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Catch it early. Keep the edge.

Your best employee is one undiagnosed condition away from a resignation letter.

Hidden risk doesn't send a warning. It sends a resignation, a disability claim, or an ambulance, usually months after it could've been caught in five minutes. PrimaEdge screens your workforce before that happens.

10
vital markers, one visit
Fast-tracked
nurse follow-up on HIGH risk
Anytime
access to your own health history in the app
0
individual files HR ever sees
Registered nurses, doctors & counsellors on every activation
Our own app keeps your health history up to date between visits
POPIA-aligned consent & data governance
Every reading cryptographically audit-logged
Fast, nationwide booking
Why PrimaEdge

Health risk is a cost your P&L can't see coming.

Undiagnosed hypertension, unmanaged diabetes and untreated anxiety don't announce themselves on a Monday morning. They show up months later as absenteeism, disability claims, presenteeism and, eventually, a resignation letter. By the time it reaches HR, it's already expensive.

PrimaEdge Health exists to move that discovery earlier, into a five-minute conversation with a registered nurse in your boardroom, canteen or car park, instead of an emergency room six months from now.

  • ✓ Every screening is conducted and interpreted by a registered health professional, never a kiosk, never a guess.
  • ✓ Every high-risk reading enters a nurse-managed intervention queue on the same day it's captured.
  • ✓ Every employer receives an anonymised, aggregated trend, never an individual's file.
Dr Paul Chimedza, Founder and Medical Director of PrimaEdge Health

"After 30 years of treating diseases that never had to happen, I have stopped waiting. I made the decision to screen for the risk before it becomes a disease, and to pick up disease early, when it's still easy to treat. The aim is to manage the spark before it turns into a veld fire."

Dr Paul Chimedza, Founder & Medical Director, PrimaEdge Health
How It Started

Thirty years of clinical practice. A two-year-old decision to do something different with it.

Long before PrimaEdge had a name, its founder had three decades of clinical practice behind them: years spent in hospital wards and private practice, watching the same preventable conditions arrive fully grown instead of caught early. Hypertension nobody had flagged in time. A glucose reading that had quietly climbed for years. A depression that only surfaced once it had already cost someone their job.

None of it was anyone's fault, exactly. Occupational health, where it existed at all, was reactive by design. It responded to an incident rather than catching risk while it was still cheap and manageable to treat.

Two years ago, after thirty years in clinical practice, that frustration turned into a decision: build the system that had been missing. PrimaEdge Health started as a single on-site screening day, run to the same clinical standard as a hospital ward, not a tick-box wellness event.

Because its founder already had three decades of relationships across medicine, the team came together fast. A registered nurse joined to lead day-to-day screening. A counsellor followed, for mental health. A dietician and biokineticist joined soon after, so a flagged risk factor led to an actual referral pathway, not a pamphlet. In two years, PrimaEdge grew from one doctor's decision into a full care pathway: screening, chronic disease management, mental wellbeing, nutrition, movement, executive health and HR reporting, all under one roof.

That's still the order things happen in at PrimaEdge: a clinician identifies the gap first, and the business model is built to serve it, not the other way around.

The Journey

Two years. One doctor's decision. A full care pathway.

2024: Founding

One doctor, thirty years of experience, one screening day

PrimaEdge Health is founded, run to the same clinical standard as a hospital ward, not a tick-box wellness event.

2024: First Six Months

Referral pathways, formalised fast

Thirty years of medical relationships mean chronic disease referral pathways for hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol are in place almost immediately, not built up slowly over years.

2025: Year One Complete

Mental health brought into the same room

A registered counsellor joins the roster and PHQ-2/GAD-2 screening becomes part of every visit. Mental health gets assessed with the same rigour as blood pressure.

2025 to 2026

Nutrition and movement added

A registered dietician and biokineticist join, so a flagged risk factor leads to an actual referral pathway, not just a pamphlet.

Today

A full care pathway in two years, backed by our own app

Screening, chronic disease management, mental wellbeing, nutrition, movement, executive health and HR reporting, all under one roof, with the PrimaEdge app monitoring biometrics between visits.

What Hasn't Changed

The four rules our founding doctor wouldn't compromise on.

Clinical judgement, not automation

Every reading is interpreted by a registered health professional. A screening kiosk isn't a substitute for a trained clinical eye.

Confidentiality, enforced technically

Individual results stay with the employee and the clinical team. That separation isn't a policy promise. It's built into how our systems work.

