Recent Activities

April 2009 The Institute hosts Prof. Philippe Gabriel Steg, MD, FESC, FACC. Prof. Steg, a Professor of Cardiology in Université Paris VII - Denis Diderot, gave a lecture about his research on randomized controlled trials and registries of acute coronary syndromes.

March 2009 Maccabi wins AAL grant on Telemedicine for chronically ill.

December 2008

FP7 project GAP (guard anticipate and predict) has successfully finished.

November 2008

The Maccabi Institute for Health Services Research hosts 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 hosts Sir Michael Marmot as the keynote speaker at the Rafi Roter Memorial Series.   October 2007  Maccabi Invited to be "Thought Leaders" at Word of Health IT conference

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.