IHF Awards Past Winners

DR KWANG TAE KIM GRAND HOSPITAL AWARD

Gold: Saudi German Hospital Cairo (Egypt), Egyptian National Accreditation Modelling Reference

Silver: Spectrum Health (United States), Operational Deployment System & Cascading Communication

Bronze: Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (Philippines), Tatak Sotto: Beyond Healthcare Service Excellence

Honourable Mentions:

• Corniche Hospital (United Arab Emirates), Creating a Center of Excellence for Women’s and Newborn Care
• H+ Yangji Hospital (Republic of Korea), Walk-through booth that drew the attention of the world
• Mediker Group (Kazakhstan), The Mediker Group: Kazakhstan’s Healthcare Leaders
• Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (Greece), Services Transformation, Crises Response & Change Management towards High Quality Precision Medicine
• University Hospital of Krakow (Poland), Adaptation of new premises of the University Hospital to the needs of the Specialist COVID-19 Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES  EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Gold: Dubai Health Authority (United Arab Emirates), Rapid Resilience Screening Framework “SPARC”

Silver: Mutua Terrassa Healthcare Foundation (Spain), Integrated Health Care Model in Mutua Terrassa during the SARS-COV 2 Pandemic

Bronze:

• Emirates Health Services (United Arab Emirates), Newborn Screening Program
  
• NEO HOSPITAL Ltd (Poland), Establishment of a new hospital together with a Center for Robotic Surgery and new technologies

Honourable Mentions:

• Dubai Health Authority (United Arab Emirates), Optimizing patient journey in OPD setting “Patient centric flow”
• Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital (India), Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) – Achieving Excellence
• Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam), The quality standards to assess the leadership and management competencies of the heads of departments and the head nurses
• Multi-disciplinary Simulation and Skills Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority (Hong Kong), Innovating for Better Care – Transforming Healthcare Service through 3D Printing Technology
• Northwell Health (United States), Leadership in Healthcare

AUSTCO  EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY

Gold: Kaiser Permanente Northern California (United States), Automated Early Warning System of Adults at Risk for In-Hospital Clinical Deterioration Advance Alert Monitor (AAM) Program

Silver: Royal Hospital (Oman), Learning through the cycle of improvement: A comprehensive approach to surgical site infection (SSI) prevention in post cardiac surgery patients

Bronze: 

• Saudi German Hospital Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Patient Safety Index (PSI) Program: An Innovative Methodology to Monitor and Evaluate Patient Safety Practices
• Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa (Spain), Autism General Hospital Tertiary Unit (UH-ASD): Serving the underserved, empowering the family and using mechanical contention zero

Honourable Mentions:

• Cho Ray Hospital (Vietnam), Patient Safety Patrol Unit
• Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, EPE (Portugal), Home Based Care in Covid Management: Telemonitoring using self-reporting and health professional surveillance
• Department of Medical Education of Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan), Immersive virtual reality materials increase tracheostomy and decrease the inappropriate care skills-related complications by educating healthcare providers-3 years projects
• Mediclinic Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Journey to zero preventable harm
• Multi-disciplinary Simulation and Skills Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority (Hong Kong), Pursue Excellence in Quality & Patient Safety – Integrating 3D Printing Technology into Healthcare Service

ASHIKAGA–NIKKEN EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR GREEN HOSPITALS

Gold: University Health Network (Canada), A Healthier World Through A Sustainable Environment

Silver:Fundació Sanitària Mollet (Spain), Mollet-Barcelona University Hospital: More Than 10 Years Of Strategic Commitment To A Green Culture

Bronze: Fachklinik Gaissach (FKG) (Germany), Transformational sustainability process in a children’s hospital for chronic diseases

Honourable Mentions:

• Apollo Hospitals, Chennai (India), CE for GE – Conserve Energy for Green Earth
• Consorci Sanitari de l’Alt Penedès i Garraf (Spain), Energetic and Ecological Transition in hospitals
• Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hubertus (Germany), Climate Manager in the nursing workforce
• Manila Doctors Hospital (Philippines), Paglaum: Sowing the Seeds of Hope for Transformation and Wellness
• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Canada), Operational Excellence, Sustainability, Innovation and Utility Reduction

SEDDIQI HOLDING  EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Gold: Manila Doctors Hospital and GT Foundation, Inc. (Philippines), Share The Gift Of Vision (STGOV): Advancing the Right to Sight and Ensuring Quality of Life

Silver: St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney (Australia), Stay’n Deadly & Stay’n In Project

