Stiftung Gesundheit

The Stiftung Gesundheit is a non-profit, legally recognized foundation under civil law based in Hamburg. Since 1996, it has promoted transparency in healthcare and provides practical guidance for patients, service providers, and institutions. Its best-known project is the Physician Directory, enabled by a continuously maintained structural database with around 800,000 service providers and 400,000 practices. In addition, the foundation certifies health-related publications, annually awards the prestigious Journalism Prize for outstanding health journalism, and produces analyses, studies, and sentiment barometers on care landscapes and healthcare professions.

The Stiftung Gesundheit is committed to independent and non-profit promotion of transparency in healthcare. It aims to provide patients and consumers with a neutral, central point of contact to find qualified health information and verified service providers. Through innovative services, thorough analyses, and the recognition of outstanding journalistic work, the foundation seeks to continuously improve the quality of care, accessibility, and evidence-based guidance in healthcare provision.

The services of Stiftung Gesundheit are aimed at patients and insured individuals who require a secure and neutral physician search; physicians and non-medical healthcare professionals who wish to present and have their services certified; health insurance companies and health services that use the structural directory as a data basis for insured persons' portals and apps; journalists and media professionals who apply for the journalism award and subscribe to press information; as well as research institutions, authorities, and healthcare planners who conduct studies and analyses of the healthcare landscape.