The medical school selection process will be altered to favour students who excel at teamwork as well as interpersonal and cross-cultural communications. Furthermore, considering the current underinvestment in health infrastructure and personnel in the Galilee, systems of collaboration should be created among hospitals and between hospitals and the new medical school. Joint research centres between hospitals and the medical schools could be established in the areas that focus on the epidemiology of the region, including genetics, metabolic diseases and health promotion. The new school and research institute provide an opportunity to link Israel's leadership in the IT industry with more effective health care delivery - from new individualised computer-based medical records systems to the use of telemedicine to reach isolated populations.