The IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2009. This award is presented for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of medicine

Medicine

Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

, biology

Biology

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...

, and healthcare technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

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The award is presented annually to an individual, team, or multiple recipients up to five in number. It was presented for the first time in 2010.

Recipients of this medal receive a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and honorarium.

The recipients of the award have been:

• 2011: Harrison H. Barrett
• 2010: Ronald Nutt and David Townsend