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Text: Hélène Brioschi-Levi is Director of Healthcare of the CHUV
Photo: Mathieu Martin

Healthcare faces the challenges of innovation, by Hélène Brioschi-Levi

Today’s health professionals are mobile and free to choose where they want to work or train. Over 3,500 caregivers – doctors not included – have chosen to work at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV).

Health professionals at the CHUV enjoy exceptional advantages at the national, regional and local levels. Switzerland is politically stable and economically prosperous, a country where three-quarters of the labour force work in the service sector and where unemployment rarely exceeds 4 per cent. The Lausanne region is home to the country’s largest university campus as well as many renowned educational institutions and a dense economic fabric. The synergies between training, research and the economy make Lausanne and its region a focal point for skills and expertise in high-value-added sectors. And the picture would be incomplete without mentioning the region’s traditionally multicultural character and pleasant lifestyle.

This remarkable environment is a precious asset that must be cultivated on a daily basis. Doing so entails certain responsibilities, which we lay out as commitments observed by both caregivers and the Healthcare division.

First, we must be committed to providing professional care, which means constantly making sure we manage risks and provide access to high quality healthcare in line with proven models. Doing so requires not only excellent collaboration between the various professional bodies, but also sound expertise. We are therefore firmly committed to improving training, and the quality of supervision and our future health professionals. Moreover, our status as a university hospital and the growing number of students gravitating towards health professions offer the ideal conditions for meeting the challenge of conducting innovative research and passing on knowledge about healthcare practices. Most importantly, we accomplish all of this with the utmost consideration for our patients and the attention they deserve. Our expertise is meaningful only if used to help our patients, who trust us, while fully respecting each patient’s values, expectations and unique character.

Being a caregiver at the CHUV means becoming rooted in the region and making a commitment to serve one’s fellow citizens, colleagues and the institution.



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Being a caregiver at the CHUV means becoming rooted in the region and making a commitment to serve one’s fellow citizens, colleagues and the institution.