Health Technology Excellence Award
Gain the recognition you deserve as a leader in health technology management.
Honoring excellence in the field of health technology management
The Health Technology Excellence Award is presented each year to recognize innovative and effective initiatives undertaken by member healthcare institutions to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.
2026 Award Winner
Cottage Health
Cottage Health (Santa Barbara, CA) has been selected as the winner of ECRI's 20th Health Technology Excellence Award for its highly effective program to reduce wastage of blood products. The organization’s proactive interfacility blood transfer program demonstrated impressive, sustained outcomes that improved operational efficiency while conserving precious resources and safeguarding patient care.
- Applicants must represent a healthcare facility or health system that is a current member of any ECRI service or program.
- Honorary award for prominent display in the winning institution
- Formal presentation of the award to your organization
- Feature article and promotion on ECRI's website
- Publicity in ECRI press announcements
Judges will consider qualities such as innovativeness, extensibility to other institutions, and impact on factors such as:
- Safety
- Cost
- Performance
- Delivery of care
Recent Award Winners
2025 Award Winner
Greenville, SC
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2025 Award Winner
Greenville, SC
Prisma Health has been selected as the winner of ECRI's 19th Health Technology Excellence Award for its comprehensive, multilayered approach to improving the organization’s technology infrastructure. The project—initiated to support the organization’s expansion efforts, to improve workflow for frontline healthcare providers, and to safeguard care in the event of a catastrophic outage—quickly proved its worth. In September 2024, soon after aspects of the project had been completed, Hurricane Helene caused widespread devastation across the region, putting the health system to the test. Thanks to the team’s proactive, systems-based efforts combining people, processes, and technology, Prisma Health was able to continue providing care at a time when other organizations were experiencing major outages.
2024 Award Winner
Cali, Colombia
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2024 Award Winner
Cali, Colombia
Clinica Imbanaco (Cali, Colombia) has been named the winner of ECRI's 18th Health Technology Excellence Award. The institution implemented multiple initiatives over the past several years to expand the capabilities and upgrade the quality of its health technology management function, positioning itself as a pioneer in the region.
2023 Award Winner
Sayre, PA
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2023 Award Winner
Sayre, PA
For its strategic approach to addressing staffing shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, PA) has been selected as the winner of ECRI's 17th Health Technology Excellence Award. The Guthrie Clinic's implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and video technology to create a telesitting program led to immediate improvements in patient safety as well as demonstrable cost savings.