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24 July 2025
Finalists announced for IHF Awards 2025
The International Hospital Federation (IHF) has announced the finalists of the IHF Awards 2025 after the judges completed scoring entries in all 8 Award categories.
In 2025, the IHF Awards programme received more than 700 entries from hospitals and healthcare organizations from 38 countries and territories. With an eighth category added to the line-up for entries this year, 81 finalists were shortlisted to contest the following Awards:
- Dr Kwang Tae Kim Grand Hospital Award – recognizing hospitals that excelled in the five dimensions of healthcare delivery: quality and safety, patient experience, cost efficiency, workforce wellbeing, and health equity and access.
- Dr Prathap C Reddy Excellence Award for Clinical Quality and Patient Safety – honouring hospitals for their innovative and exemplary projects or programmes in enhancing clinical quality and patient safety.
- American Hospital Association Excellence Award for Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing – recognizing excellence or outstanding achievements in ensuring the wellbeing and sustainability of healthcare workers.
- Mastercard Award for Hospital Operational Excellence – acknowledging notable and measurable success in operational outcomes and efficiencies through projects, programmes, or services.
- American College of Healthcare Executives Excellence Award for Leadership and Management – honouring excellence or outstanding leadership and management in hospitals or healthcare organizations.
- Ashikaga-Nikken Excellence Award for Low-Carbon Healthcare – recognizing impactful approaches to promoting sustainable healthcare, reducing carbon emissions, enhancing environmental responsibility, and contributing positively to the wellbeing of patients, staff and community.
- Seddiqi Holding Excellence Award for Social and Environmental Responsibility – acknowledging excellence or outstanding achievements in advancing corporate social responsibility.
- Geneva Sustainability Centre Excellence Award for Hospital Sustainability Acceleration – a new Award for 2025 – distinguishing hospitals that demonstrate exemplary improvements in sustainability strategies, actions, and reporting using insights and guidance from the Sustainability Accelerator Tool (SAT).
In each category, winners of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards, as well as honourable mentions, will be selected from the finalists.
Read the full press release here.
Countdown to the World Hospital Congress in Geneva
The IHF Awards 2025 winners will be honoured at a special Awards Gala Reception on Wednesday, 12 November, during the 48th World Hospital Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the IHF Awards will bring together more than 300 hospital and healthcare executives from around the world to recognize and applaud exceptional achievements in healthcare leadership and innovation.
To mark this milestone, the gala will adopt a refreshed and more dynamic format, offering guests a lively and interactive reception that showcases the best of Swiss culture.