{"id":770789,"date":"2024-05-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=770789"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T08:04:29","slug":"ey-parthenon-real-world-strategy-dialogues-dr-ron-whelan-unpacks-the-future-ofsouth-africas-healthcare-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/770789\/ey-parthenon-real-world-strategy-dialogues-dr-ron-whelan-unpacks-the-future-ofsouth-africas-healthcare-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"EY-Parthenon Real-World Strategy Dialogues \u2013 Dr Ron Whelan unpacks the future of South Africa\u2019s healthcare industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the second episode of EY-Parthenon\u2019s Real-World Strategy Dialogues \u2013 a podcast series by EY-Parthenon \u2013 Discovery Health CEO Dr Ron Whelan discusses the future of healthcare in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whelan is a trained doctor with an MBA from the University of Witwatersrand and boasts extensive experience in the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as an Associate Partner at McKinsey and Company from 2006 to 2013, where he co-led the company\u2019s healthcare practice across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whelan then became Partner and the Head of Healthcare Investments at Spinnaker Growth Partners from 2013 to 2019, before being appointed to his current position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also the co-founder of Healthforce, a leading telemedicine player in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>EY-Parthenon interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whelan begins the interview by explaining how he expects the health industry to evolve in the coming years, due to the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then outlines how Discovery Health is adapting its business strategy to take advantage of the latest digital technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whelan also talks about his perspective on universal healthcare in South Africa and how he feels about the NHI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then touches on the strategic imperatives he believes are essential for Discovery Health to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whelan concludes the interview by offering his thoughts on AI adoption and how it may impact the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full EY-Parthenon interview with Dr Ron Whelan below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTWF1iFT76w?si=pewikH3HeippwmHm\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ron Whelan boasts extensive experience in the healthcare sector and has an intimate understanding of the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":770815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[19577,19803],"class_list":["post-770789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-ey-parthenon-2","tag-real-world-strategy-dialogues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770866,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770789\/revisions\/770866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}