AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2022 – WellSect.ai, healthcare’s data science platform, today announced that it has been named as one of Fierce Healthcare’s Fierce 15 of 2022, designating it as one of the most promising healthcare companies in the industry.

WellSect was recognized for positively impacting millions of lives by enabling healthcare organizations (HCOs) to quickly produce predictive models customized to their specific populations and available data sources. With WellSect’s healthcare-specific AI/ML platform and pre-built content library, HCOs can accurately predict which people are at highest risk of avoidable adverse outcomes and target interventions more efficiently, leading to better health outcomes at lower costs.

The transparency and explainability of WellSect’s AI has been key to its success, building clinician trust in the integrity of underlying algorithms and providing them with context and diagnosis-code-level evidence to make the most informed decisions possible. This robust explainability helped WellSect win the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) AI Health Outcomes Challenge—the largest healthcare-focused AI challenge in history.

“We’re honored to be recognized by Fierce Healthcare as one of the companies leading the charge to tackle healthcare’s biggest challenges,” said Andrew Eye, CEO and founder. “Our goal is to improve every single healthcare decision with explainable, AI-driven insights. We made massive strides in 2021, and in 2022, we intend to triple the number of lives covered by HCOs partnering with us to build predictive models.”

The Fierce 15 celebrates the spirit of being “fierce”—championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition. This is Fierce Healthcare’s fourth annual Fierce 15 selection and represents many corners of the industry from digital health to pharmacy benefit management to social determinants of health.

“During an especially challenging time as we are two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this group of Fierce 15 winners are reimagining the path forward for healthcare and leading the changes that will shape how healthcare of the future is delivered,” said Paige Minemyer, Fierce Healthcare senior editor.

An internationally-recognized daily report reaching a network of over 160,000 healthcare industry professionals, Fierce Healthcare provides authoritative analysis of the day’s top stories. This year Fierce Healthcare evaluated hundreds of companies from around the world for its annual Fierce 15 list, which is based on a variety of factors such as strength of its technology, partnerships, venture backers and its innovative approach to solving some of the most complex and longstanding problems in the health industry.

About WellSect

WellSect.ai is healthcare’s data science platform. We make it easy for healthcare organizations to use AI to improve outcomes and reduce costs. Purpose-built and dedicated to healthcare, WellSect combines an intuitive end-to-end machine learning platform with a comprehensive library of healthcare-specific features and model templates. Customers use WellSect’s Explainable AI to drive clinical excellence, operational efficiency, value-based contracts, and enhanced revenue. Winner of the CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge and named a KLAS Healthcare AI Top Performer for 2020, WellSect is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Fierce Healthcare

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