Finalists for the 5th Annual Digital Health Hub Foundation Awards Announced

September 19, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, CA September 22, 2023 - The Digital Health Hub Foundation is pleased to announce the selected finalists for the 2023 Digital Health Awards, the largest global digital award show, held at HLTH.

Companies were able to apply to two tracks: "Best in Class" and "Rising Stars," spanning 13 categories. Top categories this year included Best Use of AI in Health Tech, Health Equity, Women’s Health plus 10 others. A list of categories can be found here.

The "Rising Star" track sought out emerging digital health companies, while "Best in Class" recognized those already making substantial and consistent contributions to the digital health landscape.

Finalists included Nymbl Science, PeriGen, Intellihealth, Happitech, and 123 other groundbreaking digital health companies. For a comprehensive list, please see the full list here.

A global leading panel of experts from the healthcare and venture capital sectors selected the finalists. For the Best in Class track 4 finalists per category have been selected and for the Rising Star track 8 finalists per category have been selected.

Out of a substantial pool of over 350 quarterfinalists, only the most promising companies have advanced to this finalist stage.

"In a year marked by unprecedented competition, we've seen an overwhelming surge of submissions, totaling in the thousands, from visionary companies spanning the globe. It's been extremely inspiring to see the up and coming innovations in the field of digital health on a worldwide stage. Our congratulations go out to our finalists for their notable achievements.” said Mark H. Goldstein, Chairman of Digital Health Hub Foundation. 

Our panel of 1000+ eminent judges are now starting the process of selecting winners for each category in each  track for the 2023 Digital Health Hub Foundation - Digital Health Awards. The winners of each category will be announced at the Grand Finale taking place at HLTH on the Moon Stage on October 9, 2023 at 5pm PST.

To get to know the finalist companies better, don’t miss the Finalist Spotlight Sessions from September 26th - September 29th. Led by Executive Producers and Category champions, executives from each of the finalist companies will have an opportunity to discuss the biggest trends, challenges and opportunities in their spaces. Session links: 

  • 9/26 @9am PST - Finalist Spotlight #1 - Pediatric/Adolescent Care Innovation hosted by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chairman of NextMed and Digital.Health and Co-Executive Producer of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health Awards and Omkar Kulkarni, Chief Innovation & Digital Transformation Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Register here
  • 9/26 @11am PST - Finalist Spotlight #2 - Surgical Transformation hosted by Mark H Goldstein, Partner at Builders VC and Chairman Digital Health Hub Foundation and Stefano Bini, Founder of DOCSF and Professor at UCSF. Register here.
  • 9/26 @1pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #3 - Employer Subsidized Wellness hosted by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chairman of NextMed and Digital.Health and Co-Executive Producer of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health Awards. Register here.
  • 9/26 @3pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #4 - Remote Diagnostic Tool or Device sponsored by Sysmex and hosted by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chairman of NextMed and Digital.Health and Co-Executive Producer of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health Awards and Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator.  Register here.
  • 9/27 @9am PST - Finalist Spotlight #5 - Clinical Diagnostic Device, Platform or Tool hosted by Matthew Holt, Founder of Health Care Blog and Health 2.0 Conference and Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator. Register here.
  • 9/27 @ 1pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #6 - Longevity hosted by Mark H Goldstein, Partner at Builders VC and Chairman Digital Health Hub Foundation and Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic. Register here.
  • 9/27 @3pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #7 - Best Use of AI in Health Tech sponsored by Microsoft and hosted by Mark H Goldstein, Partner at Builders VC and Chairman Digital Health Hub Foundation. Register here.
  • 9/28 @9am PST - Finalist Spotlight #8 - Mental & Behavioral Health hosted by Mark H Goldstein, Partner at Builders VC and Chairman Digital Health Hub Foundation. Register here.
  • 9/28 @11am PST - Finalist Spotlight #9 - Health Equity presented by Genentech and hosted by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chairman of NextMed and Digital.Health and Co-Executive Producer of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health Awards and Urmimala Sarkar, Co-Founder, SOLVE & Professor at UCSF. Register here.
  • 9/28 @1pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #10 - Consumer Wellness presented by Eli Lilly and hosted by Dr. Daniel Kraft, Founder and Chairman of NextMed and Digital.Health and Co-Executive Producer of the Digital Health Hub Foundation Digital Health Awards. Register here.
  • 9/29 @9am PST - Finalist Spotlight #11 - New Telehealth Innovation hosted by Matthew Holt, Founder of Health Care Blog and Health 2.0 Conference. Register here.
  • 9/29 @11am PST - Finalist Spotlight #12 - Patient Safety hosted by Matthew Holt, Founder of Health Care Blog and Health 2.0 Conference along with Ariana Longley, MPH, Patient Safety Consultant, Patient Safety Technology Challenge Register here.
  • 9/29 @1pm PST - Finalist Spotlight #13 - Women’s Health hosted by Matthew Holt, Founder of Health Care Blog and Health 2.0 Conference and Brittany Barreto, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, FemHealth Insights. Register here.

