Life Healthcare is one of South Africa’s largest private healthcare providers, offering world-class medical treatment at over 45 hospitals and clinics nationwide.

Nationwide, the group processes over 80,000 patients daily. Every patient submits at least three paper-based documents – which can be registration forms, medical reports, personal identification and medical aid documentation.

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Handling thousands of prescriptions daily is an onerous task, but is one faced by retail pharmacies all over the world. Avision scanners are increasingly being brought in to process prescription paperwork efficiently and accurately.

Avision is the scanner of choice for the largest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart - which has over 2,400 stores in the United States that include an in-store pharmacy. In South Africa, local pharmacy chain Dis-Chem is also using Avision scanners to streamline their customer service.

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All South Africans needed to do on election day, 22 April 2009, was make a cross on a piece of paper. But for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), this is where a robust and secure counting process began.

Making every vote count

After closing the voting process in more than 20,000 voting districts, boxes full of ballots are sent to 297 counting stations in relevant municipal areas, countrywide.

When ballot boxes were opened at the counting stations, the ballots inside were allocated a unique batch number for that voting district. Ballots were sorted, counted and the results were written on a results slip. An auditor and representatives from political parties checked this slip and signed off each voting district’s result. This step was vital as it ensured that all votes were recorded - and were recorded accurately.

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