10 March reached Erik Gerritsen (secretary general, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) on behalf of the Institute of Brilliant Failures for the third time the Brilliant Failures Award Healthcare from. The professional jury and the public chose the winner”New care trajectory without patients due to lack of referral" from 8 nominated cases. A special trajectory for somatically unexplained physical complaints (MUPS), devised to relieve GPs and hospitals, did not get off the ground because GPs found it difficult to refer patients with unexplained complaints. The result was a new care trajectory without patients.
Second place went to “Well cured not insured”: Patients found a new one themselves, foreign treatment against the effects of Lyme, but did not have the means and possibilities to go through the official way (evidence-based) also to convince the health insurer.
And third place went to the digitization project of “Hotline to Home" from 2005, to keep patients in touch with the home front via image connection. All parties involved were enthusiastic except the patients themselves. They preferred a few scarce live moments than image bubbles. A very topical project that was a decade ahead of its time.
Failures in the world of research and innovation are often surrounded by embarrassment. Unfairly, because a failing project is not always the result of thoughtless thinking and acting. Moreover: research that yields something very different from what was expected, can still be very valuable. In addition, the mistakes made often show how a project can be improved. In short: failures are a rich source of inspiration. If parties in healthcare are honest about their 'mistakes' and share their experiences, the learning capacity in the sector receives a strong impulse.
This year's jury consisted of: Cathy van Beek (Board of Directors, UMC St. Radboud, ); Bas Bloem (Medical director, ParC); Paul iske (Institute for Brilliant Failures); Henk J. Blacksmith (director ZonMw), Edwin Bas (Care GfK) and Jeroen Kemperman (Zilveren Kruis).
With the presentation of the Award, the Institute for Brilliant Failures, in collaboration with ZonMw and partners in the sector, wants to contribute to innovation within the sector.. With this festive event and attention to the 8 nominated cases, it certainly succeeded!
From Brilliant Failures Award Healthcare 2016 is an initiative of the Institute of Brilliant Failures. Partners in the award are: SunMw, Heart Foundation, the Heart & Barrel group, Zilveren Kruis, Tata, GFK at ABN AMRO. Ambassador is Erik Gerritsen, Secretary General at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
