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Innovation Soroka is launching a unique,
cutting-edge innovation
Center center that will be located
at the heart of the medical
center’s campus.
Healthcare service providers, especially in Soroka has all the components needed
the Negev, are constantly evolving to improve to support and promote viable, scalable
quality of care and expand the range of healthcare-related ventures:
services they offer. • Rich and broad data sets of large
populations over time
The Negev is characterized by an ethnically
diverse population and socioeconomic • Clinical knowledge and vast medical
and health disparities that create valuable experience
research opportunities expected to • Deep understanding of challenges in
benefit both science and the health of the healthcare
population in the region. Yet it faces medical • Leading clinical researchers and
manpower shortages, and integrating into collaboration with top academics from
the world of innovation is a particularly Ben- Gurion University of the Negev
important component of the recruitment • Facilities that include clinical environments,
and retention of medical professionals from labs, and medical equipment
outside the region. • National and international ecosystem
partnerships with supporting external
The innovation center will cover 1,184 square Professionals
meters and will take advantage of the unique
organizational structure of the Negev’s The innovation center will conduct a range
healthcare system, which incorporates of important projects and house an AI data
inpatient and outpatient medical data with center with a team of data scientists who will
biological sampling for all group ages (cradle provide support for all activities related to data
to grave). It is part of Clalit Health Services, acquisition, cleansing, and provisioning for
which provides community primary care internal and external users.
services to the Southern District.
