Contributions around the world of medicine

Having a say or merely having a voice? Involved or simply ‘consulted’? Hardly anyone has anything against participation – especially in the healthcare sector, where, as is well known, patients take centre stage. And yet it is often difficult to truly live up to the expectation of participation. Why is that? What approaches to genuine participation exist, and what do they entail? And which successful models from abroad could inspire Switzerland, so that patient involvement becomes the norm here too?

A podcast episode all about design. But not design for design's sake - but design that creates real added value for patients, people in need of care, relatives and professionals in health and care facilities.

The precise observation of human gait not only enables more precise diagnoses and a measurement of the progress of therapy for depression, but also has potential for therapy. A conversation about what the human gait reveals about our innermost being.

Climate change and health - Healthcare and climate change: the connections are far more diverse than they often seem.

In twelve months of Morgen:Rapport, we have spoken to our guests about numerous projects that they have designed, trialled and implemented with a pioneering spirit and innovative strength.

How the "Kultour Initiative" succeeds in strengthening working relationships and promoting psychological safety.

Integrated care is one of those things: Although (almost) everyone agrees that it is necessary, it is not really making progress in Switzerland. Why is that?

The latest episode of our podcast "Morgen:Rapport" is all about innovation in the healthcare sector. The episode was recorded live in front of an audience in a yurt in the park on Zollikerberg. Despite the rain pelting down on the roof, we had an inspiring discussion with our guests Josephine Ritzel and Lui Unterassner from the Health Innovation Hub at the University Hospital Zurich. The interview was conducted by Jean-Daniel Strub, ethicist at Gesundheitswelt Zollikerberg.

In this episode of the Morgen:Rapport podcast, Eliane Pfister Lipp discusses the results of the National Research Programme 74 (Smarter Health Care) with Milo Puhan, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Zurich and head of the programme. The programme brings together 34 practice-oriented research projects dealing with the future of healthcare in Switzerland. The final report was published last year.