These days, innovation in healthcare often means two words: artificial intelligence.
To be sure, some of the individuals and organizations honored in Modern Healthcare’s Innovators Awards are using AI to improve treatment time or boost operational efficiency, among other uses.
See this year’s winners of the Modern Healthcare Innovators Awards.
But innovation, as exemplified by the class of 2025, can also include revamping traditional clinical team structures, strengthening the workforce pipeline through unique scholarship programs or inventing a garment to protect surgeons from on-the-job carcinogens.
This year’s honorees are all creatively driving the industry forward.
Read more about the winners.
Who is this program designed to honor?
The program recognizes leaders and organizations finding new ways to improve healthcare operations, companies' results and the patient experience.
Who selected the honorees?
Modern Healthcare’s editors selected the honorees based on specific initiatives the nominees launched to address a pressing health concern, streamline access to services, better the patient experience, improve organizational efficiency, quality or safety metrics and/or boost the organization’s financial performance.
Editors also considered specific steps the nominees took to advance a culture of innovation at their organization or across the healthcare industry.
Who was eligible for the award?
The individual awards were open to people in leadership positions at any healthcare or healthcare-related organization, including but not limited to hospitals, health systems, physician groups, post-acute care organizations, insurance companies, digital health startups, investment firms, vendors, think tanks and suppliers. Researchers and public policy officials were eligible, but nominations must reflect real-world impact of their work.
The organizational awards were open to any healthcare or healthcare-related company, including but not limited to hospitals, health systems, physician groups, post-acute care organizations, insurance companies, digital health startups, investment firms, vendors, think tanks and suppliers.
Were previous honorees eligible?
Yes, Modern Healthcare considered nominations from previous honorees who have achieved demonstrable results in the past year.
Were nominees notified if they were not selected as an honoree?
No, we do not notify nominees who were not selected.
