OLATHE, Kan./May 7, 2024/PR Newswire — Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced a global call for entries for its 2024 Garmin Health Awards, celebrating the world's most innovative solutions that successfully leverage the power of Garmin technology into health and wellness programs. This year, Garmin will unveil a refreshed format for the Garmin Health Summit, plus a new, streamlined application process that means all applicants will now apply for only one award category: the Garmin Health Award. Also new this year, two different panels of judges will evaluate entries – one made up of industry experts and the other of Summit attendees. Both the Expert's Choice Garmin Health Award and the People's Choice Garmin Health Award winners will be announced at the Garmin Health Summit on September 25 in Prague and will receive Garmin wearables worth up to $10,000.
"This year, Garmin Health is celebrating its 10th anniversary and we are thrilled to look back at how much we have grown over the years. One of our biggest accomplishments is the Garmin Health Awards, which have become one of the most coveted honors in the industry. Every year, we look forward to seeing the innovative solutions that leading providers submit and we are excited to continue advancing wellness initiatives all over the world through these prestigious awards."
—Jörn Watzke, Senior Director Garmin Health
To be considered for the 2024 Garmin Health Awards, solutions or research projects should be established and active, and must use Garmin smartwatches, fitness trackers or smart scales. The submissions should also be aligned with Garmin Health's key areas of focus:
- Health Care & Research: University-level research, clinical trials, patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, rehabilitation, and prevention or other health care and research-related initiatives
- Insurance & Employee Health: Insurance or reinsurance programs, dynamic underwriting, Biological Age Model (BAM), customer loyalty, worker safety, driver safety, or other insurance or corporate wellness-related initiatives
- Fitness & Wellness: Fitness, well-being platforms or other activity-based solutions
Applications will be accepted from May 7 through May 31, 2024. Each submission will be evaluated on customer benefit, scalability, uniqueness, innovation and performance. In June, finalists will be notified and invited to present their solution in person at the 2024 Garmin Health Summit. Expert judges and Summit attendees will evaluate the solutions and programs during the event, and all winners will be announced that evening. Click here for program details and application instructions.
VIDEO: Learn more about the Garmin Health Awards here and take a look at last year's Garmin Health Summit here.
Garmin Health provides custom enterprise business solutions that leverage the Garmin extensive wearable portfolio and high-quality sensor data for applications in the corporate wellness, population health, and patient monitoring markets. The Garmin Health API allows third parties to ask customers to share their data in accordance with their specific privacy policies. As part of a global company that designs, manufactures and ships products worldwide, Garmin Health supports its customers' commerce and logistics needs, allowing enterprises to scale with a single, trusted partner. For more information, email our press team, connect with us on LinkedIn, or visit us online at garmin.com/health.