Nursing Innovation, Surveillance, and Research Department
Leading innovation in nursing through research processes
This array carries out policy studies for improving policymaking and professional development with a view to improve the public's health. It initiates and deepens research-oriented collaborations.
About the Nursing Innovation, Surveillance, and Research Department
The array has set its goal to conduct policy studies whose findings shall constitute as evidence-based proof for the construction of processes and for responding to key issues in the field of healthcare. The knowledge that arises from the analysis of the studies' findings contributes significantly to policymaking processes, both with regard to professional development and to the public's healthcare.
The array sees great importance in initiating and deepening research-oriented collaborations with professionals in the clinical field, in nurse training facilities and in academia, in order to facilitate the planning and execution of studies that are used as empirical basis for policymaking in nursing in the State of Israel. Concurrently, the array also promoted international collaborations in the fields of policy, research and education with a view to professionally benefit nurses, population health and healthcare systems all over the world.
Position holders
Director of the Database Branch
Ms. Merav Sultan
hasmacha-milgot@moh.gov.il
Further information on innovation in nursing (Hebrew)
Relevant fields of study
Research processes (Hebrew) take place in the following fields, among others:
- Providing equal healthcare services and evaluating the availability of nursing services in peripheral areas and among populations with special needs.
- Evaluating the quantity and quality of nursing manpower according to the needs of the healthcare system in Israel.
- Professionally positioning nurses as response to needs and shifts in the healthcare system – development of clinical specialization in various fields, identifying areas where nurses' power to provide services can be expanded.
- Studying the realization of nurses' professional potential and promoting their professional competence.
- Studying decision-making processes in both clinical and administrative fields.
Scholars and graduate students who are interested in conducting final projects or studies on these subjects within the framework of the Nursing Division in the Ministry of Health are welcome to contact us by e-mail Call.Habriut@moh.health.gov.il or by phone 02-5080220.
Relevant links
Research abstract booklet for the years 2010-2014 (Hebrew)
This booklet presents the findings of the studies that the Nursing Division used in policymaking and decision-making processes in such subjects as marketing and advertising strategies for drawing candidates for the various training settings in nursing; professional development and expansion of nurses' powers in various areas; manpower planning; effectiveness of training and more.