Apella is a technology company that leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence, computer vision, and predictive modeling to help healthcare providers utilize their operating rooms more effectively. The company offers a suite of tools designed to increase utilization, improve efficiency, and maintain quality.

One of the key features of Apella's technology is its predictive scheduling tools. These tools use advanced algorithms to provide accurate case durations and highlight underutilized OR time, enabling hospitals to proactively optimize their OR schedules and increase case volume. For instance, Apella's technology identified and allocated 500 new hours of block time within the orthopedic surgery department at a leading academic medical center.

In addition to predictive scheduling, Apella offers real-time management tools that provide a live view into operating rooms. These tools help orchestrate the flow of resources throughout the OR, improving efficiency and reducing turnover times. In one case, Apella's technology helped a multi-specialty community-based hospital reduce turnover times by 15%.

Apella also provides targeted insights for process improvement. These insights identify areas for improvement in quality processes that are often unmeasured. For example, Apella's terminal cleaning evaluation identified that 38% of terminal cleans were missed over a three-month period at a multi-specialty, community-based hospital. Furthermore, it was found that OR lights were only cleaned 61% of the time, and cleaning under OR pads took place 31% of the time.

Apella's technology offers a comprehensive solution for operating room management, helping hospitals increase utilization, improve efficiency, and maintain quality through the use of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and predictive modeling.

Steer Health’s Digital Front Door streamlines the end-to-end patient journey. Patients can find providers, self-triage, book appointments, complete forms, communicate via AI chat, receive automated reminders, and pay online. Organizations gain higher conversion, fewer no-shows, and reduced staff workload through fully automated, integrated workflows.

Core features:

• Online Scheduling & Digital Intake – Real-time booking, forms, insurance capture.
• Automated Reminders & Follow-Up – Reduces no-shows and improves visit readiness.
• AI Patient Communication – Instant chat support for scheduling, FAQs, and navigation.
• Reputation & Web Modernization – Search visibility, mobile sites, automated reviews.
• Digital Payments – Text-to-pay, bill pay, pre-visit collection.
• Telemedicine – Integrated virtual visits with seamless scheduling and patient communication.

Digital Front Door improves patient access by modernizing how patients discover, schedule, and engage with care. 

The platform offers real-time online scheduling, telemedicine, automated reminders, AI-driven communication, digital intake, and online payments — reducing no-shows and administrative burden while increasing patient acquisition and visit completion.

Steer Health is an AI-powered growth and automation platform for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Steer's mission is to drive revenue acceleration and cost savings by reducing the burden on healthcare professionals. With innovative solutions designed to streamline patient acquisition, retention and enhance care, Steer Health is at the forefront of transforming the healthcare landscape.

• Voice, Web, Chatbot and SMS Scheduling
• Smart Routing & 1 Click Scheduling for existing patients

• Integrated OnDemand Care Options for Fast Tracking and Care Delivery Arbitrage
• Integrated Modern Communication Tools
• Referral Automation