Christoph Lohfert Foundation announces Lohfert Prize 2022

05.11.2021 13:39

Together for more health: Models and technologies to improve accessibility, information and participation in health care - this is the topic of the competition for the Lohfert Prize 2022. The patron of the funding prize worth 20,000 euros is once again Dr. Regina Klakow-Franck, specialist in gynecology and deputy head of IQTIG (Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Healthcare). Applications are being accepted online from now until February 28, 2022.

In 2022, the Lohfert Prize will continue to honor tried-and-tested and sustainable concepts that demonstrably improve communication and organizational structures in the healthcare system. We are looking for best practice projects that have already been implemented in care and whose benefits have been scientifically evaluated. The concept should contain fundamentally new approaches and patient-oriented, quality-improving impulses. Corresponding projects that contribute to overcoming the corona crisis are expressly desired, but not a requirement.

Reach, educate and involve all population groups

Against the background of the corona pandemic and the associated measures and orders of national and local authorities such as health authorities, the topic of accessibility, education and participation - especially within vulnerable population groups such as the elderly and people with a migrant background - has gained particular importance and is at the same time more prominent made public.

Make the healthcare system fairer and more open

“The topic of the call for applications for the Lohfert Prize in 2022 relates to current events: We saw during the vaccination against Covid-19 that certain population groups were not reached and educated as quickly and successfully as required. In other areas of prevention and health promotion, some people are reached less well than others or are not reached at all and are therefore unable to benefit from the advantages of the measures. The Lohfert Prize 2022 is intended to help make the healthcare system fairer and more open, especially when it comes to accessibility, education and participation,” says Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. K. Zacharowski, ML, FRCA, Chairman of the Board of the Christoph Lohfert Foundation.

Application criteria and deadline

All participants in healthcare in German-speaking countries as well as management and consulting companies, health insurance companies or other experts can apply. The application must be written in German and submitted online. The application deadline is February 28, 2022. Applications are only accepted via the Online application form under www.christophlohfert-stiftung.de assumed. Information and application documents can also be found there. The Christoph Lohfert Foundation will award the Lohfert Prize 2022 on September 20, 2022 as part of the 17th Health Economics Congress in Hamburg.