09-21-21
innovation by design

The most important healthcare design of 2021

See all the honorees of Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards in the Health category.

By Fast Company Staff1 minute Read

Winner

[Photo: Philips Experience Design]

Healthdot
Philips
An at-home, wearable patient monitoring system that requires no setup

Finalists

[Photo: Whipsaw]

KoniKore
Whipsaw

[Photo: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness]

The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

[Image: Live Well Collaborative]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy “Journey Map”
Live Well Collaborative, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and StarShine Hospice

[Photo: Mikyoung Kim Design]

Boston Children’s Hospital Healing Gardens
Mikyoung Kim Design

[Photo: Cue Health Inc.]

Monitoring System
Cue Health

[Photo: Access BDD]

Flow X
Pearson Lloyd

[Image: Planned Parenthood Federation of America]

Menstrual Health Is Mental Health
Planned Parenthood

[Photo: Sabin Vaccine Institute]

Boost
Sabin Vaccine Institute and Dalberg Design

[Image: Huma]

Hospital at Home
Huma

[Photo: Upstream USA]

Birth Control Information Toolkit
Upstream USA and Smart Design

[Image: IDEO]

Collaboration Across NYC Emergency Departments
Ideo

[Photo: Vave Health]

Wireless Ultrasound
Vave Health

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: United Imaging]

uMR Omega
United Imaging

[Photo: Innovation Lab]

BayWin Closed Circuit Valve
Innovation Lab

Live Well Collaborative

“Watcher System” to Monitor High-Risk Patients
Live Well Collaborative

[Image: Epsy Health]

Epsy
Epsy Health

[Photo: Verily Life Sciences]

Baseline by Verily
Verily Life Sciences

[Photo: Click Medical]

Click Reel with Shift Technology
Click Medical

[Image: Akili Interactive Labs]

EndeavorRx
Akili Interactive

[Image: NBBJ]

Montage Health Ohana Center
NBBJ

[Photo: 98point6]

Real-Time COVID-19 Public Health Response
98point6

[Photo: Biospectal]

Biospectal OptiBP
Biospectal

[Image: Sutter Health]

Scout
Sutter Health

[Photo: OPT Industries]

InstaSwab
OPT Industries

[Photo: Ford]

Project Apollo
Ford

[Photo: Philips Experience Design]

Radiology Operations Command Center
Philips

[Photo: PathogenDx]

Clade Variant Adaptive Surveillance Test
PathogenDx

[Image: Abbott]

NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic
Abbott

[Photo: Visby Medical]

Innovation in Diagnostic Design
Visby Medical

[Image: OneRecord]

OneRecord
OneRecord

[Photo: Design Partners]

Viscero – ECG Vest
Design Partners

[Photo: Abbott]

FreeStyle Libre 2 integrated continuous glucose monitor
Abbott

[Photo: Johnson & Johnson Company]

Velys Robotic-Assisted Solution
DePuy Synthes

[Photo: Miku, Inc.]

Miku Pro Smart Baby Monitor
Miku

[Image: MDsave]

Hospital Price Transparency Pages
MDsave

[Photo: Masimo]

SafetyNet
Masimo

[Image: Masimo]

UniView
Masimo

[Image: Osso VR]

Cinematic VR Surgical Training Visuals
Osso VR

See more from Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards. Our new book, Fast Company Innovation by Design: Creative Ideas That Transform the Way We Live and Work (Abrams, 2021), is on sale now.

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