American Heart Association Recognizes Three Digital Health Innovators in Inaugural CarePlan Challenge

The American Heart Association's Center for Health Technology & Innovation has recognized three health technology innovators through its inaugural CarePlan Challenge, a competition designed to drive innovation and expand access to guideline-based cardiovascular care. The challenge invited developers, health technology innovators and AI specialists worldwide to create digital prototypes integrating the Association's science-based CarePlans alongside tools such as Life's Essential 8™ and the PREVENT™ Risk Calculator.

Participants received application programming interface access to the CarePlans and other digital tools, enabling them to build solutions that showcase integration of American Heart Association science within digital health platforms. Submissions were evaluated based on innovation and creativity, technical implementation, user experience and design, and clinical impact and relevance. The selected solutions demonstrate significant potential to transform how cardiovascular care is delivered and managed.

ConneQT- Guided Wellness Programs represent mobile solutions that use CarePlans and Life's Essential 8 to link daily tasks, biometrics from the CONNEQT Pulse and personalized goals from the PREVENT calculator. This integration aims to build heart-healthy habits, provide clinicians with greater visibility into patients' overall health, and drive measurable cardiovascular outcomes through connected technology.

Porter Health offers a web-based, cross-platform tool that pulls patient data to deliver one-click PREVENT and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health risk assessments. The solution features an expert-vetted, large language model-assisted CarePlan tailored based on patient demographics, making it actionable for both patients and clinicians across desktop and mobile platforms.

OneVillage presents a women-focused virtual cardio-primary care platform that transforms CarePlans and PREVENT-guided risk into an 80-day personalized pathway. This comprehensive solution combines physician visits, cardiac rehab and supportive services such as nutrition, physical therapy, stress management and doula support with daily education and tracking to expand access and improve outcomes across diverse communities.

These innovations come at a time when research indicates growing patient acceptance of artificial intelligence-supported health interventions, particularly when backed by clinical expertise and rooted in evidence-based guidelines. The challenge champions will showcase their prototypes at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2025 in New Orleans, presenting before an expert panel and live audience for additional feedback on November 8. More information about the challenge is available at https://ahahealthtech.org/aha-careplan-challenge-2025.

The judging panel comprised leaders in digital health, clinical research and implementation science, including Azizi Seixas from the University of Miami, Tatyana Kanzeveli of Open Health Network, and medical professionals from Johns Hopkins Hospital. According to Dr. Seth Martin, American Heart Association volunteer and professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital, these innovators are pushing boundaries to build a brighter future of cardiovascular care by using technology to turn science into action, making evidence-based care more personal, accessible and impactful for patients worldwide.