Press Release
Sheba Medical Center Advances to #9 in Global Smart Hospital Rankings
TEL HASHOMER, Israel – September 11, 2025 – Sheba Medical Center has climbed to #9 in Newsweek and Statista’s prestigious 2026 World’s Best Smart Hospitals rankings, advancing from #10 last year, and marking the fifth consecutive year the Israeli medical center has secured a ‘World’s Best’ position. It establishes the medical center as the first and only Israeli institution to consistently compete alongside world-renowned healthcare leaders, including the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Sheba’s ranking reflects its integration of healthcare technology through the ARC Innovation Center ecosystem, which has spawned breakthrough technologies that are being used on a global scale.
Leading the transformation of healthcare, Sheba launched Project K, the world’s first AI-powered emergency department that automatically gathers patient medical histories, suggests relevant tests, and helps doctors prioritize critical cases. Meanwhile, the hospital’s AI and data center advance early disease detection, precision diagnostics, and personalized medicine.
Currently, the Sheba AI Academy is training all of its medical professionals to become “AI-enabled”. The hospital also extends its impact globally through the Mayo Clinic’s Connect platform, collaborating with hospitals in Brazil, Canada, and the U.S., and has recently partnered with Massachusetts to tackle critical healthcare challenges using AI technologies.
ARC’s portfolio companies demonstrate measurable clinical improvements leveraging AI, highlighted by AIDOC, which delivers faster stroke detection and is now in use in over 1400 hospitals worldwide and LIV/Mentaily, an AI-driven clinical decision support system, revolutionizing mental health care through personalized, accessible treatment.
Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, Director General/CEO of Sheba Medical Center, said, “Newsweek magazine’s recognition emphasizes the place of the healthcare system as a creative, leading, and inspiring force. Sheba’s medical innovation and the artificial intelligence revolution that we are leading in the healthcare world are not only a national asset but also powerful growth engines for Israeli society and the economy, and proof that Israel’s future lies in its creativity and excellence.”
Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, VP of AI and Digital Transformation and Director of ARC at Sheba, added, “We are witnessing a dramatic acceleration in the implementation of advanced technologies in medicine. The establishment of the AI and Data Center allows us to take ideas from the field, transform them into data-based and artificial intelligence solutions, and quickly implement them in treatment and the system. This is what smart, personalized, and more efficient medicine looks like.”
The Newsweek/Statista Smart Hospital rankings evaluate 350 hospitals across 28 countries using a comprehensive methodology that combines peer recommendations from medical experts with detailed assessment questionnaires. These questionnaires measure the implementation of advanced technologies in artificial intelligence, robotics, telemedicine, digital imaging, and computerized medical records.
About Sheba medical Center
The largest and most comprehensive medical center in the Middle East, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer is generating global impact through its medical care, research and healthcare transformation. Sheba’s City of Health boasts acute-care, rehabilitation, children’s, cancer and geriatric hospitals, research and innovation hubs, medical simulation center and center for disaster response and a virtual hospital on one comprehensive campus in the center of Israel. Sheba serves as a true hospital without borders, welcoming patients and healthcare professionals from all over the world and consistently providing the highest-level medical care to all in need. Sheba has been ranked a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek for the last six consecutive years (2019-2024). For more information, visit: https://sheba-global.com****
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