HMA- selected publication

Health Policy

Noa Feldman, Michal Bitan, Maya Alayev and Orna Tal

Vaccine Acceptance Among Pregnant Women in Israel During
COVID‑19: Influences and Decision‑Making Factors

Shira Ramot, Orna Tal

A multi dimensional model integrating perceived risk, benefit and trust concerning the adoption of 3 selected medical technologies- comparing the standpoints of healthcare workers and the general public

Orna Tal, Inbal Tal

Educating Medical Students Toward Quality Targeted Leadership 300519.Cleaned

Machluf, Y., et al., Adolescent BMI at Northern Israel: From Trends, to Associated Variables and Comorbidities, and to Medical Signatures. MEDICINE, 2016. 95(12).

Ramot, S. and O. Tal, Attitudes of healthcare workers and members of the public toward the COVID-19 vaccine: A cross-sectional survey. HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, 2022. 18(6).

Ramot, S. and O. Tal, Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Israel towards the Fourth Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine.

Tal, O., et al., The attitudes of physicians to conflicting ethical values arising in medical practices: a nationwide survey. ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 2022. 24(7): p. 486-486.

Yovel, D.Z., et al., Chairing the internal medicine department- analysis of current state and future trends in Israel. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH, 2018. 7.

Haklai, Z., et al., Female physicians: trends and likely impacts on healthcare in Israel. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH, 2013. 2.

Machluf, Y., et al., From Population Databases to research and informed health Decisions and Policy. FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, 2017. 5.

Machluf, Y., Y. Chaiter, and O. Tal, Gender medicine: Lessons from COVID-19 and other medical conditions for designing health policy. WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES, 2020. 8(17): p. 3645-3668.

Golan, O., et al., Health technology prioritization: Which criteria for prioritizing new technologies and what are their relative weights? HEALTH POLICY, 2011. 102(2-3): p. 126-135.

Tal, O., M. Booch, and S. Bar-Yehuda, Hospital staff perspectives towards health technology assessment: data from a multidisciplinary survey. HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS, 2019. 17.

Trotzky, D., et al., A novel operational protocol for the establishment of a medical facility for receiving returning hostages: structure, process and outcomes. BMC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 2024. 24(1).

Tal, O., R. Barnea, and A. Tur-Sinai, Patient-centeredness-a cultural targeted survey among junior medical managers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH, 2023. 22(1).

Tal, O. and M. Bitan, Professionalism and Self-Evaluation: Diverging Perspectives Among Physicians and Nurses. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP, 2024. 16: p. 473-483.

Mekory, T.M., et al., The proportion of errors in medical prescriptions and their executions among hospitalized children before and during accreditation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE, 2017. 29(3): p. 366-370.

Trotzky, D., et al., Resilience of hospital staff facing COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Israel. FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, 2023. 11.

Hershkovitz, Y., A. Rasco, and O. Tal, Shortening shift's length-Should we ask the residents if this is what they want? PLOS ONE, 2022. 17(8).

Kaplan, G., Y. Shahar, and O. Tal, Supplementary Health Insurance from the consumer point of view Are Israelis consumers doing an informed rational choice when purchasing Supplementary Health Insurance? HEALTH POLICY, 2017. 121(6): p. 708-714.

Velan, B., et al., Truth-telling and doctor-assisted death as perceived by Israeli physicians. BMC MEDICAL ETHICS, 2019. 20.

Connelly, Y., et al., Using the social structure of markets as a framework for analyzing vaccination debates: The case of emergency polio vaccination. HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, 2016. 12(7): p. 1930-1935.

Safety, Quality & Risk management
 Zimlichman, E., et al., Adverse Drug Event Rate in Israeli Hospitals: Validation of an International Trigger Tool and an International Comparison Study. ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 2018. 20(11): p. 665-669.

Magnezi, R., et al., Developing a new flexible tool for handover. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE, 2021. 33(1).

Ofek, F., et al., Introducing a change in hospital policy using FMEA methodology as a tool to reduce patient hazards. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH, 2016. 5.

Petient Centerdness
Tur-Sinai, A., R. Barnea, and O. Tal, Analyzing patient trust through the lens of hospitals managers-The other side of the coin. PLOS ONE, 2021. 16(4).

Hirschmann, S., et al., Group versus individual occupational therapy for toddlers with autism as a means to improve access to public health-care services. Randomised controlled pilot study. AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY JOURNAL, 2023. 70(4): p. 434-445.

Tal, O., et al., Parents' attitudes toward children's vaccination as a marker of trust in health systems. HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, 2021. 17(11): p. 4518-4528.

 Barnea, R., et al., Patient preferences and choices as a reflection of trust-A cluster analysis comparing postsurgical perceptions in a private and a public hospital. HEALTH EXPECTATIONS, 2022. 25(5): p. 2340-2354.

Technology Avaluation, Assessment and Mangement
Tal, O. and N. Hakak, EARLY AWARENESS AND ALERT SYSTEMS FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ISRAEL. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE, 2012. 28(3): p. 333-338.

Ramot, S. and O. Tal, Perceptions of Risk, Benefit and Trust - A Comparative Assessment Between Healthcare Workers and the General Public Towards 3 Medical Technologies. RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY, 2024. 17: p. 1587-1598.

Sofer, A., et al., Robotic vs. open surgery in obese women with low-grade endometrial cancer: comparison of costs and quality of life measures. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH, 2020. 9(1).

Kalter-Leibovici, O., et al., Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: critical appraisal of the new International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group recommendations on a national level. DIABETES CARE, 2012. 35(9): p. 1894-1896.

 Ramot, S. and O. Tal, Supporting healthcare workers in vaccination efforts. HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, 2023. 19(1).
32. Guttman, N., et al., What should be given a priority - costly medications for relatively few people or inexpensive ones for many? The Health Parliament public consultation initiative in Israel. HEALTH EXPECTATIONS, 2008. 11(2): p. 177-188.

BIG DATA Analysis
Abbou, B., et al., Optimizing Operation Room Utilization-A Prediction Model. BIG DATA AND COGNITIVE COMPUTING, 2022. 6(3).

Azriel, D., et al., Surgery Duration Prediction Using Multi-Task Feature Selection. IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS, 2024. 28(7): p. 4216-4223.