DocuCare wins Rep. Burgess Owens’ 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Utah’s Fourth District
Rep. Burgess Owens has named Ansh Devlekar of Hillcrest High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Utah’s Fourth District. Their app DocuCare helps people understand their medical reports that are usually filled with complicated jargon, numbers, acronyms, and labels.
When asked what inspired the creation of DocuCare, Ansh Devlekar said, “I saw my parents’ medical reports and was both surprised at how doctors were able to understand them, and confused while I tried to understand them myself. My grandma also has a hard time understanding her doctor’s reports and needs to rely on my uncle to read them to her. When I grow up, I definitely do not want to be deciphering obscure numbers, labels, and terms. So, I decided to create a simple and accessible way through which all patients could use to easily understand their medical reports through concise summaries. I also wanted to become more familiar with generative AI and how to incorporate it into my coding projects. This Congressional App Challenge was also the perfect opportunity for me to grow my creative thinking, problem-solving, and app-building skills. The real-world problem of understanding medical reports and I, wanting to grow my programming skills, came together in this Congressional App Challenge and inspired me to create DocuCare.”
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge marked another record-setting year for the program. A total of 394 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted App Challenges in their congressional districts, the highest level of participation in the program’s history. More than 13,800 students from across the country participated, submitting over 4,600 original apps focused on real-world challenges ranging from health and accessibility to education, sustainability, and civic engagement.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives that encourages middle school and high school students to learn to code, explore computer science, and build practical technology solutions for their communities. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and winning teams are invited to showcase their projects to Members of Congress, staff, and industry leaders at the annual #HouseOfCode celebration on Capitol Hill.
The Challenge is proudly bipartisan and reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to STEM education and preparing the next generation of American innovators for the future workforce. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from the Broadcom Foundation, AWS, Infosys Foundation USA, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2026 Congressional App Challenge will launch in May, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.