Innovative Health Technology Wins Esteemed Awards

A wearable button to monitor how light can influence sleep patterns, a home epigenetic testing kit and a smart insole aimed at increasing physical activity for the older generation are some of the winners of the annual AXA Health Tech & You Awards 2019.

Now in its fifth year, AXA Health Tech & You, a programme led by AXA PPP healthcare, continues to promote the widespread awareness of health tech and to empower people to use this technology to live life well today and in the future.

The winners are:
Sleep Tech Challenge – LYS – a wearable Button helping people understand how light in their everyday environment influences sleep.

Mental Health in Children Challenge – KIT – a digital coach aiming to arm young people with social confidence and skills.

Mobility and Accessibility Challenge – Tomo – an app that uses the power of an online community to build habits that keep people healthy.

Innovation in Health Tech – Chronomics – a repeatable at-home epigenetic testing kit, offering insights into a person’s health by looking at their DNA.

Excellence in Health Tech – Lechal – a smart insole aimed at reducing fall risk and increasing physical activity for the older generation.

AXA Health Tech & You has seen some of the most innovative health technology come through its Awards programme over the past five years, with entrants from all over the world aspiring to win a coveted award. This year is no exception. Innovators from the USA, India, Germany and The Netherlands were shortlisted alongside those based in the UK, showing health tech represented on a global scale.

The five category winners of this year’s Awards were selected by individual panels of expert judges comprising of leaders in healthcare, medical, design and technology. These winners, although very different in the health needs they support, are all at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation, utilising epigenetic testing for insights into a person’s health, circadian rhythms for improving sleep and interactive platforms and apps to help with sociability and mobility in both the very young and older people.