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The Israeli health care system is considered to be of high quality and economically efficient. The Israeli health system provides equal health care services, under budgetary restrictions, to all its citizens. The Israeli decision-making process, regarding public funding of new medical technologies, is fair, transparent and evidence-based, in a way that fulfills the responsibility of the Israeli government, to provide equal health services to its people. This chapter introduces to the readers a brief overview of the Israeli health care system, covering different health issues, such as public health policy, organization of health services, public health and technology, artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare regulation of medical research and clinical trials. It will review legal aspects, such as the relationships between public health, law, human rights and ethics, protection of patient safety in Israel, Balancing between public health issues and individuals rights. In light of the pandemic that struck the world, it reviews the impact and ramifications of Covid-19 on health system and human rights in Israel.
WAML Governor for Israel, President of the Society of Medicine and Law in Israel, Former Editor in Chief of the “Medicine and Law” Journal (2000–2015), Legal Advisor to Ethics committee of HMO, Advocate in personal Injuries and medical malpractice claims.
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The statute enacted on January 1 1995.
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Scheffer (2012), the Global Shortage of Health Workers and Pay for Performance. Improving Health and Health care, who is responsible|? Who is Accountable, Israel National Institute for health policy 2012, pp 87–96.
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Figures for the 2020 Basket were 500 million NIS ($150 million), with the financing of the Health Insurance Law currently standing at approximately 60 billion NIS( $17.5 billion).
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$1 = NIS 3.5.
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Ministry of Health in Israel. Guidelines for informed consent in Clinical trials via digital instruments. October 2020.
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Recommendations of the medical guidelines for obtaining informed consent in bio-medical research, that involves humans—were adopted at the 18th World Medical Conference in Helsinki, Finland in 1964 and were amended at the 29th World Medical Conference in Tokyo, Japan in 1975.
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The Ministry of Health has recently published an informed consent procedure in relation to trials involving humans whose applicability date of 20/5/20 will be deferred. https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A05eba217-fad8-4c79-89ff-cc9868c92c51.
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Nili Krakow—Eyal, Informed Consent Doctrine, Hapraklit, Volume 49, 181, 171–218.
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Judge Rivlin in HCJ 1303/09 Kadosh v. Bikur Holim Hospital (2012).
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Matthies v. Masromonaco, 160 N.J. 26, 36, 733 A.2d 456, 461 (N.J. Sup. Ct. 1999).
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Zandberg (2013).
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Supreme Court of Justice Petition 2435/20 Yedidia Leventhal, Advocate v. The Prime Minister and others (published in Nevo 7/4/2020).
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Section 5 of the Patents’ Rights Law requires health system to provide patients with adequate and reasonable quality health services.
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Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman The 71A Annual Audit Report, Jerusalem | October 2020 . Catalog No. 2020-971A ISSN 0334–9713. https://www.mevaker.gov.il.
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On November 1, 2020 the Biological Institute of Israel started the clinical faze trial on humans and is due to find a vaccination within 9–12 months.
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Davies, J. (2022). Public Health Care Law and Ethics in Israel. In: Raposo, V.L., Beran, R.G. (eds) Medical Liability in Asia and Australasia. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 94. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4855-7_7
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