BusinessCloud has revealed its MedTech 50 and HealthTech 50 innovation rankings for 2021.

Readers of the online technology publication and an independent judging panel have together decided the 100 companies blazing a trail with original technology for the healthcare and medical sectors.

The MedTech 50 celebrates businesses helping to diagnose and treat conditions, mainly in a clinical setting such as a hospital, and other biotechnology companies.

Hy-genie, a hand hygiene monitoring solution, tops the ranking after producing “exceptional” results in boosting handwashing at Alder Hey hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In fourth spot, behind Panakeia and Andiamo, is GripAble, a start-up digitising rehabilitation from hospital to home through hand-held sensors, software and data services.

The top five was rounded off by Xploro, a companion app for children undergoing cancer treatment in hospital. 

Isansys Lifecare, which has developed a remote patient monitoring platform combining wearable sensors, wireless connectivity, predictive AI analytics, dashboards and alerting, was in the top 15.

Ostara Biomedical, which is building products and affordable solutions to assist and guide prospective parents through the fertility pathway – from diagnosis to conception and birth – also made the ranking.

The HealthTech 50 focusses on companies creating tech for personal and preventative healthcare, as well as GP practice management and messaging platforms.

It was led by AccuRx ahead of Careology, which connects people with a cancer diagnosis to their family and friends, and to their clinicians, so they are fully supported in their journey.

Other companies in the top five include ZoomDoc, ORCHA and EMIS Health.

People Matter Technology, the company behind an ethical data-led platform, Okina, which supports positive mental wellbeing, made the top 10 ahead of Visionable.

Visionable is a clinical grade collaboration platform which enables the sharing of video, data and medical device imaging to support accelerated diagnostics and treatment decisions.

Dietary Assessment Ltd, which specialises in providing high-quality nutritional analysis software – myfood24 – to researchers, educators and healthcare professionals, lit up 16^th spot.

BusinessCloud called on its readers to vote for companies from the 90-strong (MedTech 50) and 110-strong (HealthTech 50) shortlists and saw approximately 1,300 votes pour in on each.  

A combination of these votes and choices from an independent judging panel determined the top 50s.

The judging panel was comprised of: 

• Leontina Postelnicu, head of health and social care, techUK
• Nick Prentice, global volunteer, One HealthTech; interim co-chair, of staff LGBT+ Network at NHS England & NHS Improvement
• Abeyna Bubbers-Jones, CEO, Medic Footprints
• Lauren Bevan, head of health & social care, BJSS
• Jonathan Symcox, editor, BusinessCloud

The full rankings are below and can also be found on BusinessCloud’s website here.

MedTech 50

1. Hy-genie
2. Panakeia
3. Andiamo
4. GripAble
5. Xploro
6. Mendelian
7. 3D LifePrints
8. SleepCogni
9. Closed Loop Medicine
10. QuantuMDx
11. Charco Neurotech
12. Vinehealth
13. Kheiron Medical Technologies
14. Isansys Lifecare
15. Adapttech
16. Artios Pharma
17. SurePulse
18. Concentric Health
19. Mable Therapy
20. Benevolent AI
21. Gendius
22. Oxford VR
23. Sensyne Health
24. Sky Medical Technology
25. Medical Realities
26. Patchwork
27. CMR Surgical
28. Huma
29. MedicAir
30. Oxford Nanopore Technologies
31. Ultromics
32. Blackford Analysis
33. Bicycle Therapeutics
34. Inotec
35. Open Bionics
36. Acurable
37. Aptamer Group
38. Ostara Biomedical
39. Micrima
40. Allergy Therapeutics
41. Bold Health
42. uMed
43. Evox Therapeutics
44. Antiverse
45. FundamentalVR
46. Healx
47. axial3D
48. Congenica
49. endoscope-i
50. Healios

HealthTech 50

1. AccuRx
2. Careology
3. ZoomDoc
4. ORCHA
5. EMIS Health
6. Intouch with Health
7. Dr Julian
8. Elemental
9. Doctify
10. People Matter Technology
11. Visionable
12. Medloop
13. Zava
14. Doc Abode
15. Clin-e-cal
16. Dietary Assessment Ltd
17. Eva Health Technologies
18. Feebris
19. Thriva
20. Elvie
21. Birdie
22. Feedback Medical
23. Open Medical
24. Forth
25. Aquarate
26. Lilli
27. Signum Health
28. Doctor Care Anywhere
29. MyCognition
30. Elder
31. Doctorlink
32. Lantum
33. PCMIS
34. Salve Technologies
35. ADI Health
36. Invatech Health
37. Medshr
38. Tunstall Healthcare
39. Baby2Body
40. Healthera
41. Induction Healthcare
42. Equivital
43. C7 Health
44. Simply Connect Solutions
45. Kinesis
46. Pharmacy2U
47. Servelec Group
48. Vitaccess
49. MeeTwo
50. Bond Digital Health