International Hospital Federation

03/11/2026

At this year's Congress two weeks ago in Seoul, the 𝗶-𝘁𝗼-𝗶 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗯 brought together 22 innovator finalists who showcased how they are using AI and other technology to change hospital care.

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩-𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨:
🏅 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗞𝘄𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗴 for Augmented Intelligence in Infectious Diseases
🏅 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗮 for NUH Virtual Rehabilitation Centre
🏅 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸𝗵𝗼𝘃 for ThinkRare: Harnessing AI for Early Identification of Rare Genetic Diseases

During three sessions of Innovation Ignite talks, delegates also had the opportunity to vote for their favourite innovation from each session.

Find out more here:
👏 https://ihf-fih.org/news-insights/innovation-ignite-talks-2026-top-innovations-and-audience-favourites/

22/10/2026

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝟓 𝐧𝐞𝐰 (𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐇𝐅 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥. We're thrilled to have you on board, steering the IHF to deliver its mission. 🤝

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 – your contributions have been invaluable. 👏

22/10/2026

𝐀 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐥! 🤝

Your participation brought valuable innovations, ideas, and solutions to the Congress, creating opportunities for healthcare leaders from around the world to connect, exchange knowledge, and explore new possibilities for the future of healthcare.

Thank you for being part of and contributing to a meaningful experience for our global healthcare community! 👏

21/10/2026

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭!

Healthcare leaders from around the world came together and explored the question: 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙄 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙮?

The session dived into how hospitals can move from experimentation to meaningful, measurable impact, uncovering where AI is genuinely delivering value across health systems today.

Thank you to our chair and speakers 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻-𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗲, and everyone who joined in!

See you tomorrow for Plenary 3!

21/10/2026

🔖 𝗜𝗛𝗙 𝗬𝗘𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Health systems have traditionally been designed to respond to illness once patients enter formal care, yet many determinants of health operate much earlier.

Drawing on perspectives from India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, this article explores the “𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐚𝐩” 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

Through four case studies focusing on cervical cancer prevention, diabetes care, timely access to specialist expertise, and chronic disease prevention in an ageing population, the authors examine different faces of this gap and the approaches being used to address them.

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥:
🔗 https://ihf-fih.org/news-insights/improving-access-closing-the-upstream-gap/

Authors: Abdulelah Alshammari (Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia), Dr Benjamin Lee (NGH Health, Singapore), Deyaa Mukhtar (King Abdulaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia), Irene Khalibwa Okang’a (Avenue Healthcare, Kenya), Anjana Sudheesan Puzhekadavil (Apollo Adlux Hospital, India). Reviewers: Dr Abel Geor...

20/10/2026

is officiall open! 1,700 healthcare and hospital leaders from about 80 countries and territories in Seoul.

20/10/2026

📢 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! With thanks to our esteemed guest H.E. Hyung-hoon Lee, Vice Minister, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, and to Dr Wang-Jun Lee, WHC2026 Chairperson; Vice President, Korean Hospital Association; President-Designate, IHF, Republic of Korea, Dr Henry Gallardo, IHF President, and Director General of Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia, and Dr Kyung-Ha Ryu, President, Korean Hospital Association, for their words of welcome at the Opening Ceremony.

And we applaud Dr Hon Pak, Senior VP and Head of Digital Health, Samsung Electronics, for a captivating Keynote, as well as Karan Thakur, Natalia Allué, Robert Mardini, Paul Quitiquit, and Simon Radmore for kickstarting the scientific programme with such an engaging and thought-provoking Plenary 1.

20/10/2026

It's time to bring the experience to a close – 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 who completed the programme with an engaging group workshop yesterday. 👏

Along with our partner Kaiser Permanente and the 𝗬𝗘𝗟 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀, we wish you all an excellent Congress!

19/10/2026

📢 𝟰𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: Pre-Congress day was buzzing with leaders from across the globe connecting and learning with the Geneva Sustainability Centre, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Stanford Health Care teams.

We're delighted that 1700 participants from about 80 countries and territories are joining us at .

Thanks to Myongji Hospital, Asan Medical Center, CHA University 차의과학대학교 Fertility Center, Chaum Longevity Center, Sejong Hospital and Seoul St. Mary's Hospital for welcoming our delegates on insightful, inspirational hospital tours yesterday.

14/10/2026

𝗙𝗕𝗛'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆

As a Full Member of the IHF, FBH - Federação Brasileira de Hospitais (Brazilian Hospital Federation) has consolidated one of its flagship initiatives: the 𝙁𝘽𝙃 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚, designed to support Brazilian hospitals and other healthcare providers in their ongoing journey toward excellence in healthcare delivery.

The programme was created based on the understanding that healthcare quality should not be a privilege reserved for a few centres of excellence, but rather an achievable commitment for healthcare organizations of different sizes and levels of organizational maturity.

Find out more in this article:
🔗 https://ihf-fih.org/news-insights/fbh-qualifica-the-brazilian-hospital-federations-programme-to-strengthen-healthcare-quality-and-patient-safety/

As a Full Member of the International Hospital Federation (IHF), the Brazilian Hospital Federation (FBH) has dedicated the past several months to consolidating one of its flagship initiatives: the FBH Qualifica Programme, designed to support Brazilian hospitals and other healthcare providers in thei...