9th Annual Titanium Awards – celebrating excellence in Healthcare

2024 Call for entries!

 

As health systems continue to evolve and adapt to the health needs of the 21st century patient, BHF recognises the need to celebrate individuals and organisations who have made significant contributions to solving the many emerging challenges.

We are looking for outstanding individuals, healthcare professionals, and organisations in the public and private healthcare sectors who have made a real difference by creating access to affordable quality health services, driving patient centricity, and promoting sustainable healthcare. We invite you to submit your nominations on or before February 21, 2024.

Awards Ceremony

Mark your calendars the 9th Annual Titanium Awards Ceremony will take place on 6th May, 2024, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

 

 

About the Titanium Awards

Hosted by the BHF, these prestigious Awards celebrate excellence in the healthcare industry,  by recognising outstanding achievements within the healthcare industry. It honours healthcare professionals, institutions, and initiatives that demonstrate exceptional commitment to patient care, innovative practices, and overall contributions to the advancement of medical technology. By highlighting and awarding these outstanding contributions, we continue to foster a culture that strives for higher standards of quality care.

 

Awards Category:
CATEGORY 1

1.    Titanium Award for Excellence in Creating Access to Quality Healthcare

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.
CATEGORY 2

2.     Titanium Award for Best Integrated Report: Health Funders/Medical Schemes

King IV principle 5 or other relevant governance criteria:

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 progress on Sustainable

Development Goals (SDG) elements, including access to essential healthcare services (Section 27/28 Constitutional mandate), impact on health status, healthcare quality and customer satisfaction, as well as amongst others its carbon footprint.

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 funding 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.
CATEGORY 3
 

3.     Titanium Award for Best Integrated Report: Corporates in Healthcare (New Category)

King IV principle 5 or other relevant governance criteria:

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 progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) elements, including access to essential healthcare services (Section 27/28 Constitutional mandate), impact on health status, healthcare quality and customer satisfaction, as well as amongst others its carbon footprint.

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 funding 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).
CATEGORY 4

4.     Dr Clarence Mini Titanium Award for Young Achiever

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.

 
CATEGORY 5

5.     Titanium Award for Service to Membership: Open, Closed & Self-administered Medical Schemes, Administrators and Managed Care Organisations

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.

 

 

The Awards seek to:

1) Recognise and celebrate businesses that deliver superior service to their customers and members in the public and private sector
2) Demonstrate best practice and knowledge sharing
3) Recognise application of best practise in action:

  1. a) Well rounded
  2. b) Sustainable
  3. c) Holistic and Responsible

4) Promote partnerships between the public and private sector
5) Provide a unique platform to network and collaborate

Who can enter the awards?

Entries are open to all individuals, healthcare professionals and organisations in the public and private sectors, who are actively involved in driving change by creating affordable, accessible and sustainable healthcare throughout the region.

− Medical schemes
− Administrators
− Pharmaceutical companies
− Managed care companies
− SMMEs
− Healthcare Professionals
− Non-profit organisations
− Government agencies
− CSI programmes
− Corporates in Healthcare

Terms and Conditions for participation in the awards:

a. The awards are open to any organisation in healthcare.

b. Organisations throughout the Africa region may enter in any category relevant to them.

c. All applications need to be supported by relevant documentation.

d. The judges reserve the right to cancel any category due to insufficient entries or for any other reason, and the decision of the judging panel is final. All results will be audited by an external accredited auditing firm approved by the BHF. The decision of the judges will be final and binding, and no correspondence in this regard will be entered into.

e. Entries will be published in an industry-specific magazine after the 2024 BHF annual conference.

f. With the exception of confidential information, the information received by the organisers may be submitted in its entirety to the publisher of any industry-specific magazine for inclusion in that publication and entrants should be mindful of submitting information that might be sensitive or confidential, as it will appear in the public domain. Please specify if any element of information submitted remains confidential.

g. Entrants are reminded that the information they submit will be accepted verbatim by the publishers and should therefore be checked and approved by all participants prior to submission.

h. Entrants should be aware that their information will undergo an editing process, necessary to ensure that both entrants and category winners can be featured in published material and multimedia applications.

i. All submissions must be sent via email/WeTransfer. All photographs/videos must be labelled and titled.

j. Entries must be submitted on or before the final day for submissions – 21 February 2024.

k. Winners will be announced at the awards gala banquet on 6 May 2024 at the CTICC.

l. Should your organisation be shortlisted, please note that a fee is applicable to attend the awards ceremony or your organisation should be registered to attend the conference.

m. Should you wish to attend the awards ceremony please note all nominees are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs.

n. Please note that the awards video to be used on the night of the awards, will include a brief introduction of the key highlights from your entry.

o. The BHF reserves the right to cancel or postpone the awards gala banquet or change the venue for any unavoidable reason. All changes will be communicated effectively.

p. There are no fees payable for entry.

Should you need assistance with the awards please email:

Titanium Awards Team:
Tel: 011 537 0284
Camille Shamburg: 072 849 8254
Email : admin@titaniumawards.org