AHA - Center for Health Technology & Innovation

American Heart Association - Center for Health Technology & Innovation
Engaging with the American Heart Association

As part of the American Heart Association, the Center collaborates with innovative companies to connect entrepreneurs, providers, researchers and payers to accelerate novel health outcomes.

About Us - Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Our Vision

To develop and deliver evidence-based, scalable, digital health solutions across the health continuum through innovative health-tech relationships.

We imagine a world where these intelligent, digital health solutions and treatments provide affordable healthcare access for patients and their families.

To accomplish this, the Center often plays two roles: that of convener, bringing parties together to solve a problem, and that of a strategic collaborator, lending our expertise to develop products and/or solutions.

Innovator's Network

To help bring this vision to life, the Center has created an Innovators’ Network, an industry cohort that serves to connect digital health entrepreneurs, providers, clinical researchers, pharma and payers.

For more: Innovators’ Network

Intelligent Health Solutions

The Center’s Intelligent Health Solutions include access to the American Heart Association’s digital CarePlans, which help users better understand and manage their conditions.

These branded, science based, CarePlans span heart health topics and are delivered in a variety of digital formats, including videos, assessments and challenges.

Health Innovation Pavilion at Scientific Sessions

Our annual meeting brings together top healthcare providers and researchers, health technology experts, industry thought leaders and entrepreneurs from the world’s most renowned companies and institutions. The program is specifically designed to increase collaboration between the members of this influential group, encouraging discussion about innovative health solutions, while sharing ideas and experiences.

Patrick Wayte, MBA
SVP, Center for Health Technology and Innovation

Patrick Dunn, PhD, MS, MBA
Program Director, Center for Health Technology and Innovation

Darcy BarrettExecutive Assistant,
Center for Health Technology and Innovation

American Heart Association - A History of Innovation

The six cardiologists who founded the American Heart Association in 1924 would be amazed.
From humble beginnings, the AHA has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 40 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 2,800 employees. Learn more about our impact over time.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Our size and scope let us have real impact. The AHA has invested more than $4.8 billion in research, making us the largest not-for-profit funding source for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease research next to the federal government. Learn more about our life-changing funded research breakthroughs.
Source: https://ahahealthtech.org/about-us/