Prof. Orly Toren

Director, Nursing Department

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Prof. Toren has held a wide variety of management positions in the medical and nursing system. She has a rich academic background in teaching and writing. Prof. Toren wrote the first book on nursing management in Hebrew and several chapters in international literature on the health system in Israel. She is an expert in policy and management, representing the Ministry of Health and specializes in researching health and nursing policy in Israel,  medical human resources issues in the health system and in quality and ethics.

 

Education

PhD Nursing
MHA
BSN
RN

Teaching Areas

Research, Safety and Risk Management, Health Economics, Israeli Health system

Research interests

Nursing Workforce, Health Policy, Health Outcomes, Quality in Health

Selected Publications

Toren, O., Lipschuetz, M., Lehmann, A' Regev, G., Arad, D. (2022). Improving patients’ handoffs in general hospitals – outcomes from a national project. Frontiers in Public Health. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.777678
Schperling, D., Golpenshein, N., Drach –Zehavi, A., Toren, O., Hierschfeld, M., Wagner, N., Flischman, T., Benbenishti, J., Srulovici, E. (2023). Covid19 Pandemic lessons learnt for future Nursing preparedness and recommendations for improvement the readiness for the next crisis: Recognition of the organizational paradox for growth. Guf Yeda, Oct 23, pp. 21-29. (Hebrew).
Toren, O., Sela T., Reicher, R. (2021). Using TeleMedicine during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Attitudes of Elderly Adults in Israel. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.653553
Toren, O., Mohanad, D., DeKeyser-Ganz, F. (2021). Hospital nurses' intention to report near misses, patient safety culture and professional seniority. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 33(1). doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzab031.
Harari, R., Toren O., Tal, Y., Ben-Porat, T. (2021). Food allergy safety: A descriptive report of changing policy in a single large medical center. The Israel Journal for Health Policy Research, 10 (32). doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00466-w
Toren O. , Lipschuetz, M, (2020). Health and Healthcare in Israel. In the Global Health, Issues and Policies. C. Holtz Eds. Jones and Bartlett Publishers., Boston, MA.
DeKeyser- Ganz, F., Margalith, I., Benbinishty, J., Hirschfeld, M., Wagner, N., Toren, O. (2019). A Conflict of Values: Nurses' Willingness to Work under Threatening Conditions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51(3), 281-288. IF 2.65, Q1 – 8/150 nursing miscellaneous. Times cited: 4. doi:10.1111/jnu.12466
Toren, O., Nirel, N., Tzur, Y., Toker, A. (2013). Professional Boundaries between Physicians and Nurses: Neonatology – a Case Study. Jerusalem: Myers JDC - Brookdale Institute,
Nirel, N., Riba S., Reicher, S., Toren, O. (2010). Registered nurses in Israel: Workforce Supply – Patterns and Trends.. Jerusalem: Myers - JDC – Brookdale Institute , Research report.
Toren, O., Picker, O. (2009). Nursing leadership and management in Israeli hospitals (eds). Jerusalem: Magnes Press. (Hebrew).