Details on the full awards program can be found here.

To secure a spot at the Grand Finale please register here.

Category name
Best in Class Winner
Rising Stars Winner
Remote Diagnostic Tool or Device
Huma Therapeutics
Rune Labs
Aidar Health Inc.
Cognita Labs
Health Equity
Propeller Health
Mira
Happitech
Pluto Health
Patient Safety
MedCrypt
Employer Subsidized Wellness
Carrum Health
Reperio Health
Plethy, Inc
Intellihealth
Women's Health
Carrot Fertility
Hey Jane
Fairtility
Adyn
Pediatric/ Adolescent Care Innovation
Hazel Health, Inc.
Clinical Diagnostic Device, Platform or Tool
HeartFlow, Inc.
Particle Health
Flosonics Medical
CyberLiver
Mental & Behavioral Health
Brightside Health
Rootd
Flow Neuroscience
Ellipsis Health
Consumer Wellness
Outset Medical
Osara Health (formerly CancerAid)
Sonde Health
CIONIC
Longevity
Helix
Surgical Transformation
nSight Surgical
Best Use of AI in Health Tech
Cleerly
Carenostics
Abridge
Imagene
Next-Gen Telemedicine
TytoCare
CareBridge
Motto
Nest Collaborative
Grant Beneficiaries:
Aidar Health
(Remote Diagnostic Device, Platform or Tool)
Ayble Health
(Consumer Wellness)
Maro
(Mental and Behavioral Health)
Pangaea Health
(Best use of AI in Health Tech)
Skin Analytics
(Best use of AI in Health Tech)
Hall of Fame
Johathan Bush
Jonathan Gleason
Category name
Remote Diagnostic Tool or Device
Health Equity
Patient Safety
Employer Subsidized Wellness
Women's Health
Pediatric/ Adolescent Care Innovation
Clinical Diagnostic Device, Platform or Tool
Mental & Behavioral Health
Consumer Wellness
Longevity
Surgical Transformation
Best Use of AI in Health Tech
Next-Gen Telemedicine
Daniel Kraft
Stephen Klasko
Mark Goldstein
Geeta Nayyar
Stephen Klasko
Daniel Kraft
Geeta Nayyar
Matthew Holt
Daniel Kraft
Stephen Klasko
Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein
Matthew Holt
Murray Brozinsky
Chief Strategy Officer, Amwell Former CEO, Conversa
AmWell
Gregg Talbert
Senior Vice President, Head of Personalized Healthcare and Digital Partnering
Genentech
Lance Baily
"Founder/CEO - HealthySimulation.com Advisory Board Member - Patient Safety Technology Challenge"
Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Stacy Feld
Regional Head, Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Brittany Barreto
Chief Innovation Officer & Founder
FemHealth
Omkar Kulkarni
Chief Innovation & Digital Transformation Officer
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Kids X
Jonathan Weiner
Founder, Chairman & CEO
HLTH
Josh Seidenfeld
Partner and Chair, Digital Health
Cooley
Charlie Haddad
Associate VP of Digital Health
Lilly
Mike Roizen
Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus
Cleveland Clinic
Stefano Bini
Founder, DOC SF
DOCSF
Sally Frank
Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Lead
Microsoft
Unity Stoakes
President and co-founder
StartUp Health
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