Upcoming Events and Activities

October 2007

Maccabi Invited to be "Thought Leaders" at Word of Health IT conference

November 2007

the Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research will host  Prof Helen Lester , MB BCH MD MA FPCGP, Professor of Primary Care, University  of Manchester. Event includes: lecture and workshop on treating depression in primary care and P4P panel.

March  2008

the Institute will host Sir Michael Marmot will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Rafi Roter Memorial Series.

Recent Activities

April 2007

Prof Susan Horn PhD, Head of Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research International Severity Information Systems, Inc. Gave a lecture and workshop to researchers at Maccabi and other research centers on Clinical Practice Improvement. Over 70 participants enjoyed the day.

Subject: Practice-Based Evidence for Clinical Practice Improvement Lecture and workshop to researchers at Maccabi and other research centers These sessions taught researchers how to capitalize on Maccabi's database by employing an alternative research methodology. They showed how to employ large administrative databases to study the effectiveness of specific treatments, services, provider characteristics etc. The goal of these health services research studies is to achieve superior medical outcomes for the least necessary cost over the continuum of a patient's care.