Bronze: E-DA Hospital (Taiwan), Miles Smiles Vietnam Project

Honourable Mentions:

• Asklepios Harzklinik Goslar (Germany), Movement and balance. Health in the city.
• Democrito O. Plaza Memorial Hospital (Philippines), Piso Para sa Pagbabago: Employees’ Initiative in Raising Funds for Hospital Improvements and Staff Assistance Program
• Emirates Health Services (United Arab Emirates), Community Psychiatry Program
• Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (Philippines), Putting Equity in Healthcare the Value of Benefit Packages
• Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (Philippines), Malasakit Center: Compassion Through Linking Patients and the Government

SULTANATE OF OMAN  EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR HEALTH SERVICES DURING CRISIS

Gold: French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) (Afghanistan), Reaching the Unreached: Harnessing Technology for Healthcare in Afghanistan

Silver: Medland Health Services (Zambia), Q-Medland

Bronze: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (India), PROJECT KAVACH – Re-inventing Patient Safety In A Post Covid World

Honourable Mentions:

• Amiri Medical Complex (Afghanistan), Amiri Medical Complex (Tertiary-Care Hospital)
• Democrito O. Plaza Memorial Hospital (Philippines), Laging Handa: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health Plan – Mitigating Effects of Natural and Man-made Calamities
• Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Philippines), From Tala To Taal: The Deployment Of DJNRMHS – Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team In Response To Taal Volcano Eruption
• MAX Superspeciality Hospital (India), “Suraksha” -Save the Lives during COVID Pandemic
• Shahid Beheshti Medical University of Sciences (Islamic Republic of Iran), Symptom Prediction and Mortality Risk Calculation for COVID-19 Using Machine Learning

DR KWANG TAE KIM GRAND AWARD

Gold: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan): A comprehensive and sequential solution enhancing the quality care of acute myocardial infarction

Silver: Memorial Hermann Health System (United States): High Reliability, Clinical Care Redesign and Baldrige Award Framework Adoption in a Large Healthcare Organization

Bronze: Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital (Japan): Achievement of Green Hospital for Patient, Staff and Nature

Merit Awardees:

• Royal Hospital (Oman): Implementation of Lean in a Tertiary Care Public Hospital
• Surgisphere (United States): International Impact on Healthcare Outcomes Through a Personalized Medicine and Patient Engagement Program

BIONEXO EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Gold: Tulungagung Dr. Iskak General Hospital (Indonesia): Public Safety Centre

Silver:

• Dubai Health Authority (United Arab Emirates): Dubai Heart Initiative
• Manila Doctors Hospital (Philippines): #SaveAChildSaveTheNation: A Mental Wellness Project for Children with Trauma

Merit Awardees:

• Aster DM Healthcare (United Arab Emirates): Aster Volunteers
• Auna (Peru): Making Smiles
• KPJ Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital (Malaysia): Medical Outreach Camps and Mobile Clinic for B40 in Remote Villages

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Gold: Ministry of Health & Prevention (United Arab Emirates): Performance and Clinical Excellence (PaCE)

Silver: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (Pakistan): Transformed Patient Experience Through Process Innovations & Real Time Patient Tracking

Bronze: Dubai Health Authority (United Arab Emirates): DHA Smart Pharmacy

Merit Awardees:

• Aga Khan University Hospital (Pakistan): iCAN – A management model leveraging technology to improve floor processes
• Medcare Women & Children Hospital (United Arab Emirates): “Happy to go Home”– Reduction in discharge TAT – DMAIC Approach
• North West Hospital and Health Service in collaboration with Gidgee Healing and Western Queensland Primary Health Network (Australia): Improving access, patient experience and outcomes in Australia’s Lower Gulf Region Indigenous Communities through Tri-partite Governance and Leadership
• Satakunta Hospital District (Finland): Customer Experience Management and Development of Service Culture
• Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Singapore): Frequent Readmitter Programme – Holistic Multi-Disciplinary Approach for Frequent Readmitters

AUSTCO EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR QUALITY & SAFETY AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

Gold: Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd. (India): Apollo Safety Development Model: Building a Culture of Safety at Apollo Specialty Hospitals

Silver: Changi General Hospital (Singapore): Driving A Culture of Quality Improvement – The CGH Kaizen Everyday Engagement Programme (KEEP) Journey

Bronze: Hospital Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal): Reduction of the consumption of broad-spectrum antibiotics in 3 years of antimicrobial stewardship implementation at Vila Franca de Xira Hospital

Merit Awardees:

