Health IT Summit Flywheel Awards

Recognize accomplishments by federal employees and programs that transform and innovate federal technology.

Awards Categories

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Rising Star

Rising Star

The Rising Star is a newcomer to federal health IT leadership and showcases a commitment to building innovative frameworks and technology solutions to improve health services and patient experiences within their organization.
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Interoperability Leader

Interoperability Leader

The Interoperability Leader demonstrates continued dedication to developing frameworks to advance interoperability. This awardee recognizes that the use of electronic health information is critical to transform service delivery, patient care and the ways that providers work together to create a seamless health care experience.
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Digital Transformer

Digital Transformer

The Digital Transformer demonstrates a passion for modernizing the information landscape to transform health care systems through the power of data. This awardee is committed to improving access to data, access and interoperability between systems, all in the service of better patient care and health outcomes.
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Innovation Champion

Innovation Champion

This individual recognizes that innovation elevates the productivity, efficiency, reliability, sustainability and security of health care. They demonstrate a passion to integrate emerging technologies into the health care ecosystem to improve both the patient and provider experience.
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Health Advocate

Health Advocate

The Health Advocate Award recognizes a federal leader leveraging technology in the fight against chronic disease. This awardee exemplifies how innovation, data and digital tools can be harnessed to transform public health.

Important Dates

Entry Deadline: July 18, 2025

Flywheel Finalists Announced: August 1, 2025

Health IT Summit 2025

Hear From Past Winners

The efforts of the entire team continue to drive CORA to rapidly adapt to new threats and vulnerabilities in ways that were not possible with CCRI. The remediations of key indicators of risk during the assessment have expedited the most important fixes by leaps and bounds.

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Charles Wille, JFHQ-DODIN

Cyber Defender 2025 Winner |

Our team and people across Navy and Marine Corps are working to modernize systems and capabilities for our Marines and sailors. Because, at the end of the day, getting them the capabilities that they need is the only thing that matters to us. We just want to make them the winners.

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Beth Caswell, Department of the Navy

Digital Transformer 2025 Winner |

Data is a team sport and there are several airmen and guardians in the room. I thank each and every one of you because we wouldn’t be where we are today without every single one of you making data a part of your core DNA and everything that you do every single day.

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Eileen Vidrine, Air Force

Data Advocate 2024 Winner |

As I accept this award for Interoperability Leader, a lot of people ask me what credentials do I have and what training did I have? And I simply say passion. ... I also say there’s a lot of i’s in interoperability: there’s innovation, ingenuity, intelligence, there’s industry, there’s not be willing to say that we innovate in silos and then there’s raising a hand and saying I want to help.

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Amanda Cournoyer, Department of Veterans Affairs

Interoperability Leader 2023 Winner |

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Why the Flywheel?

The flywheel — a critical component in a machine to increase its momentum — is also a critical symbol representing our goal to keep federal IT decision-makers informed on technology’s impact on government. This momentum is what fuels the constant need for transformers to innovate around strategies, systems and tools to keep government functioning efficiently.

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