Apella Technology

Apella Technology provides an AI-powered surgical operations platform designed to enhance real-time decision-making in operating rooms. The platform offers predictive case and turnover durations, staffing suggestions, and mobile notifications. It detects operating room events within one minute, 99% of the time, and autonomously audits 100% of key safety processes. By focusing on improved safety and quality processes through analytics, Apella captures highlights for continuous learning and training efforts, helping to identify areas for improvement in room cleanings and turnovers. The platform reduces administrative complexity and staff burnout, and improves surgery duration predictions by 24% compared to electronic health records (EHR). Apella recently announced $21 million in Series A funding to digitize the operating room. Utilizing ambient sensor technology and artificial intelligence, the company provides new data and insights in real time. In partnership with Houston Methodist, Apella aims to implement its technology in all operating rooms, making them more efficient by analyzing past data, managing present operations, and planning for the future. The company offers a systematic data collection, analytics, and communication system for surgical quality and cost improvement, focusing on enhancing hospital operations, surgical quality, staff training, and real-time decision-making. Apella supports its employees with generous health, dental, and vision insurance, flexible vacation policies, and a work culture that encourages recharging. The company also offers generous parental leave for new parents and maintains a remote-first culture with unique events to integrate the team. By leveraging computer vision, machine learning, and AI, Apella collects and analyzes new data about surgery, aiming to liberate surgeons and staff from distractions, delays, data entry, and the complexities of the OR environment. The company plans to expand its presence into early adopter hospitals over the next six months and partners with innovative facilities and passionate surgeons to pioneer new opportunities.