Since January 1995, all the population is medically insured by law through the Institute for Social Security via the Sick Funds. Thus, ultimate tracking and follow up of patients from the hospital to the primary care facility and to the community is feasible. The Hadassah Medical Center is located in Jerusalem. The presence and collaboration of all medical specialties and highly trained academic staff under one roof. Furthermore, there are many ethnic groups, which due to their past segregation have high prevalence of hereditary diseases and specific mutations, which are rare in the general population.
All medical research is supervised by an ethics committee.
All research activities are bound to regulations of biohazards safety, animal protection and controlled use of radioactive and biological materials. All of the above enables us to conduct clinical trials according to Good Clinical Practice and with minimal loss to follow up.