2026 Health Workforce Innovation Award Now Open

Empowering the Frontlines of Care with Smarter Tools

The 2026 Health Workforce Innovation Award is now open for entries. This award recognizes technologies and solutions that strengthen the people delivering care by reducing burden, improving coordination, and helping clinicians, care teams, and healthcare staff work more effectively.

What This Award Recognizes

The Health Workforce Innovation Award honors innovations that support the day-to-day realities of healthcare delivery. Eligible entries may include tools for staffing, scheduling, training, communication, automation, workflow support, clinical coordination, burnout reduction, and other solutions that help create a more efficient, sustainable, and better-supported healthcare workforce.

Entry Schedule

• Entries Open: September 1, 2026
• Early Bird Deadline: September 25, 2026
• Final Entry Deadline: October 30, 2026
• Winners Announced: November 9, 2026

Why Apply

Winning a HealthTechNode award can help validate your work, strengthen credibility with providers, health systems, partners, and investors, and increase visibility across the health technology landscape. If your solution is helping empower clinicians and care teams with smarter tools, this is an opportunity to earn recognition for that impact.