The Underground Hospital for 2,000
We had an amazing private tour of Rambam Health Care Campus - lots of video and info coming. I was blown away. Then it was my absolute honor to have the most delightful sit down interview with their CEO Professor Michael Halberthal which I can’t wait to share with you. Spoiler alert: they are doing healthcare far cheaper with far better outcomes, way more innovation, over 90% patient satisfaction and “virtually non existent” physician burnout.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In the United States healthcare is over 18% of the GDP.
In Israel healthcare is 7.5%
(Translation: Israel spends less than HALF on healthcare as the US per person.)
Price
US- the average American family spends over $25,000 a year for healthcare
In Israel healthcare is free and every citizen is insured. Universal health coverage, no kidding.
Staffing:
In the United States over half of all healthcare provider positions are unfilled. The US has acute challenges with burnout.
In Israel, the hospital has waiting lists of people who want to work there
(for far far less wages than comparable positions on the US.)
Translation: Israel delivers on job satisfaction and support for its doctors, nurses and staff.
EHR, DATA, interoperability
In the US- well, you know…
In Israel- all EHRs in facilities and in the community are 💯 interoperable. That’s right, all electronic health records across the country hold all of the patient data and are always current and accessible. And all patients have access to this information on their phone at all times in real time.
Physician and other provider mental health:
US: provider has to go to the EAP (Employee assistance program- usually during 9-5 weekday hours) who will then make reports to HR/management. From this and other issues of neglect and stigma, physician suicide rate and burnout are big big issues.
Israel: the hospital has a full team at the hospital 24/7 including social workers and therapists. Any staff can go and get help totally confidentially at any time with zero repercussions.
I’ll just show you more of what’s in the pictures:
Rambam Hosptial has built an underground hospital for over 2,000 beds which is fully functional with the same support as bedside in the main hospital.
The vast majority of the funds that run the hospital are from private companies who partner with Rambam because there is so much innovation and research and support that partners receive.
Over 70% of all cardiac innovations worldwide (as just one example) come from Israel.
Israel has been treating children and families from Gaza and Syria for years free of charge- bone marrow transplants, cancer care, trauma, you name it. The staff- Jews, Muslims, Druids, Christians…they work as one.
Lots more to come!
