Powered by support from the Colorado Health Foundation, Prime Health’s Innovation Challenge is an annual program that advances healthcare through innovation, aiming to improve health equity, access, quality, and cost for underserved communities in Colorado.

What is the Prime Health Innovation Challenge?

A collaborative, community-driven process to:

  • amplify and accelerate diverse and impact-driven founders

  • vet, validate, and pilot the best technology and solutions

  • advance healthcare in Colorado through innovation, collaboration, and community building

Provider, payer, policy, business, and technology experts provide feedback and mentorship to digital health companies seeking to pilot their solutions with healthcare organizations. The 3-round, multi-month program concludes with a live pitch competition featuring the top safety-net health solutions vying to win a portion of the prize funding and the chance to pilot their solution with a safety net partner.

This annual program began in 2014 in Colorado to galvanize the safety-net ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of safety-net health technologies focused on achieving the Quadruple Aim: improved patient experience, improved provider experience, improved population health, and lower costs.

Through a collaborative health innovation ecosystem, we can:

  • Clarify common barriers, problems, needs, and shared priorities within the healthcare industry

  • Identify companies and healthcare that are pursuing ways to solve those problems

  • Validate solutions impactful to Colorado healthcare

  • Accelerate the adoption of these solutions within safety-net health organizations

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Complete our quick application to sign up as a Host Organization

$150,000 will be awarded to fund pilots between the winning solutions and Colorado healthcare organizations.

The Numbers

Vetted and validated more than 500 health innovation solutions

Built more than 45 health innovation pilots and partnerships

Awarded nearly $1.9 million in prize funding since 2014

Why should YOU participate in the Challenge?

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