The award recognises implemented healthcare concepts focused on patients’ needs and interests.

The Christoph Lohfert Stiftung (Christoph Lohfert Foundation) promotes quality and transparency in medical care in Germany.

The annual Lohfert Prize (Lohfert-Preis) honours proven and sustainable concepts focused on patients, particularly in inpatient care. The award is intended for approaches that improve the quality of healthcare delivery by addressing patients’ interests.

In 2027, the theme is ‘Putting People at the Heart of Medicine: How Can Patient-Centered Care Succeed Amid the Transformation of the Healthcare System?’. The foundation is seeking projects that consistently design healthcare delivery from the patients’ perspective. Submitted concepts must already have been implemented.

Eligible projects must introduce fundamentally new approaches and provide impetus for quality improvement. Implementation or introduction must have started at least six months before the application is submitted. Measures and tools should be practice-oriented, while their benefits must be verifiable, measurable and transferable. Benefits that have already been demonstrated or evaluated are preferred.

Individuals working in healthcare in German-speaking countries can apply. Eligible applicants include hospitals, healthcare facilities, non-profit companies and start-ups.

The prize is worth €20,000.