering; Applications Implementations, Support, Training Services and Documentation; Hardware Installation, Configuration, Training and Support; Database Implementation, Administration and Support.

Leading Partnerships
HST is in partnership with the following leading companies:

Siemens – a leading healthcare ICT and diagnostic equipment supplier Siemens software and services enable customers to achieve proven outcomes by streamlining workflow to create greater efficiencies across the healthcare continuum.

Syspro – an ERP supplier with a full suite of financial systems inclusive of general ledger, materials management, accounts payable, asset register. Syspro is an internationally recognised supply chain management that enables business to maximise their planning and management of business processes.

Cognos products – a leading provider of business intelligence products and services via Synergy Computing HST includes Synergy’s business intelligence systems in their systems to provide additional value to their customers. Cognos is a world leader in business intelligence and performance planning software by enabling the management cycle of planning and budgeting to measuring and monitoring performance to reporting and analysis.

Laboratory Information Systems – a leading provider of Laboratory Information Systems to the NHLS. Laboratory Information Systems is the leading provider of laboratory information systems in Southern Africa and supplies and supports the network of National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) public laboratories in South Africa.

Intersystems Cache – Post Relational Database This post relational database with high performance SQL and rich multidimensional data access is used for rapid development supporting al major technology standards such as J2EE, .NET, Web Services, SQL and XML.

ICNet Infection Control Software – Developed by ICNet in the UK The ICNet Infection control system manages Hospital and Community Acquired Infections, and is tightly integrated with the Laboratory Information systems.The ICNet Infection Control system provides monitoring and surveillance statistics for ward, hospital and community acquired infections to improve clinical governance.  With interfaces to both the pathology and Patient Administration systems, pertinent infection control data and reporting is presented to Infection Control specialists.

Empowering People, Empowering Solutions

Participating in the Skills Transfer and Empowerment, by providing training and equipping more than 6000 Western Cape health staff in the use of modern health information systems
Improving the patients’ experience of public health services in the Western Cape with more efficient patient workflow (appointment booking and historical encounters) with related information.
Building the internal expertise and capacity of HST staff complement and all related subcontractors in health information technology.
The specialised delivery and installation service that is provided for healthcare providers.
Improved revenue collection to the South African Health Department.