Layer Health Named Top Innovator in 2026 Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge

Nov 10, 2026

Selected from more than 100 applicants, Layer Health earned Top Innovator recognition at the 2026 Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, presenting its clinical intelligence platform to healthcare executives, investors, and industry leaders.

Layer’s platform reads and interprets complete patient records, including structured and unstructured data, and applies clinician-grade reasoning to accelerate tedious chart review tasks by more than 70%, with validated accuracy exceeding 98%.

Layer is extending the platform from retrospective quality measurement to near real-time clinical intelligence that identifies gaps in care and surfaces guideline-recommended opportunities while treatment decisions are still being made.

BOSTON, NOVEMBER 10, 2026 — Layer Health today announced it has been named Top Innovator in the 2026 Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, one of two top honors awarded at this year’s competition. Layer was one of six finalists chosen from more than 100 applicants and presented its clinical intelligence platform to more than 200 senior executives from 60+ payer and provider organizations in Chicago.

The Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge brings together emerging healthcare technology companies with senior executives from leading health systems, health plans, investment firms, and technology organizations. This year’s competition focused on AI, with applicants expected to have a product ready for customer use and at least one paying customer. Scored across six criteria, Layer earned its strongest marks in customer acquisition, market need, and feasibility. Judges cited Layer’s customer traction, validated accuracy, and measurable time savings, along with its ability to build trust within health systems. They also pointed to its combination of quality measurement and clinical guidance as an approach health systems are ready to adopt.

“Health systems are looking for solutions that solve real challenges in healthcare while delivering immediate and measurable value for patients, clinicians, and hospitals,” said Brian Kalis, Managing Director, Accenture Health. “This year’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge finalists demonstrated what that looks like in practice. We congratulate Layer Health on being named Top Innovator and for the impact its work is already having across the health systems it serves.”

Founded by AI and machine learning researchers from MIT and clinical leaders from Harvard Medical School, Layer Health built a clinical intelligence platform that reasons longitudinally across a patient’s complete medical record, applying physician-validated clinical understanding and tying each answer to the specific note and guideline that supports it. Its first application, clinical registry abstraction, helps hospitals evaluate the quality of their care. Layer works with leading healthcare organizations, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Intermountain Health, and the American Cancer Society, and at White Plains Hospital, it reduced abstraction time by upwards of 70% while maintaining 98%+ accuracy. The company is now extending its technology beyond retrospective quality measurement to help clinicians deliver better evidence-based care, aligned with specific patient need.

“Health systems are moving past the point of experimenting with AI. Chart review is moving from an innovation project to a standard enterprise capability, and systems want technology they can verify on their own data and trust with decisions that impact care. That’s the standard we’ve built Layer around,” said David Sontag, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder of Layer Health. “Recognition from Accenture is a sign the industry is ready for clinical AI that is held to that standard.”