American Heart Association Recognizes Three Digital Health Innovators in CarePlan Challenge
The American Heart Association has selected three health technology innovators for their digital solutions that integrate clinical guidelines to transform cardiovascular care delivery and improve patient outcomes.
The American Heart Association has recognized three health technology innovators through its inaugural CarePlan Challenge, highlighting digital solutions that integrate evidence-based guidelines to transform cardiovascular care delivery. As digital health technologies gain momentum, research indicates growing patient acceptance of artificial intelligence-supported health interventions when backed by clinical expertise and rooted in evidence-based guidelines.
The challenge, hosted by the Association's Center for Health Technology & Innovation, invited developers and AI specialists worldwide to create digital prototypes integrating the organization's science-based CarePlans alongside tools such as Life's Essential 8™ and the PREVENT™ Risk Calculator. Participants received API access to build solutions showcasing integration of American Heart Association science within digital health platforms.
Submissions were evaluated based on innovation, technical implementation, user experience, and clinical impact potential. The selected solutions include ConneQT's mobile wellness programs that link daily tasks, biometrics from the CONNEQT Pulse, and personalized goals from the PREVENT calculator to build heart-healthy habits. Porter Health offers a web-based, cross-platform tool delivering one-click PREVENT and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health risk assessments with expert-vetted, large language model-assisted CarePlans.
OneVillage provides a women-focused virtual cardio-primary care platform that transforms CarePlans and PREVENT-guided risk into an 80-day personalized pathway combining physician visits, cardiac rehab, and supportive services. These innovators are pushing boundaries to build a brighter future of cardiovascular care, according to Seth Martin, M.D., American Heart Association volunteer and professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The challenge champions will showcase their prototypes at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2025 in New Orleans before an expert panel and live audience. Their presentations will take place on Sunday, November 8, celebrating breakthrough ideas that bring science, technology and innovation together to advance cardiovascular care. To learn more about the CarePlan Challenge, visit https://ahahealthtech.org/aha-careplan-challenge-2025.