March 18, 2025 - Apella, a health technology company, today announced that it was named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the Most Innovative Companies of 2025 in the healthcare category. The list shines a spotlight on organizations that are shaping industry and culture through their vision and leadership.
“Hospital executives today lack accurate, timely, and actionable data. At Apella, we’ve developed a management platform that ambiently captures precise operating room intelligence to increase access to quality surgical care,” says David Schummers, co-founder and CEO of Apella. “This honor from Fast Company is a testament to all we and our partners have done to support surgical teams across the country.”
Apella integrates artificial intelligence and ambient technology with other critical hospital data to provide real-time insights healthcare workers need to solve busy hospitals’ most systemic operational problems.
Fast Company's editors and writers identified the companies driving progress, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world. Other companies named in the healthcare category include: Abridge, SCAN Group, and Babson Diagnostics.
“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies offers both a comprehensive look at innovation today and a playbook for the future,” said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “This year, we recognize companies that are harnessing AI in deep and meaningful ways, brands that are turning customers into superfans by overdelivering for them, and challengers that are introducing bold ideas and vital competition to their industries. At a time when the world is rapidly shifting, these companies are charting the way forward.”
The full list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies honorees is available at fastcompany.com. It will also be on newsstands beginning March 25.
About Apella
Apella has developed an OR management platform providing busy hospitals with real-time operational intelligence to eliminate delays, distractions, and inefficiencies throughout the day. Apella uses AI and ambient technologies, integrated with EHR data, to automate and optimize coordination, scheduling, and staffing so surgical teams have additional capacity to provide better, safer care to more patients. Learn how leading health systems have transformed their ORs at apella.io.