About QI Awards
The ACHS International QI Awards acknowledge healthcare organisations that achieve excellence and innovation in clinical care, organisation-wide practice, sustainability, service delivery and performance measurement. The QI Awards provide ACHSI program members with the opportunity to share patient-focused innovation and communicate their quality improvement achievements.
There are three (3) QI Award categories:
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety
The Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Award recognises innovation and demonstrated quality improvement in the delivery of safe, effective consumer / patient care. This award typically acknowledges the exceptional contribution of teams or individuals who show commitment to achieving the delivery of high-quality care and/or innovation to patients and to the continuous improvement of healthcare.
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
- Improving Preterm Infant Care through Early and Continuous Kangaroo Mother Care in Neonates ≥30 Weeks at Hung Vuong Hospital
- Integrated modern hybrid healthcare model – to achieve access to primary care and evidence-based healthcare services
- The implementation of a system to better manage dialysis access
Sustainable Healthcare and Service Delivery
*This category was previously named ‘Non-Clinical Service Delivery’.
The Sustainable Healthcare and Service Delivery Award acknowledges a demonstrated outcome in both clinical and non-clinical service delivery, improvement and innovation in sustainable healthcare and environmental sustainability. It also recognises demonstrated outcomes in non-clinical service delivery, improvement and innovation to patient / consumer services and organisation-wide practice including services provided by community and allied health.
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
- Sustainable Healthcare: Integrating Innovation, Care, and Environmental Responsibility
- Harnessing Byproduct Water: Advancing Sustainable Water Management in Local Community
- Paediatric Dental Pretend Play – An Innovative approach for reducing children’s anxiety toward dental appointments
Healthcare Measurement
This category recognises organisations which have measured an aspect of clinical management and/or outcome of care, taken appropriate action in response to that measurement, and demonstrated improved consumer / patient care and organisational performance upon further measurement. Healthcare measurement can include data collected from the ACHSI Clinical Indicator program or other methods of monitoring consumer / patient care processes or outcomes. Both quantitative and qualitative data can be used, however this category must describe the initial measurement, the analysis of that measurement, the action(s) implemented, and the improved measurement(s)..
Previous winning submissions in this category have included:
- Improving Safety, Quality and Efficiency of Care Through Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS)
- Incidence of Metabolic bone Disease after implementation of Bone Protective Nutritional Strategies – a prospective cohort study
- Taking staff influenza vaccination rates to a record level
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Who is eligible to enter?
- Entry is open to all current Members of the ACHS International.
- The ACHSI QI Awards are open to private and public organisations, large and small healthcare facilities internationally.
- Projects that have been entered in other awards are eligible to be entered in the ACHSI QI Awards 2026.
- Your application MUST relate to a quality improvement activity that has been implemented within the last two (2) years, at your organisation.
- All entrants agree to the publication and distribution of their submission(s) by ACHSI.
Submissions close on Friday 4 September 2026 at 11.59pm AEST (GMT+10:00)
Take inspiration from previous QI Awards winners
QI AWARDS WINNER 2025
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
Hung Vuong Hospital
VIETNAM
Improving Preterm Infant Care through Early and Continuous Kangaroo Mother Care in Neonates ≥30 Weeks at Hung Vuong Hospital
QI AWARDS WINNER 2025
Sustainable Healthcare and Service Delivery Category
Sunway Medical Centre
MALAYSIA
Sustainable Healthcare: Integrating Innovation, Care, and Environmental Responsibility
QI AWARDS WINNER 2025
Healthcare Measurement Category
Mouwasat Hospital Jubail
SAUDI ARABIA
Improving Safety, Quality and Efficiency of Care Through the Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS)
QI AWARDS WINNER 2024
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
Island Hospital
MALAYSIA
Advancing Patient-Centred Care through Tattooless Radiotherapy A Quality Improvement Project Innovative Practice
QI AWARDS WINNER 2024
Non-Clinical Service Delivery Category
Mouwasat Hospital Riyadh
SAUDI ARABIA
Enhancing Patient Engagement in Dialysis Unit
QI AWARDS WINNER 2024
Healthcare Measurement Category
KIMS Healthcare Management Limited
INDIA
Prediction of Pre-eclampsia at 18-24 weeks of gestation using maternal Ophthalmic artery Doppler - A prospective observational study
QI AWARDS WINNER 2023
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
Hoan My Sai Gon Hospital,
Vietnam
Optimising Operational Efficiencies Through Implementation of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Automation System Solution
QI AWARDS WINNER 2023
Non-Clinical Service Delivery Category
Hoan My Thu Duc International Hospital,
Vietnam
Effective Change Management Program on Infectious Waste and Segregation in Hoan My Thu Duc Hospital in Year 2022-23
QI AWARDS WINNER 2023
Healthcare Measurement Category
Saudi German Health,
Saudi Arabia
Measuring Up: How to Implement a Data-Driven Value Based Care Program
QI AWARDS WINNER 2022
Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Category
Nahdi Care Clinics – Omni Health (Nahdi Medical Co.)
Saudi Arabia
Integrated modern hybrid healthcare model - to achieve access to primary healthcare and evidence-based healthcare services
QI AWARDS WINNER 2022
Non-Clinical Service Delivery Category
Appolonia World (Appolonia Dentistry for Children)
UAE
Paediatric Dental Pretend Play - An Innovative Approach for Reducing Children's Anxiety Toward Dental Appointments
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QI AWARDS WINNER 2022
Healthcare Measurement Category
KIMS Health Trivandrum (KIMS Healthcare Management Ltd.), Kerala
India
Incidence of Metabolic Bone Disease after implementation of Bone Protective Nutritional Strategies – a prospective cohort study
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Information on past QI Awards winners, highly commended and all other submissions can be found in the Quality Initiatives publication.