32 | MARCH 23 • 2023 

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rom Feb. 25 to March 3, 
18 Michigan health tech 
representatives traveled 
to Israel to discuss innovative 
technologies in the health tech 
space and how to improve 
patient outcomes.
It was the most recent 
delegation to Israel facilitated 
by Michigan Israel Business 
Accelerator, or MIBA, 
a nonprofit economic 
development organization 
funded by the State of 
Michigan. It is committed 
to accelerating the Michigan 
business sector through Israeli 
connections.
Participants of the 2023 

Michigan Israel Health Tech 
Mission (which was MIBA
’s 
first of the year) included 
representatives of Corewell 
Health, the new health system 
joining Beaumont Health 
and Spectrum Health, and 
Henry Ford Health System. It 
also saw representatives from 
higher education institutions, 
economic development and the 
foundation community.
Throughout their week 
in Israel, the group visited 
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and major 
historical sites, while, of course, 
discussing the future of health 
tech.
“We started in Jerusalem 

and did a day of grounding in 
history and culture,
” explains 
Mark Davidoff, president and 
CEO of The Fisher Group, who 
participated in the delegation. 
“That was the backdrop for our 
exploration into the incubator 
ecosystem of Israel.
”
While in Jerusalem, 
the group also visited Yad 
Vashem, the world Holocaust 
remembrance center, and took 
a tour of the Old City. Then, 
they traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel’s 
main innovation hub, where the 
majority of the Michigan Israel 
Health Tech Mission took place.
In Tel Aviv, the health tech 
delegation met with industry 

leaders in the healthcare arena 
that included government 
officials, opinion leaders 
and major health system 
representatives.
Key talking points included 
the quality of healthcare today, 
patient outcomes (or the results 
from care and treatment), 
innovation (particularly the 
growth of telemedicine during 
the COVID-19 pandemic), 
cybersecurity, improving health 
access and patient monitoring, 
among others.
The group also toured Magen 
David Adom, Israel’s national 
emergency medical, disaster, 
ambulance and blood bank 

Michigan Israel Health 
Tech Mission Forges Global 
Partnerships in Innovation

OUR COMMUNITY

ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MIBA Health Tech delegation

