MedTech Breakthrough Awards is a annual industry award recognizing excellence in Healthcare. Organized by Tech Breakthrough, it covers the Global region. Established in 2017.
The MedTech Breakthrough Awards are run by Tech Breakthrough, a market-intelligence organization that operates a family of sector 'Breakthrough' award programs, and have recognized digital health and medical technology innovation since 2017 — the 2026 edition was the program's tenth annual cycle. Entries are evaluated by an independent judging panel against published criteria of innovation, performance, user experience, functionality, market impact and value. The program draws thousands of nominations each year from companies worldwide, with no geographic restrictions.
Awards are given across a broad category map spanning telemedicine, patient engagement, healthcare robotics, digital health, healthcare AI, medical devices, healthcare cybersecurity, wearables and health information systems, with both product and company/individual honors. There are no medal tiers — a single winner is named per category. Winning functions primarily as a marketing and credibility asset: winners receive a global press release, media and analyst relations support, a feature on the program's website, and social and email promotion, which is why MedTech Breakthrough badges are common in medtech and digital-health company communications and funding announcements.
Entry is open to companies, organizations and individuals worldwide, and the same organization may enter multiple products or categories. Product entries must have reached public trial or general availability after a recency cutoff (products available after January 1, 2024 for the 2026 cycle); company awards carry no time restriction. The typical cycle sees nominations close in early February, nominees privately notified of results in late February, and winners announced publicly in early May. The program does not publish its nomination fees on the public site, so request current pricing when nominating. Strong entries pair a clearly differentiated technology story with concrete evidence of market traction, clinical or operational outcomes, and user adoption.