Evidence over guesswork

Clinical thresholds, documented results and an audit trail on every reading, not a wellness vibe with no way to check the work.

Follow-up, not just a finding

A flagged result triggers a fast-tracked nurse follow-up and a referral pathway, never just a number on a printout.

Who Shows Up On-Site

The clinical team behind every activation.

Confirmed today: our founder and Medical Director. The rest of our clinical roster is growing, we'll introduce each person here once their profile is confirmed, rather than show placeholder names.

Dr Paul Chimedza

Dr Paul Chimedza

Founder & Medical Director · 30 Years Clinical Experience

Founded PrimaEdge Health two years ago after three decades in clinical practice. Personally oversees clinical governance across every activation.

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Growing the roster

Nurses · Counsellors · Dieticians · Biokineticists

Every clinician who joins is registered with the relevant professional body. Profiles go live here as each hire is confirmed.

The PrimaEdge App

Care doesn't stop when the screening day ends.

The PrimaEdge app is where every screening, follow-up and export actually happens, backed by one shared MySQL 8.4 database. The website itself never writes clinical data; the app is the only way it enters the database.

Guided health check capture

Blood pressure, BMI, full lipogram, glucose, smoking status and PHQ-2/GAD-2, each reading server-side risk-scored and logged the moment it's captured.

A history that follows the member

Results are portable across employers and medical schemes, so a member never starts from zero at a new job.

Audit-ready exports

Nurse portal, admin export and population insights, with a real SHA-256 hash persisted on every batch submitted to a medical scheme.

Medication reminders

Members log their own treatment and get daily dose reminders and low-stock alerts, while the nurse portal surfaces an adherence alert when doses are being missed.

Employer roster onboarding

A new corporate client's medical scheme or HR roster is uploaded once and becomes real member records; each employee then activates their own account and sets their own PIN the first time they open the app.

📱Coming soon to theApp Store ▶Coming soon onGoogle Play

"Launch the App" opens the real, database-backed product for members, nurses, admins and HR. "Download the Offline Demo" saves a self-contained copy that runs in any browser with no login and no connection, useful for a quick walkthrough, but its data stays on that device only and is never written to the shared database. Native iOS and Android apps are in progress; store links will go live at launch.

The Problem & The Fix

Three people in your business are already feeling this, for three different reasons.

None of it shows up on a single line item. All of it shows up eventually. Pick your seat at the table.

For the CEO The Problem

Your Workforce Is Your Biggest Unmanaged Risk.

And it's costing the South African economy R161 billion every year.

R161bnlost annually to absenteeism, presenteeism & untreated mental health across the SA economy [1]
15%of employees absent on any given day [2]
1 in 3SA employees report excessive daily stress [3]
The PrimaEdge Solution

360° Managed Health Infrastructure: Not a Wellness Day

1
Protect your P&L
Oxford-linked

Workforce health risk is a cost your income statement absorbs quietly. Companies with strong employee wellbeing have been shown to outperform standard market benchmarks over time (University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre). Wellbeing isn't just the right thing to do; it correlates with stronger firm performance.

2
Retain your best talent
Retention

Burnout, stress and unmanaged chronic disease are silent attrition drivers. A clinically credible wellness programme is increasingly one of the benefits employees weigh most when deciding whether to stay.

3
Satisfy governance expectations
HPCSA · POPIA

Governance codes like King IV increasingly expect measurable, reportable employee wellbeing data. PrimaEdge delivers an HPCSA-aligned, POPIA-conscious, auditable programme built for that scrutiny.

For the HR Director The Problem

Your EAP Has a 3 to 5% Utilisation Problem.

Annual wellness days and low EAP engagement are not a strategy.

R161bnlost annually to absenteeism, presenteeism & untreated mental health across the SA economy [1]
15%of employees absent on any given day [2]
3–5%typical industry EAP utilisation rate [4]
The PrimaEdge Solution

360° Managed Health Infrastructure: Not a Wellness Day

1
Replace 3–5 vendors with one contract
1 contract · 1 CSM

Stop managing separate EAP, screening, mental health and chronic disease vendors. PrimaEdge delivers biometric screening, chronic disease management, mental wellbeing & EAP, and executive health under one contract, one account manager.

2
Lift engagement well past the industry average
Design target

The average EAP sits at 3–5% utilisation. Our on-site clinical visits plus virtual follow-up are designed to lift real participation well beyond that. We'll agree a specific target with you before launch, not promise a generic number.