• AHMC Healthcare (United States): Six-Dimensional Approach for Quality & Safety and Patient-Centered Care
• Hospital da Luz (Portugal): Development of a tool of ePROMs as the main concept of outcome measure in value-based healthcare in Luz Saude
• Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan): A smart healthcare solution reducing in-hospital cardiac rest by innovative early warning electronic information system
• Manila Doctors Hospital (Philippines): Simplified Safety Innovations for the Intensive Care Unit – Acute Stroke Unit
• Sohar Hospital (Oman): Multi-phasic project of Implementation of Antimicrobial stewardship program in Sohar Hospital

DR KWANG TAE KIM GRAND AWARD

Gold: Dental Health Services Victoria (Australia): Value-based healthcare: A new approach to improve oral health outcomes

Silver: Metro South Hospital and Health Service (Australia): Metro South Health Service Queensland -Our Transformation to Australia’s First Digital Health Service

Bronze: Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (Australia): Wide Bay Amazing Sustainable Turnaround

Merit Awardees:

• Dubai Health Authority (UAE): Electronic Medical Record (Salama)
• Frere Hospital (South Africa): Frere Hospital Turnaround
• Keiju Healthcare System (Japan): Keiju Integrated Healthcare Service -Cooperation of Integrated Health Records and Human interface-

BIONEXO EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Gold: Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiologia (Colombia): Give a Life

Silver: Narayana Health (India): Program for Harnessing Oncological Preventive and Early screening activities or Program HOPE

Bronze: Western Health (Australia): Western Health Healthcare Environmental Sustainability (HES) Program

Merit Awardees:

• Aster DM Healthcare (UAE): Aster Volunteers – Powered by Humanity
• CHRISTUS MUGUERZA Sistemas de Salud (Mexico): Free Surgical Brigades Model
• Manila Doctors Hospital (Philippines): Forging Oneness, Responsibility, Growth and Empowerment (FORGE): A Community Health Adoption Program
• Metro South Oral Health, Metro South Hospital and Health Service Queensland (Australia): Improving access to oral health with a patient centred focus to a vulnerable community
• Palmetto Health (USA): Our Tithe: A commitment to caring for our community

EOH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Gold: University of Utah Health (USA): Value Driven Outcomes (Implementation of Data Driven Approach to Manage Utilization of Resources and Improve Quality of Care)

Silver: Sant Joan de Déu – Barcelona Children’s Hospital (Spain): Bed Management System of Sant Joan de Déu (BEDMA-SJD), an innovative system for efficient management of health care processes

Bronze: Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Canada): Build an Innovative Culture that Optimizes the Use of Technology to Advance Excellence in Mental Health Care

Merit Awardee: The Hospital for Sick Children and University Health Network (Canada): Caring Safely – a joint SickKids and UHN collaboration to prevent harm and promote patient and staff safety

AUSTCO EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR QUALITY & SAFETY AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

Gold: Metro South Health, Queensland Health (Australia): Gestational Diabetes Mellitis (GDM) App and Interactive Clinician Portal (Internet Based)

Silver: Mayo Clinic (USA): Optimizing Opioid Prescribing for Surgical Patients

Bronze: Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Canada): The Implementation of Recovery-Oriented Practice

Merit Awardees:

• Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Canberra Hospital and Health Service, Women’s and Children’s Hospital SA, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (Australia): IRONing out Maternity Blood Management: Improving identification and management of iron deficiency and anaemia
• Chi Mei Medical Center (Taiwan): Using ABCDE bundle to improve the effectiveness of clinical care in intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure patients
• Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Children’s Health Queensland, Hospital and Health Service (Australia): Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic & Statewide Service, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service
• Makati Medical Center (Philippines): Infection Prevention and Control Program
• Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital (India): “PROJECT SURAKHSHA” – A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Clinical Outcomes In Sepsis
• Redcliffe Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service (Australia): A Pharmacist-led Hospital-based Opioid Stewardship Service

DR KWANG TAE KIM GRAND AWARD

Winner: InfoKids: a transversal and longitudinal solution enhancing patients and caregivers experience in emergency departments by disrupting the care process paradigm (University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland)

Honorable Mentions:Achieving High Reliability Through Care Coordination for Patients Who Require Emergency Surgery (Northwest Community Hospital, USA)

The Application of Improving Clinical Alert System’ to Reduce the Unexpected Cardiac Arrest Event in Taiwan (Yuan’s General Hospital, Taiwan)

Finalists:

