Leumit Start Director: Israel at the forefront of the healthcare technology revolution

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The medical world is in the midst of a technological revolution, according to Izhar Laufer, director of innovation and digital health for Leumit Health Services, and Israel can be at the forefront.

On Wednesday, Leumit Start, the innovation arm of the health fund, will host a special half-day seminar on some of the new innovations being developed to improve patient care. Speakers and speakers will also discuss how technology can be used to make healthcare more efficient.

Laufer said Israel is in a unique position because it has more than 20 years of electronic medical records, patient data that can be anonymized and then used by entrepreneurs and innovators through dedicated and approved clinical trials.

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Leumit, he said, is working closely with a number of start-ups that are on the verge of changing the way the fund does business.

Take for example the medical assessment, artificial intelligence and clinical prediction platform developed by Diagnostic Robotics.

“Let’s say it’s 10pm and a person isn’t feeling well and is trying to decide if they need to go to the emergency room,” Laufer described. The platform incorporates a natural and easy-to-use medical questionnaire within the Leumit application. The person answers the questions and is converted into a short summary in natural language that a doctor can quickly read and understand.

“The doctor reads it, quickly determines if we’re talking about an urgent situation, and can then tell the patient what to do,” Laufer said.

The system has been tested and is already being used by a number of Leumit patients. Eventually, he said, it will also allow for automatic referrals to the emergency room.

Another example is the use of Gyntools, an innovative microscopy-based diagnostic tool that can help doctors diagnose in real time the reason for vaginal inflammation that presents with discharge, itching, or pain.

The microscope is the size of an espresso machine. The doctor swabs the woman and presents the sample and she should have a diagnosis within five minutes.

Leumit Health Care Services Mobile Coronavirus Vaccination Unit. (credit: courtesy)

Today, according to Laufer, women are often treated by trial and error with creams and medications, while doctors sometimes wait days for news from the lab.

Leumit currently has Gyntools in four offices.

And these are just one example of what Leumit Start is working on which will be explored on Wednesday at the fund’s first innovation conference.

“Leumit Start brings together start-ups and researchers within the health fund so that we can improve patient health,” Laufer emphasized, “and so we can develop innovation within the health fund for the future.”

He said that in 10 years, today’s technology will make tomorrow’s medicine look different. Treatments will be more proactive, Laufer said, and automation will help tell doctors who to prioritize in real time and allow them to treat patients faster.

“The number of doctors [relative] to patients it is decreasing, “he said.” We need to find a way to make sure that every doctor can work with more patients and still provide optimal care. “

According to Laufer, technology will be an important part of the solution.

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