Annual Report 2006

Medical Services
Supplementary Hospital Services
and Financing Medical
Personnel
In aspiring to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary
care to cancer patients in hospitals
and in the community, the ICA assists in funding
supplementary services and additional medical
personnel posts in special programs. ICA
policy is to finance these services and posts
for a limited time of several years - until their
effectiveness has been sufficiently established.
Upon the completion of this period of time, the
institutions running these programs assume
financial responsibility. Today, thanks to this
massive initiative and investment, cancer patients
benefit from a wide and diverse range of
services provided by trained staff.
Breast Cancer Treatment Coordinators–
Patient Navigation
• The ICA continues to finance special posts for
nurses and social workers, working as breast
cancer care treatment coordinators during all
stages of diagnosis, treatment and followup.
The project's goal is to accompany the
breast cancer patient, and to provide her with
information, support and assistance, thereby
significantly easing the burden of coping with
the disease. This service is currently provided
in 15 centers nationwide and has engendered
a network of unique personnel which the ICA
updates and trains on a regular basis.
Welfare Service Programs –
• The ICA continues to finance the employment
of social workers at oncology institutes in the
following hospitals: Assaf Harofeh Hospital in
Tzrifin, Rabin Medical Center - Belinson Campus
and Golda Campus in Petah Tikva, Barzilai
Hospital in Ashkelon, Soroka Medical Center
in Beer Sheva, Hadassah Medical Center in
Jerusalem, Wolfson Medical Center in Holon,
Linn Clinic in Haifa, Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital
in Jerusalem, Schneider Children’s Medical
Center of Israel in Petah Tikva, Laniado Hospital
in Netanaya, Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba,
the Western Galilee Nahariya State Hospital,
Haemek Medical Center in Afula, Rebecca
Sieff Hospital in Safed, Poriyah Hospital in
Tiberias, Rambam Medical Center in Haifa,
Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, Hillel Yaffe Hospital
in Hadera, Sheba Medical Center in Tel
Hashomer, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
and Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat.
Psychological Services –
• The ICA continues to finance the employment
of psychologists in oncology institutes at
Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and
the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
Nursing Services –
• The ICA finances posts for stoma care nurses,
and palliative care nurses, as well as posts
for Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinators
in the following hospitals: Rambam Medical
Center in Haifa, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical
Center, Rabin Medical Center - Golda Campus
in Petah Tikva, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center,
Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva and
Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah
Tikva.
• The ICA finances posts for community oncology
nurses in healthcare funds throughout
the country.
Dietary Services –
• The ICA continues to support dietary services
at the Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem,
the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa and the
Ha'emek medical Center in Afula.
Bone Marrow Transplant –
• The ICA continues to finance the necessary
professional posts for the complicated
treatment of self bone marrow transplants
and bone marrow transplants from a donor