3
Give your board evidence, not activity
CFO-ready

A quarterly report shows anonymised absenteeism-linked risk trends, not just attendance numbers, so HR walks into a budget meeting with evidence, not anecdotes.

For the CFO The Problem

Health Risk Is a Balance Sheet Problem, Not an HR Line Item.

Illustrative example: at 15% daily absenteeism on 4,000 employees, that's roughly 600 people absent, every day.

R161bnlost annually to absenteeism, presenteeism & untreated mental health across the SA economy [1]
15%of employees absent on any given day [2]
~600people absent per day, illustrative example at 4,000 headcount, based on the 15% rate above [2]
The PrimaEdge Solution

360° Managed Health Infrastructure: Not a Wellness Day

1
Quantify the cost of inaction
Illustrative example

At an illustrative daily salary cost of R1,200, ~600 daily absences on a 4,000-employee organisation is roughly R720,000 a day in payroll drain alone. We'll build the real number from your own headcount and salary data, not a generic industry figure.

2
Explore medical scheme wellness credits
Confirm with your scheme

Several SA medical schemes offer wellness-linked rebates for completed biometric screening. Every reading carries a SHA-256 audit hash for a clean, verifiable submission trail. The exact rebate value depends on your scheme's current terms, which we'll confirm with you before modelling any number.

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A predictable, capital-light quarterly cost
No vehicle capex

PrimaEdge runs on leased on-site clinical capacity, not owned infrastructure, so you're budgeting a predictable quarterly programme cost, not absorbing a surprise capex line or an unbudgeted claims spike later.

Biometric ScreeningBP · BMI · Glucose · Cholesterol · PHQ-2 · GAD-2 · Smoking status
Chronic Disease ManagementNurse-led care · referral pathways · adherence follow-up
Mental Health & EAPConfidential counselling · PHQ-2/GAD-2 screening · workshops
HR ReportingAnonymised trend data · risk stratification · quarterly report
PrimaEdge Health · Registered nurses & doctors on every activation · POPIA-aligned data governance · every reading SHA-256 audit-hashed
Sources
  1. Health-related productivity losses of approximately R161 billion a year: research cited by Stellenbosch Business School, reported by the Daily Maverick (Feb 2026) and FAnews (May 2026).
  2. Approximately 15% of employees absent on any given day: Occupational Care South Africa (OCSA), in conjunction with Statistics South Africa.
  3. More than one in three South African employees report excessive daily stress: Gallup, "State of the Global Workplace," cited via Stellenbosch Business School and the Daily Maverick (2026).
  4. Traditional EAP utilisation typically sits between 3% and 5%: industry benchmarks reported by Uprise Health, Sonder and ThoughtFull World.

Figures reflect third-party research current at time of publishing and are provided for context. They describe general SA workforce trends, not PrimaEdge client outcomes.

The Care Pathway

Screen. Detect. Manage. Sustain.

One continuous pathway, not a once-off health day that's forgotten by Friday.

01. Screen

Screen

On-site biometric and mental health screening across ten markers, delivered by a registered nurse, no clinic visit, no time off required.

02. Detect

Detect

Every raw reading is scored against clinical thresholds the moment it's captured, surfacing risk before it becomes symptomatic.

03. Manage

Manage

High-risk results are routed into a nurse-led intervention queue and, where needed, referred on for chronic disease management.

04. Sustain

Sustain

Monthly education, virtual follow-up and repeat screening keep risk down long after the first appointment ends.

What we screen

Ten markers. One appointment.

A single screening visit covers the physical and mental health indicators most strongly linked to long-term cost and risk.

Blood Pressure

Two-reading average, flagged instantly against clinical thresholds.

Blood Glucose

Rapid finger-prick capillary glucose testing on the day.

HbA1c

A three-month view of average blood glucose, for earlier diabetes detection.

Waist Circumference

A fast, reliable proxy for visceral fat and metabolic risk.

Full Lipogram

Complete cholesterol panel: LDL, HDL, triglycerides and total ratio.

BMI

Height and weight, calculated and contextualised on the spot.

PHQ-2 (Depression)

A validated two-question screen, opening a confidential conversation, not a diagnosis.

GAD-2 (Anxiety)

A validated two-question anxiety screen, with a warm handoff into support when needed.

Smoking Status

A simple, non-judgemental smoking status check that opens the door to cessation support.

