Where does your company fit?
The Awards recognize both emerging companies and established market leaders. Track criteria are designed as guidelines to help companies determine the best holistic fit.
Rising Stars
- Fewer than 50 employees or FTEs
- Founded within the past five years
- Product currently in market or in-market trials
- Referenceable customers
- Typically Seed or Series A stage
Best in Class
- At least one in-market solution
- Strong traction and established customer base
- 50+ employees or FTEs
- Typically Series B or beyond
- Demonstrated growth and scale
AI isn’t a category. It’s transforming every category.
Whether you are building AI-native technology or using AI as part of a broader healthcare solution, choose the category that best reflects the problem you solve.
Eleven ways to define what’s next.
Select the category that best represents your company’s primary impact and innovation.
Cancer, Screening & Early Detection
Recognizing innovations transforming cancer prevention, screening, diagnostics, monitoring and early intervention. Includes precision screening, liquid biopsy, oncology navigation, AI-enabled detection and technologies improving outcomes across the cancer journey.
Cardiometabolic, Obesity & Diabetes
Recognizing solutions addressing cardiometabolic disease through prevention, treatment, monitoring and behavior change. Includes diabetes care, obesity management, cardiovascular health, metabolic optimization, remote monitoring and personalized interventions.
Caregiving, Aging & Care Navigation
Recognizing innovations improving support, coordination and outcomes for aging populations, caregivers and individuals navigating increasingly complex healthcare journeys. Includes care navigation platforms, caregiver support tools, aging-in-place solutions and care coordination technologies.
Civic Health: Affordability, Access & Health Equity
Recognizing solutions making healthcare more accessible, affordable and equitable across communities. Includes underserved populations, public health innovation, benefits navigation, social determinants of health, Medicaid and Medicare solutions and community-based care models.
Healthy Lifespan, Longevity & Prevention
Recognizing innovations extending healthy years of life through prevention, proactive care and health optimization. Includes longevity science, preventive diagnostics, lifestyle interventions, nutrition, early risk identification and technologies supporting healthier aging.
Home, Hybrid & Remote Care
Recognizing solutions expanding care beyond traditional clinical settings. Includes remote monitoring, virtual care, hospital-at-home, hybrid care delivery models, home diagnostics and technologies enabling care anywhere.
Transformative Care Delivery
Recognizing companies redefining care delivery through AI, automation, digital innovation, new care models and technologies that improve access, quality, efficiency and outcomes.
Mental, Behavioral & Brain Health
Recognizing innovations improving mental, behavioral and neurological health outcomes. Includes mental health platforms, ADHD, autism, substance use solutions, cognitive health, dementia care, neurotechnology and brain performance tools.
Oral Health
Recognizing innovations improving oral health access, prevention, diagnostics, treatment and the connection between oral and overall health.
Therapeutics, Pharmacy & Medication Innovation
Recognizing solutions advancing therapeutics and medication delivery, management and optimization. Includes digital therapeutics, pharmacy innovation, adherence solutions, precision medicine and technologies improving treatment effectiveness and outcomes.
Women’s & Family Health
Recognizing innovations supporting health across all stages of family life. Includes fertility, pregnancy, postpartum care, menopause, maternal health, reproductive health, family care and technologies supporting caregivers and dependents.