Foundation Dialog Ethik

What Foundation Dialog Ethik does

Stiftung Gesundheitskompass (formerly Foundation Dialog Ethik, rebranded November 2024) is a Swiss non-profit foundation founded in 1999 and headquartered in Z\u00fcrich. The organization provides healthcare ethics navigation services to patients, families, and healthcare professionals facing complex medical decisions, with particular emphasis on pediatric palliative care, rare diseases, and advance care planning. Approximately 10 staff deliver individualized accompaniment through Gesundheitslotsinnen (Health Navigators), moderated ethical case management, ethics forums for institutional partners, and ongoing professional education.

Name

Foundation Dialog Ethik

Legal name

Stiftung Gesundheitskompass

Website

https://gesundheitskompass.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stiftung Gesundheitskompass (formerly Dialog Ethik) is a Swiss non-profit foundation that provides healthcare ethics navigation, health guide accompaniment, and education to patients, families, and healthcare professionals in complex medical situations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Ethics Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Healthcare ethics consulting
• Patient accompaniment services
• Medical ethics advisory
• Healthcare organization consulting
• Ethics education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Gönnerschaft (Patronage/Membership): Annual membership fees from individuals and families providing access to services and newsletter. Membership fees range from 50-100 CHF annually or 1,000 CHF lifetime membership.
2. Organizational Partnerships: Annual partnership fees scaled by organization size (350-2,500 CHF/year based on headcount). Partners receive consultation services, access to assessment tools, and priority support.
3. Educational Programs: Course fees for professional education in healthcare ethics, communication, and case management. Programs for individuals and organizations.
4. Publications and Books: Sale of ethics publications including the 'Ethik im Gesundheitswesen' book series (Band 2 and 3) and 'Mantelbüchlein Medizinethik' series. Prices range from CHF 19.50-60.50.
5. Donations and Grants: Non-profit funding from donors, foundations, and project-specific grants for research initiatives.
6. Model Practice (Modelpraxis): Associated model practice allows for potential billing of certain services through social insurance systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Stiftung Dialog Ethik is a non-profit foundation that provides healthcare ethics services, including ethical accompaniment and decision-support for patients and their families, consulting and advisory services for healthcare organizations, and education/training programs on healthcare ethics. The foundation also operates a model practice (Modelpraxis) that delivers services billable through social insurance, and develops its own standards and frameworks for ethically sustainable healthcare.

Product overview

Stiftung Gesundheitskompass offers a unified suite of healthcare ethics services centered around professional accompaniment and guidance for patients, families, and healthcare professionals. The core offerings include Gesundheitslotsinnen (Health Navigator services) providing individual case accompaniment in complex health situations, ethical case management, and advance care planning (Patientenverfügungen). Supporting these are Ethik-Foren (Ethics Forums) for organizational support, comprehensive Bildungsangebote (Educational Programs) including courses on the proprietary '7-Schritte-Dialog' ethical decision model, and implementation research through projects like Papillon (pediatric palliative care) and C-Plus (post-acute infection syndromes). The organization also publishes educational materials including the Mantelbüchlein Medizinethik book series. The offering is complemented by assessment tools like the PaPaS Scale (Pediatric Palliative Screening Scale) and START methodology for structuring complex care situations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patient and Family Accompaniment (Patientenbegleitung / Ethische Entscheidungsbegleitung) Independent ethical accompaniment and decision-support service for individual patients and their families/nächste Angehörige who face complex medical-ethical decisions. Delivered directly to consumers seeking guidance outside formal medical treatment.
• Healthcare Organization Consulting (Beratung von Gesundheitsorganisationen) Consulting and advisory services for hospitals, care homes, professional associations, and other healthcare organizations on the development and implementation of ethically sustainable practices and standards.
• Model Practice (Modelpraxis) An operational model practice delivering healthcare ethics services that can be reimbursed through Swiss social insurance (obligatorische Krankenpflegeversicherung), providing a sustainable revenue channel tied to service delivery.
• Educational Programs and Events (Bildungsveranstaltungen) Educational activities (courses, seminars, continuing education, events) on healthcare ethics aimed at healthcare professionals, organizations, and the broader interested public.
• Patronage / Membership (Gönnerschaft) Support program for individuals, offering annual patronage (approx. CHF 50–100) and lifetime membership (CHF 1,000), which directly funds the foundation's non-profit mission.
• Organizational Partnerships (Organisationspartnerschaften) Paid partnership program for healthcare/care organizations offered in three tiers (small/mid/large) that funds the foundation's mission and connects organizations to its ethical advisory work.
• Publications and Books (Publikationen) Books and written publications on healthcare ethics topics, produced by the foundation and sold/distributed to advance ethical discourse and practice.

