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Quality in Healthcare innovation field

Our research targets data-driven quality development in healthcare. We pay particular attention to measurement and evaluation methods with the aim of enabling informed decisions.

“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm” (Florence Nightingale, 1863).

This inspiring quote guides us in our research as we aim to contribute towards preventing harm and the associated costs in healthcare. We therefore work with a range of national and international partners to develop methods for generating data on the quality of care in different settings and make it usable for different stakeholders. This creates bases that show the potential for quality development in healthcare and nursing, thus enabling informed decision-making for patients and professionals.

Research topics

Our research focuses on five different topic areas:

  • Quality measurement in the healthcare sector
  • Risk adjustment for fair quality comparisons
  • Suitably communicating quality data results to the target group
  • Data-driven quality development and evaluation
  • Evidence-based, informed decision-making

Projects

  • Quality indicators falls and pressure injuries – measurement with routine data

    On behalf of ANQ, BUAS is investigating whether and how the data available in the electronic documentation systems of hospitals can be made usable for national nursing quality measurements.

    • Institute Nursing
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Silvia Thomann

  • EQK Patient Organisations

    The project examines the needs and requirements of patient organisations with regard to strengthening the involvement of patients, their families and the society in the Swiss health care system.

    • Institute Nursing
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Caroline Daniela Gurtner-Zürcher

  • SERO – Suicide Prevention Uniformly Regionally Organised

    Over 700,000 people worldwide take their own lives every year. In a bid to reduce suicides and suicide attempts, Lucerne Psychiatry launched the SERO project in collaboration with Health Promotion...

    • Institute Institute for Patient-centered Digital Health (PCDH)
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Caroline Daniela Gurtner-Zürcher

  • Nationale Prävalenzmessung Sturz und Dekubitus 2022

    Die BFH organisiert die nationale Prävalenzmessung Sturz und Dekubitus, d. h. die Messkoordination und die nationale spitalvergleichende Datenanalyse, zwecks Veröffentlichung dieser Qualitätsdaten durch ANQ.

    • Institute Nursing
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Niklaus Stefan Bernet

  • Qevaluation 2024

    In 2024, the BFH is again commissioned by H+ to conduct an independent evaluation of the improvement in the quality of care provided by healthcare providers.

    • Institute Nursing
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Silvia Thomann
      Niklaus Stefan Bernet

  • Re-Duct

    Restraint reduction in acute hospital care by preventive patient involvement.

    • Institute Nursing
      Academic-Practice-Partnership Insel Gruppe/ BFH
    • Research unit Innovation in the Field of Quality in the Health Sector
    • Head of project Silvia Thomann

    • Partnerships

    Publications