Table 4 Overview of Israeli health care

Israel’s Ministry of Health is responsible for the governance of the health system overseeing the performance of hospitals, health plans, and health care professionals. The MoH is responsible for providing a broad range of public health services. Israeli health care is regulated by a national health insurance (NHI) law, which ensures universal access to health services for all residents of Israel. Each resident is free to choose from among four competing non-profit health plans. The health plans are financed by government within the framework of NHI, and they are obligated to provide their members with a broad government-determined benefits package, which includes hospital care, community-based care, and various preventive services. Some of these services are provided directly by the plans, while others are purchased by the plans, for their members, from other providers. The health plans have sophisticated electronic health record systems that integrate information across providers, and well-developed systems for communicating and sharing information with their members.