'You get a salary but can’t really do anything,' says one government official. 'If we were a private business, it would've declared bankruptcy or laid off half of us,' says another
Local hospital in north seeking to diagnose a woman who came to the emergency room Sunday with mild symptoms after returning from China
Health Ministry now on draft regulations that will govern use of Israel’s medical data treasure trove
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman demanded that as a condition for backing the legislation. Without it, the Haredi paper Hamodia he is associated with would have suffered financially
Organization doesn’t want to extend Zeev Rotstein’s contract, but government officials praise his role in turning around the financially distressed institution
Arabs can expect to live shorter lives than Jews, irrespective of the specific geographic area in which they live, findings show
Documents seen by TheMarker detail U.S. tobacco giant’s plans to turn future physicians into a kind of PR agent for the company
In online campaign, Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital looking to curb worrying trend of dozens of injuries a month in scooter accidents
The doctors suggested Tamir Gilat make a farewell trip. But a decade later he is thriving thanks to groundbreaking Israeli researches he now strives to fund
Health Ministry blames improper storage for incident earlier this week that left two hospitalized
A yawning budget deficit and no budget at all for 2020 are topics A and B, but there are also issues in defense and health spending and creating economic growth engines
The measure would not only help close the budget deficit but would also deter consumption of a product that’s a major cause of obesity and diabetes
Economics of system are unproven, many doctors are resistant, but patients like the time and cost savings
Health Ministry sources cast doubt over prospects of legislation promised by the prime minister, calling it de facto total legalization of cannabis via the medical system
Health official calls it ‘teething problems’ and says in the long run users will benefit from the ‘medicalization’ of medical marijuana
Israeli president technically crossed into North Korea during trip, where he was photographed by North Korean soldiers
The thousands of residents and tourists in Israel's southern resort city are unaware that it has no guaranteed response for some urgent medical emergencies. This could be solved with a state investment of $2.24 million a year
In a clear message to companies spiking prices for a newly-registered drug in Israel, the ministry allows HMOs to keep importing cheaper alternative
Reforms in key areas are put on hold until next government
Anti-smoking activists accuse companies of luring smokers with discounts
‘A cancer patient with an active illness sees an oncologist once every other month for 15 minutes,’ Ichilov Hospital oncology says
Yaakov Litzman suspected of accepting bribes related to alleged attempts to influence psychiatrist's assessment that prevented extradition of accused pedophile Malka Leifer
The state will lay out $9 million in a bid to alleviate shortages in various fields, including family practitioners
It’s convenient, results in fewer infections and is what patients prefer. But what is really likely to push health maintenance organizations to adopt home hospitalization are the huge financial savings
Moshe Kahlon reluctantly signs off on measure after High Court orders parity with cigarette tax ■ Shelf price of a a 50-gram package of rolled tobacco to increase from 85.41 shekels to 122.85
TheMarker finds that not a single bank or company has yet to sign up to help sponsor Gur Hasidim's rally
The move, aimed at ensuring proper clinical training, means Israeli med students can only take new, expanded licensing exam if their school meets OECD or other strict foreign standards
'Revolution' in Israeli medicine will start with general surgery unit at Tel Hashomer and the pilot program will expand to other surgical divisions if successful
The law is the most comprehensive piece of legislation against smoking ever passed by the Knesset
Israelis who have studied in places like Armenia and Moldova aren’t getting enough experience with patients and the director of the Health Ministry is loosing sleep over it