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ניתוח אורתופדי שעבר עודאי שנטי נפגע אלימות בבית החולים איכילוב

From one week to four months: New data expose Israel’s biggest healthcare waiting time gaps

New Health Ministry data reveal major gaps in surgery and MRI waiting times between hospitals and health funds, but show Israel performs well globally, with shorter waits than most OECD countries and high MRI efficiency despite fewer machines

Or Hadar | 07.15.26

סטודנטים לרפואה

‘Are you feminine or masculine gay?’ Israel’s costly medical school screening system

As Israel faces a chronic doctor shortage, candidates say medical school admissions have become a maze of privatized testing, costly prep courses and invasive personal questions that create a clear socioeconomic barrier

Haim Rivlin, Shomrim | 07.02.26

רופא משתמש במחשב

Israel blocks hospital AI tools, but doctors warn the risks are only shifting

Physicians and AI experts say the Health Ministry's restrictions have not curbed AI use, but shifted it to personal devices, creating new privacy concerns while doing little to reduce cyber risks

Or Hadar | 06.29.26

רופא בית חולים אילוס אילוסטרציה

Israel blocks public AI tools on government hospital computers over data leak fears

Health Ministry tightens restrictions over cyber risks and concerns that sensitive patient information could be exposed through public platforms

Or Hadar | 06.26.26

כדור

A nation in distress, a system of prescriptions: Israelis are drowning in pills

A new Physicians for Human Rights Israel report found that more than 95% of HMO patients who begin psychiatric medication never receive public psychotherapy, even as antidepressant use has surged 15% since the war and waits for psychologists stretch to 18 months

Or Hadar | 06.03.26

ניתוח לפרוסקופי

17 years, 89,000 surgeries: study reveals how hysterectomies have changed in Israel

Wolfson Medical Center and Health Ministry researchers reviewed all hysterectomies performed in Israel from 2005 to 2021, finding fewer procedures relative to population size, fewer open surgeries and a major shift toward laparoscopy

Eitan Gefen | 05.25.26

עישון ג'וינט

Health minister snuffs out plan to restrict smoked medical cannabis

Haim Katz weeds out a plan to phase out smoked cannabis within three years, saying the limits are half-baked and could burn patients

Nina Fox | 05.07.26

גידול קנאביס רפואי בצפון הארץ

Israel got hooked on medical cannabis. Now it faces a hard road back

Analysis: Israel’s bid to rein in medical cannabis marks a sharp reversal after years of rapid growth, but politics, patients and a powerful market could make reform difficult

Adrian Pilot, Calcalist | 05.04.26

הסדר מימין; דר אסף כספי, איריס שטיין, ד״ר דניאל כהן, פרופ׳ מרק וייזר

Israel clears AI-based psychiatric triage system to help prioritize mental health cases

The Health Ministry cleared Mentaily’s LIV system, an AI platform using an interactive avatar to help identify, prioritize and initially assess mental health conditions, as a decision-support tool amid rising demand for psychiatric care

Dvir Reshef | 04.28.26

בית חולים רמב"ם חיפה

Underground and under fire: why Israel’s hospitals are preparing differently for the next war with Iran

Internal Health Ministry documents show how hospitals that moved thousands of pateints underground during last year’s war faced loss of privacy, infection risk and staff burnout, and detail urgent reforms ahead of a possible new confrontation with Iran

Sarit Rosenblum | 02.27.26

Based on data from nearly 1.2 million infants, the study in JAMA Network Open found vegan and vegetarian diets do not hinder early growth

Israeli study of 1.2 million infants challenges myths about vegan diets from birth

Ben-Gurion University and Health Ministry researchers tracked growth from birth to age 2 and a half, and found vegan and vegetarian infants developed similarly to peers, with one early gap in birth weight that disappeared by age 2; experts stress careful planning and B12 supplementation

Eitan Gefen | 02.21.26

חצבת

Unvaccinated children removed from Israeli kindergartens as measles outbreak worsens

In an unprecedented move, six unvaccinated children were barred from two kindergartens in a Samaria community after exposure to measles, as officials warn parents cannot endanger other children; 14 have died so far

Or Hadar | 02.10.26

הנזק העצום לבניין הכירורגי הצפוני בבית החולים סורוקה שנפגע ישירות מטיל

Health Ministry wraps up war review, calls for reforms to boost emergency readiness

Ministry calls for a central body to manage rehabilitation referrals, earlier PTSD prevention, clearer hospital coordination and formal guidelines for treating detained terrorists

Or Hadar | 01.28.26

בית החולים רמב"ם עובר לפעול בחניון התת-קרקעי

Amid tensions with Iran, Israel’s Health Ministry issues emergency readiness guidelines to hospitals

Though there is no change in preparedness, document refreshing guidelines to hospitals, health funds and Magen David Adom is distributed 'in order to promote a rapid transition from routine to emergency', MDA feels chronic shortage of blood donations

Or Hadar | 01.12.26

ליאור בירן עברה לידה שקטה

The trauma after stillbirth: 'Our tiny diamond was going to be buried with the trash'

Women who miscarry before 20 weeks may find their fetus classified as medical waste if not delivered whole; Burial options exist for later losses, but families aren’t always informed; ITIM says hospitals often mislead; the Health Ministry pledges reform

Or Hadar | 01.10.26

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