Sheba Medical Center rose from ninth to sixth place in Newsweek and Statista’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2027 ranking, marking the sixth consecutive year the Israeli hospital has been recognized among the world’s leading hospitals for innovation.
Newsweek and Statista highlighted Sheba as a “leader in AI innovation” and cited its work in robotics and automation. The ranking evaluates how hospitals translate technological developments into clinical applications, including artificial intelligence, robotics, telemedicine, digital imaging and electronic medical records.
“An advanced healthcare system is a strategic foundation for national resilience, economic growth and Israel’s leadership on the international stage,” Sheba Director General Prof. Yitshak Kreiss said. “We have a responsibility to push scientific and technological boundaries, nurture the next generation of medical entrepreneurs, and connect research, medicine and industry.”
Among Sheba’s applications of artificial intelligence is SmartER, a platform that follows conversations between doctors and patients and generates organized clinical summaries for physician review, reducing time spent on documentation.
Sheba is also the first international rollout site for OpenAI’s clinical AI platform for enterprises. Led by the hospital’s AI Center, the system provides clinical personnel with answers based on peer-reviewed research and clinical guidelines and displays sources for verification. Other AI tools help identify patients who may be eligible to receive ward-level treatment and monitoring at home.
Research and international partnerships are another part of Sheba’s technology program. Through its ARC Innovation Center, Sheba is working with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NVIDIA on a three-year project examining artificial intelligence applications in genomics. The research applies large language models to study the roughly 98% of the human genome whose function remains poorly understood, with the aim of connecting genetic variation to disease risk and treatment response.
ARC also recently launched ARC Landing Boston, a US hub connecting startups in its network with American healthcare providers, investors and institutions.
Newsweek and Statista base the smart hospital ranking on peer recommendations from healthcare experts, questionnaires examining hospitals’ implementation of advanced technologies and Joint Commission International accreditation. The 2027 edition also incorporates data from the Smart Hospitals Digital Maturity