About the Titanium Awards

This award seeks to honour organisations driving programmes, initiatives and campaigns that create access to healthcare for the health citizen. Embracing universal health coverage (UHC) is a key strategic imperative in today’s healthcare environment; organisations should demonstrate how they are monitoring, implementing or contributing towards UHC principles. The award is open to all organisations and individuals in the healthcare sector, including medical schemes, administrators, pharmaceutical companies, managed care companies, small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) in healthcare, healthcare professionals, and non-profit and government agencies, including CSI programmes.

To submit an entry, organisations must meet the criteria below and include a motivation. The winning entry will be selected by an approved panel of judges.

King IV: The governing body should ensure that reports issued by the organisation enable stakeholders to make informed assessments of the organisation’s performance and its short-, medium- and long-term prospects.

Organisations are an integral part of society and the environment. Stakeholders want to know more about an organisation than its financials, e.g. its strategy, competitive position, empowerment endeavours, sustainability (broad definition) and SDG elements, including access to essential services (Constitutional mandate), impact on health status, healthcare quality and customer satisfaction, as well as other components like the organisation’s carbon footprint. Emphasis is placed on the value added by the organisation to stakeholders.

While the development of the integrated report is a moving target and may be a work in progress for all organisations, it reflects the level of governance and progress made in respect of the various elements of the operating environment.

This award seeks to recognise the organisation for the progress made, completeness, conciseness and usability of the report by stakeholders.

Who is eligible?

• Any BHF member who is a health funder.

King IV: The governing body should ensure that reports issued by the organisation enable stakeholders to make informed assessments of the organisation’s performance and its short-, medium- and long-term prospects.

Organisations are an integral part of society and the environment. Stakeholders want to know more about an organisation than its financials, e.g. its strategy, competitive position, empowerment endeavours, sustainability (broad definition) and SDG elements, including access to essential services (Constitutional mandate), impact on health status, healthcare quality and customer satisfaction, as well as other components like the organisation’s carbon footprint. Emphasis is placed on the value added by the organisation to stakeholders.

While the development of the integrated report is a moving target and may be a work in progress for all organisations, it reflects the level of governance and progress made in respect of the various elements of the operating environment.

This award seeks to recognise the organisation for the progress made, completeness, conciseness and usability of the report by stakeholders.

Who is eligible?

• Open to all organisations involved directly in healthcare (and not a health funder).

This award celebrates young professionals who have made a notable impact on the healthcare industry. It seeks to promote effective succession within the sector to sustain the future of the medical profession.

For entry, organisations or individuals (peer recommended) must submit nominations of young achievers. Self-nominations are not allowed. All submissions must include a motivation. The winner will be selected by an approved panel of judges and he or she must be available to represent the healthcare sector at the upcoming international conference. See terms and conditions regarding attendance.

This award recognises and rewards medical schemes (open, restricted and self-administered), administrators and managed care organisations providing the best service to their members. It celebrates industry excellence and unprecedented contributions to members in respect of providing value for money.

Embracing UHC is a key strategic imperative in today’s healthcare environment; the organisation should demonstrate how they are monitoring, implementing or contributing progress towards UHC elements.

To submit an entry, organisations must submit nominations together with a motivation. The winning scheme, administrator or managed care entity will be selected by an approved panel of judges.

1. Breakthrough Innovation.

2. Transformational Innovation.

The National Library of Medicines defines innovation as:

• Invention plus adoption plus diffusion.

• It can be a brand-new concept, item, service, or method of care in the healthcare industry

• Two essential characteristics are desirability and usability

• How can successful ideas spread throughout healthcare and efficiently be embraced as best practices?