National initiatives to promote quality of care and patient safety: achievements to date and challenges ahead

D Dreiher, O Blagorazumnaya, R Balicer… - Israel journal of health …, 2020 - Springer
Background The quality of healthcare in Israel is considered “high”, and this achievement is
due to the structure and organization of the healthcare system. The goal of the present …

Israel: health system review

B Rosen, H Samuel, S Merkur… - 2009 - apps.who.int
The Health Systems in Transition (‎ HiT)‎ profiles are country-based reports that provide a
detailed description of a health system and of policyinitiatives in progress or under …

The changing roles of community nurses: the case of health plan nurses in Israel

R Nissanholtz-Gannot, B Rosen, M Hirschfeld… - Israel Journal of Health …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Israel, approximately one-third of the country's nurses work in
community settings–primarily as salaried employees in Israel's four non-profit health plans …

Using surgeon-specific outcome reports and positive deviance for continuous quality improvement

J Ivanovic, C Anstee, T Ramsay, S Gilbert… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Using the thoracic morbidity and mortality classification to document all
postoperative adverse events between October 2012 and February 2014, we created …

Socioeconomic disparity trends in cancer screening among women after introduction of national quality indicators

YL Weisband, L Torres, O Paltiel… - The Annals of Family …, 2021 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Primary care physicians have an important role in encouraging adequate cancer
screening. Disparities in cancer screening by socioeconomic status (SES) may affect …

Adherence to diabetes quality indicators in primary care and all-cause mortality: A nationwide population-based historical cohort study

N Abdel-Rahman, O Manor, A Cohen, E Elran… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background In the last three decades, much effort has been invested in measuring and
improving the quality of diabetes care. We assessed the association between adherence to …

Primary care physicians' perceptions on nurses' shared responsibility for quality of patient care: a survey

Y Sela, T Artom, B Rosen… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nurses are key players in primary care in Israel and in the efforts to improve its quality, yet a
survey conducted among primary care physicians (PCPs) in 2010 indicated that 40 …

Strong primary care services, an important feature of primary health care: What can Nigeria learn from Israel?

AI Akinwumi, AD OlaOlorun, SA Adesina… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) described primary health care (PHC) as an “essential
health care based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology …

[PDF][PDF] Health systems in transition

B Rosen, H Samuel - Health, 2009 - hpi.sk
The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a
detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or …

Sociodemographic inequality in joint‐pain medication use among community‐dwelling older adults in Israel

A Tur‐Sinai, J Shuldiner… - Health & Social Care in the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Joint pain is a common experience among adults aged 65 and over. Although pain
management is multifaceted, medication is essential in it. The paper examines the use of …