Steer Health — Hearst Health Prize Winner
Discover the AI-powered clinical orchestration platform recognized by Hearst Health and the UCLA Center for AI & SMART Health for solving clinical inertia and keeping millions of patients connected to care.
Steer Health accepts the 2026 Hearst Health Prize. Pictured left to right: Greg Dorn, MD, President, Hearst Health and Sridhar Yerramreddy, President & CEO, Steer Health.
The Benchmark for Healthcare Data Science
Presented in partnership with the UCLA Center for AI & SMART Health, the Hearst Health Prize evaluates real-world, implemented data science programs that demonstrate measurably improved health outcomes at scale.
Clinical inertia costs the U.S. healthcare system billions annually. Up to 40% of patients never complete specialist referrals, and nearly 1 in 5 scheduled appointments end up as costly no-shows.
Designed to find and proliferate the very best practices in digital health technology, the Prize is awarded to organizations demonstrating proven, at-scale impact. Out of innovative healthcare organizations nationwide, Steer Health was selected as the 2026 winner for its proven ability to close critical care gaps and pull patients back into the care continuum — autonomously.
Transforming Care Gaps Into Completed Visits
“We started Steer Health because too many patients fall through the cracks of a system that was never designed to keep them engaged.”
Steer Health reframes staffing limitations as data opportunities. By utilizing gradient-boosted predictive modeling paired with an advanced multi-agent AI system, the platform does the hard, invisible work of tracking and engaging patients in real time — across every care setting.
Award-Winning AI Across Every Care Setting
Steer Health seamlessly integrates with your existing tech stack to predict disengagement risks and guide patients through their entire care loop — autonomously.
PRIZE WINNER
2026
Across Every Care Setting
Hospitals & Systems
Maximize downstream referral revenue, stabilize complex calendars, and optimize enterprise-wide staff workflows.
Ambulatory Surgical (ASCs)
Eliminate expensive late-stage surgery cancellations, automate complex pre-op intake, and streamline documentation.
Ortho & Spine Practices
Safeguard high-value surgical cases, track strict pre-authorizations, and fully automate post-op check-ins.
PCP & Specialty Practices
Minimize costly gaps in chronic care management, capture overdue wellness visits, and ensure smooth referral handoffs.
Large Medical Groups
Maintain consistent patient volume, slash high administrative no-show expenses, and scale multi-location care delivery.
Emergency & Urgent Care
Lower preventable readmissions, orchestrate post-discharge protocols, and securely coordinate vital follow-ups.
Dental Offices
Maximize chair-time utilization, reactivate dormant patients for hygiene recalls, and reduce last-minute cancellations.
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What the Hearst Health Prize Recognizes
The Hearst Health Prize is one of healthcare's most prestigious innovation awards — presented annually to recognize a breakthrough in health and healthcare delivery that demonstrates measurable patient impact. It is awarded by Hearst Health in partnership with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Why Steer Health Won
Steer Health was awarded the Hearst Health Prize for innovation in AI-driven patient engagement and healthcare operations. The prize recognized Steer's approach to replacing the manual coordination layer in healthcare with specialized AI agents — and the documented patient access, revenue recovery, and administrative burden outcomes produced across live deployments. This is a recognition of patient impact, not a technology award.
What It Means for Organizations Evaluating Steer
The Hearst Health Prize provides third-party validation from one of healthcare's most credible external evaluators. For health systems and practices evaluating AI vendors, it represents evidence that Steer Health's approach has been independently assessed and recognized for its clinical and operational merit.
Steer Health's Recognition Track Record
In addition to the Hearst Health Prize, Steer Health has been recognized by AVIA as a Top Digital Front Door solution, featured at Becker's ASC and RCM conferences, and cited in healthcare industry publications as a leading example of agentic AI deployment at clinical scale.