Innovation Qualité: Pioneering projects wanted!
In 2024, the Swiss Academy for Quality in Medicine SAQM will again award outstanding quality projects with the Innovation Qualité. Healthcare professionals from all over Switzerland are invited to submit their successful and practice-proven projects.
Mother-tongue childbirth preparation course, app-based early detection of cancer symptoms, electronic monitoring of adverse drug reactions, etc. - just a few examples. previous winning projects of Innovation Qualité show: Pioneering works that improve patient care exist in all specialties of the healthcare system. To publicize such quality projects and encourage their imitation and further development, the Swiss Academy for Quality in Medicine SAQM of the FMH awards its Quality Prize every two years. Tried and tested quality projects can be submitted for evaluation by independent experts until December 4.
Digital innovation, patient safety and physician quality initiatives.
In order to always reflect and promote current quality efforts, a new thematic focus is chosen for each issue of Innovation Qualité. In 2024, it will be dedicated to digital innovation and thus to quality projects that contribute to the well-being of patients with the help of new digital technologies. This first prize category is endowed with 15,000 Swiss francs. The same prize money is also awarded in the second prize category on the topic of "Patient safety and prevention of avoidable adverse events". And if a quality project worthy of an award fits neither the first nor the second prize category, those responsible should apply for the jury's special prize of 10,000 Swiss francs. This third prize category is reserved for physicians, while the other two categories are open to professionals from all healthcare professions and disciplines.
Broad support and awareness
31 organizations from across the healthcare sector support Innovation Qualité 2024. The winning projects will be presented to the media as well as in the Swiss Medical Journal and on the award website. In addition, the winners will be able to present their quality projects to an interested professional audience at the award ceremony. The Innovation Qualité will be awarded at the SAQM Symposium on May 24, 2024 in Bern.
Further information: www.innovationqualite.ch
