The Israeli Minister of Health, Mr. Ya’akov Litzman, announced his plan to promote the issuance of a uniform medical card that will consolidate all medical information about a patient, including information regarding treatments, medical tests, medications and medical history. The card is designed to allow all health providers and hospitals in Israel consolidated access to a patient’s medical information in ...

The National Cyber Headquarters at the Israeli Prime Minister’s office recently published a policy document on the regulation of the cyber-defense profession in Israel, aimed at ensuring an adequate level of professionalism, reliability and ethics of those in the profession. According to the policy, its rationale is derived from the understanding that currently, professionals in various disciplines in the field ...

The District Court in Haifa, Israel, approved a settlement in a consumer class action suit filed against Clalit Health Services (Israel’s largest healthcare provider) and Dikla insurance company, alleging that the two organizations violated the privacy of Clalit patients. The suit alleged that Clalit provided patients' contact information to Dikla for the purpose of marketing Dikla’s long term care collective ...