New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems

Undetected problems with treatment regimens land many elderly patients in hospital; artificial intelligence system that sounds an alarm is built in Tel Aviv, deployed by Leumit HMO

At night, patients are 20% to 30% less likely to get painkiller prescription than from day-shift physicians, research shows

Technion algorithm, designed to battle antibiotic resistance, massively boosts accurate prescribing for patients with urinary tract infection

Maccabi Healthcare Services working to reach out to some 3,000 people whose prescriptions were not filled properly