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Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

Health insurance provider, area of residence, and the hospital where they are treated are all factors in how long a patient waits for care.

MRI scan.
 The Mor Institute.

Workers to receive 13.5% pay raise in new collective agreement

An illustrative image of a woman in distress in a psychologist's office, with no therapist present.

Israeli young adults show mental health recovery since October 7, but challenges persist

Israel's Clalit during Covid-19 global pandemic.

Clalit Health Services to join European AI research project predicting, managing pandemics


War in Israel creating deficit crisis for health funds

Expenses to treat members of the four health funds during the war will deepen the health funds’ deficits significantly more than in normal times.

 Clalit Health Services

For the next two months, it will not be possible to switch to a different health fund

The freeze will allow doctors to engage only in the provision of urgent services and allow consultation and treatment by a primary physician and specialists.

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Israelis tired of rolling up sleeves are rejecting new needed COVID-19, Flu vaccines

With a new Covid variant and Jewish High Holidays around the corner, Israelis are being reminded to head for their annual vaccinations.

Woman gets vaccinated.

New Israeli/American research supports benefit of remote medical services to reduce hospital visits

Telemedicine reduces the need for patients to rush to crowded emergency rooms by 20% without harming quality of care.

Device allows vitals to be taken remotely from home

Warnings about Israel’s impending doctors’ crisis - opinion

The decision of Reichman University, Israel’s sole private university, to open its own medical school may prove crucial.

 DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state.

Clalit Healthcare Services uses data scientists for proactive innovation for members

While Clalit’s relative membership has dropped in the last three decades, management is doing its utmost to become the country’s first innovation-driven HMO.

 PROF. RAN BALICER (left) at the inauguration of the Clalit-Harvard Berkowitz Living Lab in Jerusalem, with Prof. Isaac Kohane, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.

Beilinson Friends Forum hosts event for cancer innovation in Israel

A generous endowment from Drs. Susan and Henry Samueli is expected to give cancer treatment and research in Israel an extra leg up.

 Prof. Gal Markel Director of the Davidoff Center and the Samueli Institute in Bilinson The couple Dr. Henry and Dr. Susan Samueli Dr. Eitan Wertheim Director of the Bilinson and Sharon Hospitals and Finny (Pinchas) Cohen Yore Association Friends of the Medical Center

Gaza border families invited to the Negev to relieve stress

Meir Tzur, head of the Central Arava Regional Council, said that he hopes that they feel safe and calm away from the hustle and bustle.

Zukim village, a new village based on ecological tourism.

Drinking green tea can have dangerous consequences - Israeli study

Researchers from Israel's Kaplan Medical Center discovered that drinking too much green tea can cause significant damage to the liver.

 Green tea: Can a soothing natural drink have dangerous consequences? (Illustrative)

Israeli Meir Medical Center welcomes four sets of twins in 24 hours

Eight bundles of joy were successfully delivered at a Clalit-affiliated hospital in Kfar Saba.

 Four sets of twins were successfully delivered within the same 24 hour period in Kfar Saba.