2026 Best Use of Health Data & Analytics

Turning Health Data into Life-Changing Insights.

The 2026 Best Use of Health Data & Analytics Award recognizes an exceptional application of data that improves healthcare decisions, operations, research, access, experiences, or outcomes.

This category celebrates organizations and solutions that transform complex health information into clear, useful, and actionable insight. Eligible entries may use clinical, operational, financial, claims, research, population health, patient-generated, or other relevant data.

The strongest entries will demonstrate more than the collection or presentation of information. They should show how data and analytics enabled people or organizations to understand a problem, make a better decision, improve performance, or create measurable healthcare value during 2026.

What This Award Recognizes

This award recognizes a specific use of health data and analytics that produces practical and meaningful results. Eligible entries may involve a product, platform, program, implementation, partnership, or organizational initiative.

• Clinical analytics and decision-support applications
• Population health and public health analytics
• Predictive modeling and risk identification
• Operational, workforce, and financial analytics
• Real-world data and real-world evidence initiatives
• Patient-generated data and remote monitoring analytics
• Research, pharmaceutical, and clinical trial analytics
• Data visualization, benchmarking, and performance intelligence

Who Should Apply?

This category is open to companies, organizations, and teams using health data to create measurable value. Eligible entrants may include:

• Healthcare data and analytics companies
• Digital health and healthcare software providers
• Health systems, hospitals, and provider organizations
• Health plans, employers, and population health organizations
• Life sciences and pharmaceutical technology companies
• Clinical research organizations and research institutions
• Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics companies
• Startups, established companies, government entities, and industry partnerships

Organizations may enter directly or be submitted by an authorized representative, agency, communications partner, customer, or member of the data or analytics team.

What Judges Will Look For

Entries will be evaluated based on the use of data, analytical approach, evidence, usability, and healthcare impact. Judges will consider:

• Data strategy: How effectively the entry identifies, combines, manages, or applies relevant health data
• Analytical value: The strength of the analysis and its ability to produce useful insight
• Actionability: How clearly the resulting information supports decisions, interventions, research, or operational improvements
• Data quality and responsibility: Attention to accuracy, governance, privacy, security, transparency, and appropriate use
• Usability: How effectively insights are presented or integrated into the workflows of intended users
• Measurable impact: Credible evidence of improved outcomes, efficiency, quality, access, cost, research, or decision-making

Entry Schedule

• Entries Open: December 1, 2026
• Early Bird Deadline: January 15, 2027
• Final Entry Deadline: February 12, 2027
• Winner Announced: March 8, 2027

Entry Fees

• Early Bird Entry: $395
• Regular Entry: $495

Eligibility

• Open to companies, organizations, programs, partnerships, and teams worldwide
• The submitted entry must demonstrate a clear healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, or public health application
• Data and analytics must be central to the value or impact of the submitted solution or initiative
• The work must have been developed, implemented, expanded, updated, or significantly advanced during the 2026 calendar year
• Entries may use proprietary, licensed, public, de-identified, aggregated, or appropriately authorized data
• Supporting claims and results should be accurate and attributable to the submitted work

What to Include in Your Entry

Entrants should clearly explain the data being used, the analytical approach, and the value created during 2026. Submissions should include:

• An overview of the solution, program, implementation, or initiative
• The healthcare problem or decision the use of data was designed to address
• A description of the relevant data sources and analytical methods
• An explanation of how insights are delivered, interpreted, or incorporated into workflows
• Information about data quality, privacy, security, governance, or validation where relevant
• Important development, implementation, partnership, adoption, or expansion milestones from 2026
• Measurable results demonstrating improved outcomes, efficiency, quality, access, cost, research, or decision-making
• Supporting links, demonstrations, reports, research, case studies, or customer examples

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