New award for innovative contributions to patient orientation

10.08.2012 16:50

At the 8th Health Industry Congress on August 29th and 30th this year in Hamburg, the Lohfert Prize will be presented to the public for the first time in the presence of its patron, Senator Cornelia Prufer-Storcks. The new award for successful concepts for “process-oriented control and communication in inpatient health care facilities” is endowed with EUR 20,000. It is sponsored by the Lohfert Foundation in Hamburg. The founder, Dr. Christoph Lohfert emphasized when announcing the prize: "For me it's about strengthening the position of patients. One focus is therefore also improving communication in hospitals."

The Lohfert Prize honors concepts that have been tried and tested in practice and have already been implemented in medicine. They are intended to generate demonstrable benefits for patients and hospital employees through improved, interface-oriented processes. The focus must be on structural and organizational forms that are adapted to the needs of people at risk of illness. The prize money is earmarked and is intended to enable the securing and further development of the award-winning concept. All those involved in inpatient health care in German-speaking countries as well as experts from management companies, health insurance companies and consulting firms are invited to take part. A high-ranking jury with well-known players from the health sector, which will be presented at the health industry congress as part of a reception by the Lohfert Foundation for the congress participants, will decide on the award. The prize will be awarded in spring 2013.

The application documents are now available at www.lohfert-stiftung.de can be viewed. A prepared form for submitting the project can also be found there. All relevant data is also requested there and attachments are made available to present the project. The application deadline is January 31, 2013.