Gabriel Chodick & Ruth Levi Lotan: Leveraging Real-World Evidence in Healthcare: Insights from Israel's Healthcare System (HEPII Seminars)
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12 March 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Online – MS Teams (streamed in ESF Academic Club)
Real-world evidence (RWE) represents clinical insights derived from real-world data (RWD) collected during routine healthcare delivery, as opposed to controlled clinical trial settings. The applications of RWE span across clinical decision-making, personalized medicine implementation, and healthcare research and development. With the global adoption of electronic health records (EHR), healthcare organizations increasingly recognize RWE's potential to address evolving industry challenges. This webinar aims to provide perspectives on implementing and utilizing RWE systems, drawing from Israel's extensive experience in healthcare data management and analysis.
The webinar will feature two speakers who will share insights from Israel's advanced healthcare data infrastructure. Professor Gabriel Chodick, faculty member at Tel-Aviv University and the former head of the Maccabi Institute for Research & Innovation, will present an overview of Israel's RWE landscape. As the research center of Maccabi Health Services (MHS), Israel's second-largest HMO serving 2.7 million members, the Institute leverages decades of
comprehensive medical, biological, and demographic data. Professor Chodick will examine the unique organization of Israel's public healthcare services and its resulting data infrastructure. His presentation includes a recent case study analyzing synthetic data validation in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness research, comparing outcomes between synthetic and original datasets.
Ms. Ruth Levi Lotan, senior team member at Briya, will discuss how healthcare organizations can transform their clinical data operations. Briya, an Israeli technology company specializing in big data curation and analytics, offers innovative solutions for healthcare providers. Ms. Levi Lotan will demonstrate how healthcare organizations can enhance their clinical data infrastructure to improve patient care delivery, advance medical research, and create new opportunities for business development through data-driven insights.
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Prof. Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA earned an MSc and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from Tel Aviv University, where he also completed his Master's degree in Health Administration from the School of Management. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill and completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. Prof. Chodick was a co-founder of the Maccabi Research Institute (Maccabitech) and the Department of Epidemiology & Database Research at Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO. He served as Maccabitech’s board member for the Health Care System Research Network (HCSRN), a national research organization of integrated health systems, and led the organization’s work scientific collaborations. Prof. Chodick was responsible for oversight of epidemiologists and biostatisticians producing multiple funded real-world data research projects.
Ruth Levi Lotan's career began in the Israeli Intelligence Corps, followed by over five years in business intelligence and strategic consulting, supporting major enterprises with M&As, large tenders, and new business ventures. She then transitioned to impact investing, leading business development efforts in the Health and Education sectors with institutional investors and government bodies. For the past seven years, Ruth has applied her expertise in B2B workflows and decision-making to tech companies. She now serves as VP of Sales and Partnerships at Briya, driving strategic growth and partnerships.
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