What started as a challenge to tame unwieldy single patient electronic health information (EHI) exports—often hundreds of pages long and hard to use—quickly became a nationwide surge of ingenuity, with nearly one hundred proposals pouring into the ONC EHIgnite Challenge. From this large and competitive field, ONC selected nine Phase 1 winners, each of whom received a $10,000 award and an invitation to advance to Phase 2.
Meet the Phase 1 winners
ONC is excited to recognize the following Phase 1 winners, whose solutions use advanced AI to turn dense EHI exports into clearer, actionable information for patients, caregivers, and clinicians:
- Avista Development LLC – Transforms EHI exports into scenario summaries, connection views, and “dropped threads” lists to surface missed follow-ups and care gaps using AI.
- CareLead, Inc. – Builds a patient-governed, portable platform that ingests multisource data, surfaces clinical conflicts for explicit patient resolution, and turns reconciled records into structured tasks, reminders, and visit-ready summaries.
- HealthLink360 – Makes raw EHI usable across the healthcare ecosystem by scoring facts for recency and consistency, expanding into behavioral, biometric, and social determinants data.
- HubChart – Converts dense exports into plain-language summaries and Q&A, using secure SMS links and conversational interfaces to support safer hospital-to-skilled nursing facility transitions.
- Onni Health Inc. – Turns static EHI exports into dynamic, shared care hubs where an agentic AI coordinates on behalf of caregivers, automating medication management, appointment scheduling, and team task organization across data sources.
- MediVu – Combines structured queries, natural language processing, and advanced AI to deliver intuitive narratives, recovery plans, and dashboards through FHIR®-enabled portals.
- Benten Technologies, Inc. – Focuses on maternal health and substance use recovery, transforming complex records into plain-language care summaries, and anonymous screening tools with an AI-driven synthesis layer.
- Precision Health Ventures – Provides an AI platform that ingests FHIR records along with data from wearables and home monitoring devices to generate understandable patient health narratives.
- Washington Health Summary – Aggregates data from EHRs, insurers, and state registries into a cohesive, patient-controlled record, using AI to translate clinical terminology into plain language and filling critical gaps such as advance directives.
Learn more about the winners’ projects and attend the EHIgnite Challenge Phase 1 Winners Showcase on August 6.
How winners were selected
Submissions underwent a rigorous evaluation process that was led by a multidisciplinary expert panel and complemented by internal ONC review. Across the selected submissions, reviewers noted common strengths: strong summarization capabilities, clear use cases, and visual wireframes that made complex information more intuitive for patients.
Looking ahead to Phase 2
As Phase 2 begins, these nine teams will be competing for a $400,000 prize pool, including a $250,000 grand prize. To win, they will need to turn their concepts into real, usable tools that help patients make sense of complex health records and act on what matters most. Phase 2 will conclude in March, 2027—so Phase 1 winners, fire up your development engines.
Improving data accessibility
Every submission to EHIgnite demonstrates a commitment to bringing critical health data to whoever needs it most, whether that be a patient preparing to see a new doctor, a family member responding to an emergency, or a clinician trying to reconcile conflicting information. The challenge hopes to spur a new wave of innovation in how data is presented for maximum impact – not just having data available, but being able to act on it in critical situations.
ONC looks forward to seeing these visions continue to grow and succeed beyond the challenge itself.
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