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“ We may be the smallest HMO , but we like to think we ’ re the best in terms of the service we provide our patients ”
— Eli Zimels , Director of Purchasing and Logistics , Leumit Health
Leumit operates 350 clinics and around 170 pharmacies across Israel . Ensuring that essential medicine arrives on time and in the correct quantities is a mission critical priority for the organisation ’ s supply chain . “ The medication that we ’ re purchasing can be life saving and if , for some reason , there ’ s a shortage , that ’ s my problem ,” says Leumit ’ s Director of Purchasing and Logistics , Eli Zimels , who has served in his current role at the organisation for 11 years . We sat down with Zimels to explore his role in Leumit ’ s ongoing digital transformation – a process which is seeing the HMO harness technology to further enhance its exemplary standard of patient care .
“ We may be the smallest HMO , but we like to think we ’ re the best in terms of the service we provide our patients ,” says Zimels . “ We ’ re a ‘ family HMO ’: our doctors , nurses and pharmacists know each of their patients personally and can give them individual care . We put a great deal of money and energy into being the HMO with the best service .” In order to pursue this goal , Leumit has
OCTOBER 2019