Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, honored healthcare companies for demonstrating leadership and innovation Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Awards Banquet held in San Antonio, Texas.
The Healthcare Innovation Awards are given to companies that have made a significant contribution to the delivery and management of healthcare. Such companies have shown success at meeting the needs of patients and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry by pioneering products, practices, technology, and ideas.
Ann McCaughan, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Noninvasive Medical Technologies, received the 2009 North American Lifetime Achievement Award for Remote Patient Monitoring. Widely acknowledged as one of the leading experts in cardiac home care, McCaughan's pioneering vision and efforts in the industry have led to a number of commercially successful and novel healthcare monitoring products.
Public relations and marketing firm Padilla Speer Beardsley sponsored the event.
Awarded companies and individuals included:
AMICAS - 2009 North American Imaging Informatics Growth Leadership Award
Ann McCaughan - 2009 North American Remote Patient Monitoring Lifetime Achievement Award
Agile Therapeutics - 2009 North American Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Healthcare Innovation of the Year Award
Aphios Corporation - 2009 North American Enhanced Nanodrug Therapeutics Systems Excellence in Healthcare Technology Innovation of the Year Award
CureDM - 2009 North American Diabetes Mellitus Therapeutics Product Innovation of the Year Award
EMSystems - 2009 North American Emergency Patient Tracking Product Line Strategy of the Year Award
Fovia, Inc. - 2009 North American Interactive Advanced Visualization Platforms Technology Innovation of the Year Award