There were three main categories – Health, Education, and Research – as well as the Managing Director’s Award, the Star of Excellence Award, and the Rising Star Award.
The awards programme was established in 2010 to acknowledge employees’ commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare services and to recognise the outstanding achievements of staff.
“Since Stars of Excellence began in 2010, the HMC has transformed dramatically,” said HE Dr al-Kuwari. “Stars of Excellence highlights our commitment to the Qatar National Vision 2030 in fostering a skilled and motivated workforce; this in turn has an ongoing ripple effect to improve patient centred care, resulting in a healthy population both physically and mentally.”
“This year’s nominations have included many projects related to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,” she said.
“For three years, our healthcare teams worked tirelessly to support Qatar’s strategies for these national priorities,” the minister added. “Thanks to the commitment and expertise of our healthcare staff, working alongside colleagues from the healthcare sector and across government, Qatar was able to implement a comprehensive strategy to protect the population from Covid-19 and to host a safe, healthy and incredibly successful FIFA World Cup, in addition to successfully hosting many other major events in the country.”
“What makes me especially proud is that despite the enormous demand and pressure from Covid-19 and the FIFA World Cup, our dedicated healthcare teams made enormous progress across a wide range of areas to improve the quality of care delivered to our patients,” HE Dr al-Kuwari said.
Nasser al-Naimi, HMC’s chief of Patient Experience, said: “Stars of Excellence 2024 received a record number of project nominations and the standard this year has been truly exceptional. Tonight’s programme highlighted the shortlisted projects, yet there are countless more projects that also deserve to be recogniszed and appreciated.”
A total of 28 awards were given to the winning project teams, including the Managing Director’s Award, the Star of Excellence Award, the Rising Star Award, and two Awards of Merit.
This year’s winning project of the Managing Director’s Award was “Novel Clinical Practices for Covid-19 Critical Care Management”, which also won a Star of Excellence Award within the Health category.
The project focused on the implementation of clinical practice modifications to ensure a low mortality rate.
- Stars of Excellence 2024 Winners
* Health Category:
* Quality and Patient Safety: Qatar’s Age Friendly Health System Movement
* Patient Experience: Enhancing Patient Care and Accessibility through the Urgent Consultation Centre
* Clinical Practice: Novel Clinical Practices for Covid-19 Critical Care Management
* Operational Performance: Clinical Information Systems (CIS)
* Technology Refresh and Code Upgrade and Collaborative Achievement: Achieving Excellence with Teamwork
* Education Category: Protecting Breastfeeding for the High-Risk Infant
* Research Category: HMC National Covid-19 Research Collaboration.
