Evidence for retirement facilities
A doctor’s review, without waiting for the doctor
Care homes that can reach a doctor remotely can treat more residents where they live. The research, and our own results:
PRIME’s own results
- 9/10times, the reviewing doctor agrees with the diagnosis the nurse made with PRIME
- 1,900+doctor-reviewed consultations so far
The research
What the studies show
- Market · 2026
Telehealth is growing fast
South Africa's telemedicine market is projected to grow about 20% a year from 2026 to 2034, to more than five times its 2025 size. PRIME is how you take part safely: guideline-driven, checked for emergencies, and reviewed by a doctor.
IMARC Group, 2026 - Care homes · 2014
Remote doctor cover in care homes
In a controlled study of 11 US nursing homes, switching after-hours doctor cover from on-call to telemedicine could reduce hospital admissions. The savings were seen in the homes that used the service most.
Grabowski and O'Malley, Health Affairs, 2014 - South Africa · 2024
6.1 million South Africans aged 60 or older
A share of the population that keeps rising, and that needs care close to where people live.
Stats SA, mid-year population estimates 2024 - Primary care · 2014
Nurse-led care: higher satisfaction, fewer admissions
A meta-analysis of randomised trials found higher patient satisfaction with nurse-led care, and fewer hospital admissions and deaths, though the effect was weaker in the highest-quality trials.
Martínez-González et al., BMC Health Services Research, 2014 - Decision support · 2020
Clinical decision support improves care
Across 122 trials and more than 1.2 million patients, computer decision support increased the share of patients getting the recommended care, with small to moderate gains.
Kwan et al., BMJ, 2020
Regulation
Built to South African standards
PRIME was developed according to the guidance South Africa's health regulators have issued on artificial intelligence in medicine. These are the documents we work to:
- HPCSABooklet 20: Ethical guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (2025)
How registered practitioners may use AI ethically: the practitioner stays responsible for every decision, the patient's privacy and consent come first, and AI supports clinical judgement but never replaces it.
- HPCSABooklet 10: General ethical guidelines for good practice in telehealth
How a doctor may review and treat a patient at a distance, as PRIME's reviewing doctors do, to the same standard as an in-person visit.
- SAHPRACommunication to Industry MD08 (2025/2026): AI and machine learning-enabled medical devices
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority's guiding principles for AI in medical software: local validation, safety, transparency and ongoing monitoring.
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Bring a doctor’s review to every resident
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- Create your accountTap Sign up below. In the app, choose “Sign Up”, then “Healthcare”.
- Add your detailsYour name, email, role and clinic. Nothing to install.
- See your first patientPRIME guides the consultation, and a doctor reviews every case.
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