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Health2040: Action Plan for Sustainable Outpatient Primary Care in Switzerland
The Health2040 initiative, a collaboration between the Swiss Learning Health System at the University of Lucerne and Interface Politikstudien Forschung Beratung AG, has published an action plan for sustainable outpatient primary care in Switzerland.
More than 50 stakeholders from healthcare, social sectors, and civil society contributed their expertise through a co-creation process. Among the participants were patients, service providers, representatives from federal, cantonal, and municipal levels, health insurers, social workers and neighborhood support organizations.
The action plan outlines a comprehensive care network, the “Gesundheitsnetz für alle – pour tous – per tutti” (Health Network for All), designed to meet the needs of a changing society and to ensure long-term quality in healthcare. It includes three key areas of action:
Network-Based Care: The network promotes close collaboration between healthcare, social sectors, and civil society, fostering flexible, person-centered healthcare.
Coordination and Navigation: Effective coordination ensures that all services within the health network are aligned and that patients are guided through the system. A shared data platform supports efficient health promotion, prevention, and care.
Low-Threshold and Flexible Access: A low-threshold and flexible access system ensures that the health network is accessible to everyone. A multilingual app and locally anchored community spaces provide people with direct support within their living environment.
The organizations and individuals involved in the co-creation process are actively supporting the practical implementation of the action plan. The “Health Network for All (für alle) – pour tous – per tutti” serves as a shared vision of sustainable outpatient primary care for all stakeholders.
For a detailed overview, please refer to the full action plan.
Presentation of first results
At the beginning of May, Sophie K. Brandt presented the first results of the online survey among health professionals at the Drei-Länder-Tagung des VFWG – Fachtagung für Gesundheitsberufe and the Swiss Nursing Congress 2022.
More research on population preferences regarding future healthcare
With the monitor Data Society and Solidarity, the Sanitas Health Insurance Foundation commissions a survey every year that examines the lives and behaviour of people in Switzerland in the context of digitalisation. Similar to the Health2040 project, questions about solidarity and the use of health data are also addressed. More information can be found here.
Online articles about Obsan Report
Our Obsan Report has been met with widespread interest. Several institutions have reported on the Obsan Report online. For example, the Sprectra of the FOPH, medinside, praktischArzt and the University of Lucerne.
Obsan Report on attitudes and preferences of the population published
The results of the population survey are published in a report issued by the Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan). The report is intended to help the Federal Government, the cantons and other institutions in the Swiss health system to take the attitudes and preferences of the population into account in their planning, decision-making and actions.
Research stay at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam
Starting in September, Zora Föhn will spend a research stay with Prof. Dr. Esther de Bekker-Grob at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Esther de Bekker-Grob is Professor of Health Economics and Health Preferences at the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management. The research stay is funded by a mobility grant from the Graduate Academy of the University of Lucerne.
Scientific outreach
Zora Föhn and Sophie K. Brandt presented their research work at the Swiss Public Health Conference on 25th and 26th August 2021 in Bern.
More information about the conference can be found here.
"We are currently very well positioned": Local newspaper reports on master's thesis
The local newspaper Frutigländer reports on the results of Joana Tanner's master's thesis and what opportunities are available to the municipality of Adelboden to meet the future challenges in the health sector.
The article, published in German, can be accessed here (Copyright: Frutigländer).
3rd December 2020
Sophie K. Brandt wins PhD-Grant 2020 awarded by the Foundation for Physiotherapy Science
The Foundation for Physiotherapy Science awarded Sophie K. Brandt its research award for her PhD project. The Foundation Board was particularly impressed by the relevance of the topic to professional policy, the interprofessional aspects, and the methodological quality of the research project. Sophie K. Brandt and the entire Health2040 team would like to thank the Foundation for the appreciation of their research work.
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2nd International CNHW Conference 2021
Effective measures to keep our treasures – How to care for health professionals and family caregivers
On the 29th and 30th of April 2021, the Competence Network Health Workforce (CNHW) of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences in Health, will host its 2nd International Conference. Due to Covid-19 the conference will take place online.
25th September 2020
"Health concerns us all": Local newspaper reports on master's thesis
The local newspaper Frutigländer reports on Joana Tanner's ongoing master's thesis, taking up not only on current challenges in the healthcare sector but also on the situation in the municipality of Adelboden.
The article, published in German, can be accessed here (Copyright: Frutigländer).