Israel Cancer Association - Annual Report 2023

Israel Cancer Association // Annual Report 2023

Participation in Conferences and Health Seminars

stories. A booth is set up with ICA informational material staffed by local volunteers. In collaboration with the Rehabilitation and Welfare and Branches departments, over 100 online lectures were held on prevention and early detection of breast cancer. Lectures were also given on steps to a health lifestyle. The lectures garnered very positive feedback. A digital mini-site was launched on breast cancer early detection and prevention, and was sent to various organizations and institutions to be presented to their employees. Telemeida ® Hotline Center The Telemeida tele-information hotline, staffed by 12 volunteers headed by Mrs. Nurit Zin , serves as Israel's most reliable and up-to-date telephone hotline on cancer diseases, prevention methods, early detection, treatment modalities, and rehabilitation in Israel, and more. Information can be obtained in Arabic, English and Russian. ICA Information Center The ICA Information Center is staffed by professional information specialists who take incoming calls from cancer patients, survivors and their families on many different topics, such as: guidance on approval of medication and technologies under Israel's National Health Basket, assistance in communicating with the Ministry of Health and the HMOs, assistance and guidance with entities inside and outside the Association, advanced information searches on international databases, running and monitoring various online forums on the ICA website on cancer diseases and prevention, managed by top experts who are leaders in their field. The ICA Information Center also maintains a regularly updated clinical trial database, compiling cancer clinical studies conducted in Israel, as well as lists of medical experts for second opinion, assists in the update of ICA informational materials, and more.

The ICA places information stations for professionals and the general public in dozens of conferences and health days held across the country. Such events include the Israel Senologic Society, oncology patient conference, cancer prevention meetings for the general public, conventions and conferences on health and nutrition, various health promotion events in the workplace, in local authorities, etc.

ICA Information Array

Hotline Assisting Oncology Patients Exercise Their Medical Rights The hotline service provides information and assistance to patients on a range of topics such as exercising rights protected under the National Health Insurance Act, The healthcare Basket of Services, complementary insurance, hospital services, investigation and guidance on obtaining drug approvals, monetary refunds, and more. This service is provided free of charge for all cancer patients in Israel as part of the ICA’s Information Center. Thank you letter (personal details kept by the ICA): Dear Jessica, Firstly, I would like to inform you of the good news I received – I just got a call from the HMO's public complaints office to tell me I am approved for surgery. I truly have no words to thank you, may you be blessed from above, thank you, thank you, thank you. I greatly appreciate your assistance, for without you I probably would not have succeeded, and would have had to fight much harder. Again, thank you so much.

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