By Jasmine Pennic, HIT Consultant | June 6, 2019
MedTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market has unveiled the results of its 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in medical and health-related technology solutions across the globe.
MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program Overview
The MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is the premier awards and recognition platform founded to recognize the medical and health technology innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world. The program evaluates and recognizes break through solutions and companies in a range of categories, including Robotics, TeleHealth, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), mHealth, Medical Devices, Healthcare Security, Medical Data and more.
Eligibility & Nominations
The annual competition is open to all individuals, companies and organizations involved in producing MedTech products and services. To be eligible, an entry must have been produced after January 1, 2017 (2-year window). For platform and product entries, updates and refreshes to legacy solutions are valid if those updates have taken place after February 1, 2017.
All award nominations were evaluated by an independent panel of experts within the MedTech industry, with the winning products and companies selected based on a variety of considerations, including innovation, design and user experience, as well as overall technological advancement for their respective categories. The 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program attracted more than 3,500 nominations from over 15 different countries throughout the world.
Here is a look at the 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award winners:
Industry Leadership
– Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough: Elekta, Elekta Unity
– Healthcare Insurance Innovation Award: Bind On-Demand Health Insurance
– Digital Health Innovation Award: CarePredict
– Best MedTech Startup: EarlySense
– Best Overall MedTech Software: Cloudbreak Health
– Best Overall MedTech Company: Solera Health
Patient Engagement
– Best Patient Relationship Management Solution: Synzi
– Best Patient Education Solution: Humana, Rx Calculator
– Best Overall Patient Engagement Service: Clockwise.MD by DocuTAP
– Patient Engagement Innovation Award: Kyruus
Electronic Health Records
– Best Electronic Health Record Service: DocuTAP
Internet-of-Things (IoT) Healthcare
– Best Healthcare Navigation / Robotics Solution: Medacta International, Medacta MySpine® MC platform
– Best IoT Fitness Wearable: Fitbit, Versa
– Best IoT Healthcare Wearable Device: Vocera Communications, Vocera Smartbadge
– Best Biometric Sensor Solution: Vital Metrix
– Best Overall Connected Healthcare Solution: Validic, Validic Inform
– Best Connected Health Platform: Phillips-Medisize, Connected Health Platform (CHP)
Medical Data
– Best Health Information Exchange (HIE) Solution: Casetabs
– Best Healthcare Data Repository Solution: BridgeHead Software, HealthStore™
– Best Healthcare Big Data Solution: Sansoro Health – Best Healthcare Big Data Platform: Innovaccer – Best Predictive Analytics Solution: Blue Health Intelligence®
– Best Overall Healthcare Data Analytics Platform: Information Builders, Omni-HealthData
– Best Overall Medical Data Solution Provider: Capsule Technologies
– Innovation in Healthcare Analytics Award: Cardinal Analytx Solution
Clinical and Health Administration
– Best Clinical Efficiency Solution: Zebra Technologies, TC52-HC Touch Computer
– Clinical Efficiency Innovation Award: LogicStream Health
– Best Compliance Solution: ClearDATA
– Best Clinical Administration Hardware Device: Onyx Healthcare USA, MD116I Rugged EMS Tablet
– Best Computerized Decision Support Solution: Elsevier, Via Oncology
– Best Overall Health Informatics Solution: OntarioMD, Health Report Manager
Health and Fitness
– Best Personal Health App: Welldoc, BlueStar®
– Best Sleep Monitoring Solution: Circady
– Best Virtual Health Coach: NOCD
– Best Fitness Information Destination: Virtual Health Partners
– Best Nutrition Mobile App: Virtual Health Partners
Mobile Communications & TeleHealth
– Best TeleHealth Platform: Doctor On Demand
– Best Overall mHealth Solution: Altruista Health, GuidingCare® Mobile Clinician
– Best Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Solution: Vivify Health
– Best Videoconferencing Solution: SnapMD
Medical Device
– Best New Technology Solution – Imaging: Hologic, Inc., ThinPrep® Integrated Imager
– Best New Technology Solution – Diagnostic: Bardy Diagnostics, Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM™)
– Best New Technology Solution – Surgical: TransEnterix, Senhance™ Surgical System
– Best New Technology Solution – Drug Development: VirTrial
– Best New Technology Solution – e-Prescribing: Parachute Health
– Best New Technology Solution – Healthcare Payment: Patientco
– Best New Technology Solution – Drug Delivery: Sorrel Medical
– Best New Technology Solution – Orthopedics: RTI Surgical, TETRAfuse® 3D Technology
– Best New Technology Solution – Medication Management: Hero
– Best Overall Mental Health Solution: Neuroflow
– Best Overall Medical Device Solution: Advanced Bionics, HiRes™ Ultra 3D cochlear implant
– Best Overall Medical Device Company: Johnson & Johnson
Healthcare Cybersecurity
– Best Healthcare Network Security Solution: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
– Best Patient Data Security Solution: Atlantic.Net
– Best Endpoint Security Solution: IGEL, IGEL UD Pocket
– Best Overall Healthcare Cybersecurity Company: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
– Best Healthcare Cybersecurity Innovation: Cynerio