Quantifiable outcome

• After approximately three months, patients and networks become self-sufficient and no longer need accompaniment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Zurich - Institute for Biomedical Ethics and Medical History (IBME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research collaboration, student supervision for master theses and dissertations, and integration of academic knowledge into practical applications.
• Swiss Medical Association (FMH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the main professional association for Swiss physicians for education and professional development in healthcare ethics.
• InnosuissecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss innovation agency supporting research and innovation projects. Partnership for funding and supporting research initiatives.
• Children's Hospital Zurich (Kispi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on pediatric care research and support for children with complex health situations.
• Ostschweizer Kinderspital (St. Gallen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Jürg C. Streuli works as Lead Physician in the Pediatric Advanced Care Team at this children's hospital, integrating ethics support in pediatric palliative care.
• Cerebral FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on support for children with cerebral conditions and related disabilities.
• Swisslos Cantonal Foundation LucernecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCantonal lottery fund providing project financing for healthcare initiatives.
• City of Zurich Health CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for ethics forums and professional development for municipal healthcare staff.
• Hirslanden Clinic GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthics forum participation and professional support for private hospital group's healthcare staff.
• Kantonsspital AarauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthics forum and education partnership with regional hospital.
• Clienia GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthics forum participation for psychiatric care organization.
• Psychiatry St. GallenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for ethics forums and professional education in psychiatric care.
• Parkinson SwitzerlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on support for Parkinson's patients and healthcare system navigation.
• Swiss Heart FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on patient support and advance care planning.
• Inclusion HandicapminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss disability organization partnership for support services.
• Modelpraxis PapilloncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated model practice enabling potential billing through social insurance systems for certain services.
• Spitex ZurichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with home care organization for patient support services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM): German interdisciplinary academy for ethics in medicine that trains ethics consultants, runs ethics forums, and develops frameworks for clinical ethics consultation — the closest functional peer to Dialog Ethik's Gesundheitslotsin and Ethik-Foren model. Hannah Schmieg and Diana Meier-Allmendinger are explicitly members of AEM.
• Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (SAMW): Swiss national academy for medical sciences, the principal Swiss body publishing medical-ethical guidelines and running ethics education; comparable in mission to Dialog Ethik as the Swiss medical-ethics authority operating alongside it.
• Stiftung Patientensicherheit Schweiz (Patient Safety Switzerland): Independent Swiss foundation focused on patient safety and healthcare quality improvement; directly comparable as a small Swiss non-profit foundation serving healthcare providers and patients with advisory, education, and research services. Communications officer Mark Bächer previously worked there.
• Palliative.ch: Swiss professional association for palliative medicine and care, supporting professionals, patients, and families with palliative needs — overlapping strongly with Dialog Ethik's pediatric palliative and advance care planning work, including the Papillon project and PaPaS Scale.
• Institut für Biomedizinische Ethik und Medizingeschichte (IBME), Universität Zürich: University of Zurich's biomedical ethics institute, which is Dialog Ethik's core academic partner for research and thesis supervision; comparable as a research and education producer in healthcare ethics, especially pediatric and clinical ethics.
• Pro Pallium (Stiftung für Palliative Betreuung): Swiss foundation providing palliative support, accompaniment, and case coordination for seriously ill patients and families — a near-analogue to Dialog Ethik's Gesundheitslotsin service model in a narrower palliative scope.
• Spitex Schweiz: National association of Swiss home-care providers; Dialog Ethik is a documented partner with Spitex Zurich, and both organizations serve patients with complex care needs in their homes, including children with chronic complex disabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Pro Senectute Schweiz: Switzerland's largest non-profit foundation for older adults, providing advice, accompaniment, and care coordination — a much larger but adjacent incumbent in the patient-and-family support space where Dialog Ethik operates.
• Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (Swiss Red Cross): Large Swiss humanitarian and health non-profit offering health navigation, accompaniment, and care services at national scale; comparable as a broader incumbent in patient/family support and health-related social services.

Regional players

• Schweizerische Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft: Swiss non-profit supporting people with multiple sclerosis and rare neurological conditions through navigation, accompaniment, and counseling — overlapping with Dialog Ethik's chronic complex care and family-support use cases; communications officer Mark Bächer previously worked there.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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