The Kantonsspital Aarau (KSA) and the web and advertising agency interpunkt have won the Klinik Award in the category "Best Quality and Annual Report 2017". The award honours the KSA Annual Report 2016, which consists of a 360° virtual reality tour and is available at www.ksa-2016.ch is available online.
The Klinik Award has been honouring outstanding achievements in hospital marketing and communication in the international German-speaking region for 10 years. The award, described by the press as the "Oscar of the hospital industry", took place on Wednesday, 11 October 2017, in the Berlin Konzerthaus. From the submissions, the members of the award jury nominated the three favourites for the Clinic Award 2017 in the category "Best Quality and Annual Report".
The Swiss company interpunkt, which has won the first Annual Report of a hospital using virtual reality, submitted the project and beat around 160 competitors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The laudatory speech for the nominees in this category was given by Viktor Vavricka, Deputy Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Germany. "We did not expect to win. All the more reason for us to accept the award for our work with pride," said Fabian Koch, Managing Director of interpunkt.
Source: Media release