Clinical research leaders from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel and representatives of Israel’s National Cyber Security Authority joined forces to discuss medical innovation, cybersecurity, and related challenges.
Dr. Roee Atlas (second to the left), Professor Lior Gepstein (second to the right), and Dr. Shahar Shelly (far right) with the NCSA representatives. Photography: Nitzan Zohar.
Recently, three Rambam experts met with Israel’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) representatives to examine professional launch points for increasing innovation in healthcare and cybersecurity. Contributing to the discussion from Rambam were Professor Lior Gepstein, director of both the Department of Cardiology and the Division of Research, Dr. Shahar Shelly, head of the Neuromuscular Clinic in the Department of Neurology, and Dr. Roee Atlas, CEO of Rambam MedTech Ltd., the hospital’s technology transfer company.
The NCSA representatives opened the discussion by outlining some of the challenges faced and goals to achieve in order to enhance Israel’s cybersecurity while boosting innovation.
Professor Gepstein spoke of Rambam’s innovations over the decades, the hospital’s physical proximity to leading research institutions such as the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Haifa, and their importance in developing an ecosystem that exists in few places worldwide, and the potential this ecosystem has for the future. Dr. Atlas talked about scientific innovation that has been achieved by interfacing real patient needs with scientific intervention.
Dr. Shelly elaborated on the extensive neurological research being conducted, the use of artificial intelligence in diagnostic processes, and the relationship between diseases, accelerated aging, and their identification even before the patient reaches the hospital’s emergency room.
At the end of the meeting, NCSA representatives toured Rambam’s technologically smart Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, a 2000-bed protected, extensive underground facility – the largest of its kind in the world. They learned about the comprehensive preparation and protection offered by Northern Israel’s largest hospital, against the backdrop of October 7.
The NCSA representatives in the control room of the Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital.
Rambam Health Care Campus takes great pride in its information technology and healthcare initiatives aimed at medical innovation in a safe and secure environment – both online and offline. Participating in the meeting with NCSA is one example of how Rambam is actively contributing to the future of medicine.
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