• Climate Impact Mitigation Actions: An Eleven Year Journey of Manila Doctors Hospital in institutionalizing Climate Change Adaptation (Manila Doctors Hospital, Philippines)
• Initiating and Sustaining King Hussein Cancer Center Lean Journey (King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan)
• Israeli Government Public Hospital Provides Life Saving Medical Care and Treatment to Syrian Civil War Casualties (Galilee Medical Center, Israel)
• SCIENCE, the nursing information design of Taichung Veterans General Hospital (Veterans General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan)
• The effectiveness of sharing decision making on nutrition support and fluid supplement in end-stage patients and their families (Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan)

BIONEXO EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Winner: Maternal Obstetric Monitoring (MOM) program, Shorapur (Narayana Health, India)

Honorable Mentions:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Craniofacial Center; Cleft care: Rooted in Taiwan, helping international communities (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)

Nationwide student health physical examination in Tuvalu (Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan)

Finalists:

• The VIP Program – Reducing representations to Calvary Mater hospital for Very Important Patients (Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia)
• eHealth Centre (eHC) India program (Narayana Health, India)
• Serve with Passion: Hinduja Hospital Rural Health Programme (P D Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre (India)
• Paperless hospital – a fully digital medical center in Taiwan (TaiChung Veteran’s General Hospital, Taiwan)
• Tanner Health System: Get Healthy, Live Well (Tanner Medical Center, Inc., USA)

EOH HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Winner: Introducing a Multifaceted Approach to Improving Regional Diabetes Care (Department of Health-Edendale Hospital-Pietermaritzburg- Dept of Int Medicine, South Africa)

Honorable Mentions:Consorci Sanitari del Garraf (CSG) – Our way to efficiency (Consorci Sanitari del Garraf, Spain)

Transforming the Nursing Workforce to Drive Ground-up Improvement and Innovation through Collective Decision-Making (Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore)

Finalists:

• Andean Health & Development (AHD): A Model of Self-Sustaining Hospital Care in Rural Ecuador (Andean Health & Development, USA)
• Collaborative integral model of care to chronicity in a large city public network (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain)
• Good governance and effective leadership by management to promote eye donation in a hospital (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India)
• Maximizing quality and efficiency in healthcare management and higher education: The integrated practitioner-teacher model at Rush University Medical Center (Rush University Medical Center, USA)
• Tan Tock Seng Hospital Community Right-Siting Programme (CRiSP): Creating a Sustainable Model of Care Delivery through Strong and Effective Leadership (Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore)

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR QUALITY & SAFETY AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

Winner: Reforming the Norwegian Healthcare System through the Norwegian Patient Safety Programme (Norwegian Patient Safety Programme, Norway)

Honorable Mentions:Best Critical Care quality in patient safety: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital 17-year experience (Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

Reaching New Frontiers of Quality and Safety Using an Innovative 30/30/30 Lean Six Sigma Approach (Memorial Health System, USA)

Finalists:

• Improving clinical care and medication safety for millions of inpatients via In-Patient Medication Order Entry System in HK Hospital Authority (Hospital Authority, Hong Kong)
• Improving Patient Safety by Medication Reconciliation Using Augmented PharmaCloud Technology (Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)
• mHealth Innovation through Practice Redesign for a Patient-Centered Medicine in Taiwan (MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
• Significant Reduction of Emergency Department Wait Time Causes Rapid Improvement in Patient Satisfaction (AHMC Healthcare, USA)
• Supportive Medicine: A Collaboration Between SMC and MHMD (Symptom Management Consultants/Memorial Hermann Physician Network, USA

DR KWANG TAE KIM GRAND AWARD

Winner: Integrating Medical and Social Support for the Elderly – System and Technology Enabled Service Innovations (Hospital Authority, Hong Kong)

Honorable Mention: Myong Ji Hospital MERS Preparedness and Response Project (The emergence of new infectious disease response system) (Myongji Hospital, Republic of Korea)

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Winner: Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility Health Programs: Providing Quality, Affordable and Accessible Healthcare for Financially-Challenged Patients (Manila Doctors Hospital, Philippines)

Honorable Mention: Special Needs Oral Health Care Model (Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taiwan)

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE

Winner: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)’s Collective Leadership Journey (Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore)

Honorable Mention: R. K. Khan Hospital Pharmacy Decongestion Project – An Innovative Partnership in Service Delivery (RK Khan Hospital, South Africa)

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR QUALITY & SAFETY AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

Winner: Saving Blood, Saving Lives Poject (Edendale Hospital, South Africa)

Honorable Mention: Improving Patient Safety & Patient Outcomes by Implementing ENHANCED ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PROGRAM (EARP) (Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, India