SPX Awards 2027
Gain recognition for your Patient Experience iniatives!
Shared Patient eXperience brings together international organisations, healthcare institutions and companies committed to improving and sharing patient experience.
The SPX Awards 2027 will recognise outstanding initiatives that contribute to advancing patient experience across health systems. Further details on submissions and participation will be shared soon.
Save the date: the SPX Awards 2027 ceremony will take place on 15 April 2027, hosted by Institution Genevoise de Maintien à Domicile (IMAD) in Switzerland.
CALENDAR
PHASE 0 | Preparation of the next edition
- 5 May 2026: Session to capture learnings from the 2026 edition
PHASE 1 | Call for Projects
- 9 June 2026: Release call for projects form
- 17 November 2026: Final submission deadline.
PHASE 2 | Preselection and Public Vote
- January 2027: An initial jury will shortlist a selection of initiatives. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted shortly afterwards and will have one month to produce a one-minute video presenting their initiative.
- March 2027: Public Vote. During this phase, videos of shortlisted initiatives will be made public on SPX’s website along with a voting form. Finalists are encouraged to share their video as much as possible as the initiative that receives the most votes will win the ‘Public Vote’ prize.
PHASE 3 | Final Selection and Winners’ Announcement
- April 2027: The final selection will be made by a second jury composed of professionals from different countries, who will follow a structured evaluation grid taking into account aspects such as pragmatism, interdisciplinarity, openness to cultural change, ease of adoption, managerial support, and the measurement of results. The winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony.
- 15 April 2027: Announcement of the winners at the awards ceremony to be held in Switzerland hosted by IMAD.
CALENDAR
PHASE 1 | Call for Projects
- 15 December 2025: Final submission deadline.
PHASE 2 | Preselection and Public Vote
- January 2026: A first jury will shortlist a total of 12 initiatives maximum, 4 per category (see rules for selection criteria). Shortlisted candidates will be contacted shortly after and given instructions to produce a video about their initiative.
- 11 to 23 March 2026: Public Vote. During this phase, videos of shortlisted initiatives will be made public on SPX’s website along with a voting form. Finalists are encouraged to share their video as much as possible as the initiative that receives the most votes will win the ‘Public Vote’ prize.
PHASE 3 | Final Selection and Winners’ Announcement
- April 2026: The final selection will be made by a second jury composed of professionals, who will follow a strict selection grid that takes into account certain aspects such as pragmatism, interdisciplinarity, openness to cultural change, ease of adoption and managerial support, openness to cultural change, ease of adoption and managerial support. The winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony.
- 16 April 2026: Announcement of the winners at the awards ceremony to be held in Paris (France).
HOW TO ENTER
1. Verifiy if your project is eligible for the SPX Awards 2026.
To be eligible your initiative must be underway or in an active deployment phase in the year of the Awards and meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Demonstrate that patients’ expectations were identified upstream.
- Involve patients in the co-construction of solutions.
- Include patients in defining the criteria for measuring results.
2. Fill in the submission form before 15 December 2025 (end of the day).
PRIZES
4 WINNERS PRIZES
A total of 4 winners prizes will be awarded for the SPX Awards 2026: one prize per category as as well as an additional prize for the initiative, among the non-winning finalists, that receives the most votes during the Public Vote phase. The 4 winners will be awarded the following prizes:
- Personalized trophy.
- Speaker at an SPX Talk.
- Featured on the SPX HUB page of the SPX website.
- Featured in the “SPX Awards Guide.”
- Institutions already members of SPX: 50% reduction on 2027 institutional membership.
- Non-member healthcare institutions:
- If the institution wishes to become an SPX institutional member: free membership for the current year (2026) + 50% reduction on 2027 membership.
- If the institution does not wish to become a member: 50% reduction for up to 4 registrations at the SPX International Colloquium 2026. For additional registrations, a 15% reduction will apply.
- Other organizations: 50% reduction for up to 4 registrations at the SPX International Colloquium 2026. For additional registrations, a 15% reduction will apply.
- Broad communication via social media and SPX activities.
The 8 finalists who haven’t won will also be awarded the following prizes:
- Featured on the SPX HUB page of the SPX website.
- Featured in the “SPX Awards Guide.”
- Institutions already members of SPX: 20% reduction on 2027 institutional membership.
- Non-member healthcare institutions:
- If the institution wishes to become an SPX institutional member: free membership for the current year (2026) + 20% reduction on 2027 membership.
- If the institution does not wish to become a member: 50% reduction for up to 2 registrations at the SPX International Colloquium 2026. For additional registrations, a 15% reduction will apply.
- Other organizations: 50% reduction for up to 2 registrations at the 2026 SPX International Colloquium 2026. For additional registrations, a 15% reduction will apply.
- Broad communication via social media and SPX activities.
JURY MEMBERS
Akiki, Alain, Hôpital Riviera Chablais, SWITZERLAND
Bass-Hagenmuller, Nathalie, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, FRANCE
De Court, Dieter, BELGIUM
Dereppe, Grégory, CHN William Lennox, BELGIUM
Jung, Edith, Rehazenter, LUXEMBOURG
Marcorelles, Bertrand, FRANCE
Nicolás-Boluda, Alba, One Clinic, FRANCE
Patricio, Rui, University of Aveiro, PORTUGAL
Peters, Edgard, Fédération Aide et Soins à Domicile, BELGIUM
Sant, Anna, Fundació Assistencial Mútua Terrassa, SPAIN
Semay, Bertrand, Clinique Mutualiste Saint-Etienne, FRANCE
Valette, Julie, Hôpital Saint-Joseph & Marie-Lannelongue, FRANCE
Van De Gucht, Véronique, Clinique Saint-Jean, BELGIUM
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