Major Updates for the 2026 Edition
The Hippocrate Award is strengthening its role as a catalyst for initiatives demonstrating real potential to improve quality, efficiency, the patient experience, and health outcomes.
Key areas of focus include:
- A particular emphasis on the relevance of the innovation
- A focus on value and outcome measures (before/after)
- Explicit consideration of system complexity and user experience
- A particular sensitivity to the integration of pathways, practices, and networks
- A close look at solutions that promote fluidity, quality, and value creation through system intelligence and operational excellence
- Priority given to models that balance innovation, performance, and the humanization of care
- Consideration of new work realities, the integration of new professional practices, and measures to help the workforce acquire new skills
- Integrated research for earlier impact
- Highlighting initiatives led by teams whose innovation transcends borders and generates a concrete transfer of knowledge and practices
- Promotion of proven international solutions with high added value for Quebec
- Promoting our innovative local talent on the international stage
2026 Awards and Categories
Population Health and Integrated Care Pathways
- Innovation Award – Integrated Prevention and Sustainable Health
- Jean-Paul Marsan Innovation Award – Transformation of Complex Care Pathways and Value Creation in Healthcare
Human-centered care and healthcare transformation
- Innovation Award – Focus on People and Quality
System Intelligence and Operational Excellence
- Innovation Award – Artificial Intelligence
- Innovation Award – Digital Transformation
- Innovation Award – Logistics and Supply Chain
- Innovation Award – Technologies and System Performance
Integrated Research and Accelerated Impact
- Innovation Award – Translational Research
Human Leadership and Emerging Skills
- Innovation Award – Next Generation and Emerging Talent
- Innovation Award – Adaptive Workforce and Transformation of Skills and Practices
Quebec Leadership on the Global Stage
- Innovation Award – International Reach and Value Transfer
International Solutions with Local Impact
- Innovation Award: International Solutions, Local Implementation
