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Health Tech Competition 2023

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Join over 15,000 leaders for the American Heart Association (AHA) at the AHA 2023 Scientific Sessions  in Chicago, IL. Against this backdrop, five health start-up finalists with game-changing technologies in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease will get the opportunity to pitch their companies to a panel of distinguished judges, top physicians, industry leaders, and VIPs in hopes of winning the AHA Health Tech Competition. The competition is held in The Health Innovation Pavilion, the pulse of the Science & Technology Hall!

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2023 Health Tech Competition Winner

The American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation named RCE Technologies the winner of its annual Health Tech Competition during Scientific Sessions 2023.

RCE Technologies, Inc.

RCE Technologies, Inc. (RCE) is an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) based medical technology company dedicated to early heart attack detection.

Judges

Robert A. Harrington, MD

Cornell University

Heather Provino, M.S.

The Scanlon Group

Jeff Trost

Laerdal Million Lives Fund

Ken Nelson

Medtech Advantage Fund

Craig Beam

Beam & Associates

Lee H. Schwamm, MD

Yale School of Medicine

Linus A. Wodi, MD, FACC, RPVI, CHS

AdventHealth Medical Group

Marat Fudim, MD, MHS

Duke University School of Medicine

Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Rashmee Shah, MD

Meta Platforms

Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH, FAHA

NIH

Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE

Stanford Medicine

Animesh Tandon, MD, MS; FAAP, FACC, FAHA

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD

University of Michigan Helmsley Charitable Trust

Asif Ali, MD

Houston Cardiology Consultants

Past Winners

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AvoMD logo

2022 AvoMD

A no-code software platform that transforms clinical content — guidelines, algorithms, pathways and checklists — into “virtual clinical consults” available instantly at the point-of-care on standalone web/mobile apps and in the electronic health records.

Forest Devices, Inc. logo

2019 Forest Devices, Inc.

Forest Devices is a medical device startup located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are the creators of ALPHASTROKE, the first stroke and Large Vessel Occlusion (LVO) detection device that can potentially be used by first responders to triage patients directly to the right hospital.

Eko Health logo

2018 Eko Devices

Eko brings together advanced stethoscopes and intelligent detection software. Our mission is to help clinicians detect early signs of heart and lung disease with greater confidence for timely intervention and exceptional patient care.

Procyrion logo

2017 Procyrion

AortixTM is a percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (pMCS) device designed to treat heart failure patients who are too sick for medication alone.

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2016 Twiage

The idea behind Twiage came at a healthcare hackathon when an EMT and physician shared each other's frustration regarding the chaotic state of pre-hospital communication and the lack of preparation from hospitals for EMS arrivals. They saw...

Constant Therapy Health logo

2015 Constant Therapy

Constant Therapy believes that large scale data and AI, which has augmented our lives in other areas, can support us when we need it most: to help the brain recover from injury or decline, and to inform new advances in brain health. Today they ...