National Quality Development Program in Home Care (NIP-HC)
NIP-HC develops a data-driven quality development programme for home care organisations (Spitex) in Switzerland, aiming to systematically improve care quality and establish national quality monitoring.
Description
The National Quality Development Programme in Home Care (NIP-HC) develops and implements a data-driven quality improvement programme for home care organisations (Spitex) in Switzerland, with the aim of systematically improving care quality and establishing national quality monitoring.
To this end, interRAI-based quality indicators as well as supplementary indicators (e.g. PROMs/PREMs, process quality indicators, and quality indicators for interprofessional collaboration) are evaluated, technical and organisational foundations are established, and the programme is piloted and scaled nationally.
Key data
Projectlead
Deputy Projectlead
Project team
Katharina Demmel, Fiona Fischer, Prof. Dr. Marc Höglinger, Flurina Meier, Sarah Heiniger, Irene Kobler, Thomas Egger, Azra Karabegovic, Dr. Andreas Boss (Universität Bern), Prof. Dr. Monica Bianchi (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI), Stefan Juerg Kunz (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI), Prof. Dr. Nathalie Wellens (Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source), Prof. Dr. Raphaëlle Guerbaai (Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source), Dr. Bastiaan Van Grootven (Universität Basel)
Project partners
Association Spitex privée Suisse (ASPS); Spitex Schweiz; Universität Bern; Universität Basel; Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana SUPSI; Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source
Project status
ongoing, started 12/2025
Institute/Centre
Winterthur Institute of Health Economics (WIG); Institute of Nursing (IPF)
Funding partner
Federal government
Project budget
9'020'711 CHF
School of Management and Law
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur