Unlock insight into what
drives OR performance
Learn how Apella’s AI helps you benchmark OR productivity, monitor trends, uncover inefficiencies, and optimize workflows.
Stop guessing and gain the power to know
where your OR is losing time
You can’t fix what you can’t measure. Apella delivers the ground-truth insight hospitals need to diagnose the real causes of OR delays and take action to drive process improvements with confidence.
Benchmark case phase metrics with precision
Run granular analyses across cases, turnovers, and on-time starts. Apella reveals workflow trends and phase-level variation so you can benchmark and improve OR performance.
- Case phase analysis tools
- Custom reporting and filtering
- Metrics and trends
Get to the root cause of inefficiencies faster
Review prior cases and turnovers in context with granular event timestamps. See exactly what happened, what drove delays, and how to improve, all backed by ground-truth data.
- Case and turnover video review
- Detailed surgical event timeline
- Occupancy trends
Remove subjectivity from the conversation
Resolve debates about what happened or why. Apella replaces ambiguity with analytics everyone can agree on — shifting discussions from finger-pointing to forward progress.
- Real-time event capture
- Automated data, not manual entry
- Shared analytics for aligned decisions
OR performance starts with trusted data
Reliable, objective data breeds trust. Trust breeds efficiency. Once the perioperative data is visible and, more importantly, trustworthy, everyone becomes more collaborative.
Dr. Alan Lumsden
Chair and Director of DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
94%
REDUCTION IN WHEELS-IN ACCURACY ERRORS
Frequently asked questions
What are OR efficiency and perioperative productivity?
OR efficiency and perioperative productivity refer to how quickly a surgical team moves a patient through every phase of a case — from pre-op prep through anesthesia, the procedure itself, and wrap-up — plus how quickly a room turns over between cases. Research using Apella's data found that turnover time accounts for only about 24% of total OR case time, with the remaining 76% spread across other perioperative phases, meaning meaningful efficiency gains have to look beyond turnover alone.
How does Apella improve operating room efficiency?
Operating room efficiency means using available OR time, staff, and resources effectively while minimizing delays and downtime. Apella combines ambient computer vision with EHR data to give hospitals real-time visibility into what's happening across every OR and predictive analytics that alert staff of emerging delays. This lets perioperative staff act earlier — redirecting staff to rooms that need support, coordinating with upstream pre-op and downstream PACU teams, and communicating schedule changes before delays cascade.
How do OR managers and OR directors use ambient AI?
Apella helps OR directors manage operating room performance with confidence and use longitudinal and context-specific insights to lead process improvement initiatives backed by real-time metrics and video.