Haemoglobin (Hb)

A rapid finger-prick reading that screens for anaemia and iron deficiency on the day.

Results are captured, scored and stored with a per-reading cryptographic audit hash, a strong integrity check that flags if a reading is ever altered after the fact.
Programs

Eight ways to bring PrimaEdge into your workplace.

Mix and match by site, by season, or run the full suite year-round.

a

Biometric Screening Days

A full on-site screening event once a quarter: booths, nurses, and prompt results for every employee who attends.

Learn more →
b

Chronic Disease Management

Structured referral pathways for employees already living with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol, so risk gets managed, not just noted.

Learn more →
c

On-Site Screening

Rolling, embedded screening for larger sites: no once-off event required, just a standing PrimaEdge presence.

Learn more →
d

Mental Wellbeing & EAP

Confidential counselling, an employee assistance line, and PHQ-2/GAD-2 screening built into every visit.

Learn more →
e

Executive Health Assessments

A more comprehensive, private assessment for leadership teams: deeper panels, longer consultations, discreet scheduling.

Learn more →
f

Virtual Follow-Up

Remote check-ins between screening cycles, so a flagged result doesn't sit untouched for a full quarter.

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g

Nutrition & Metabolic Management

Employees flagged for weight, glucose or cholesterol risk are referred to a registered dietician for tailored nutrition support, not just a pamphlet.

Learn more →
h

Physical Activity & Rehabilitation

Referral to a registered biokineticist for employees managing heart conditions, diabetes, obesity, back pain or postural issues through guided, clinically supervised movement.

Learn more →
Monthly Education

One disease. One month. Zero jargon.

Every month, PrimaEdge runs a short, on-site or virtual session breaking down a single condition: what it is, how it's caught early, and what your employees can actually do about it. Knowledge is the cheapest intervention we offer.

Topics rotate through hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, depression & anxiety, healthy weight, and tobacco cessation, timed to reinforce whatever your last screening day just uncovered.

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THIS MONTH · "Blood Pressure: The Silent One" · 20 min · On-site or virtual
For Employers

You see the trend. Never the file.

Every quarter, HR receives a fully anonymised, aggregated report: the shape of your organisation's risk, without a single identifiable record in sight. Enough to justify budget, target next quarter's education topic, and prove the programme is working.

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QUARTERLY TREND REPORT

Sample · Anonymised · n=482
Elevated blood pressure
31%
Elevated glucose / HbA1c
18%
Elevated cholesterol
27%
Raised BMI / waist risk
39%
PHQ-2 / GAD-2 positive
14%
Current smokers
11%
Built For The Whole Buying Committee

Everyone who has to sign off, gets a reason to say yes.

For the CEO

Protect the business, not just the budget line.

  • ✓ Board-ready visibility into workforce health risk, every quarter
  • ✓ Duty of care demonstrated with documented, clinical-grade evidence
  • ✓ Key talent retained before a health issue becomes a resignation
For HR

A system that carries the follow-up, not you.

  • ✓ A nurse-managed intervention queue instead of a manual chase
  • ✓ Confidential EAP integrated with real screening data, not guesswork
  • ✓ Monthly education that reduces repeat cases quarter over quarter
For the CFO

A wellness line item you can finally defend.

  • ✓ One quarterly trend number tied directly to programme spend
  • ✓ Anonymised, POPIA-aligned reporting reduces compliance exposure
  • ✓ Predictable quarterly cost, with no surprise claims spike to explain later
In their words

"PrimaEdge Health is early in its journey. As real employers complete their first screening cycles with us, their stories will appear here, genuine feedback only, never invented quotes."

PrimaEdge Health
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Frequently Asked

Before you book, the honest answers.

No. PrimaEdge screens both scheme members and employees without medical aid. Every appointment follows the same clinical process, regardless of cover.
Never. Individual readings stay with the employee and the clinical team. HR only ever receives aggregated, anonymised trend data. That separation is enforced at a technical level, not just a policy one.
Most employers run a full Biometric Screening Day once a quarter, supported by monthly education and virtual follow-up in between. Larger sites often move to rolling on-site screening instead of a single event.
A registered nurse follows up the same day. High-risk results enter a managed intervention queue, and where appropriate, the employee is referred on for chronic disease management or further medical care.
Yes. Screening days, on-site programmes and executive assessments are all coordinated nationally, with one consolidated trend report per employer, across every site.
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