Who is Apella for
💡 What you'll learn: How Apella supports different roles across the perioperative team.
Apella supports the full perioperative team — from nurses to surgeons to schedulers — with real-time insights that keep surgical days running smoothly. Here’s how different roles benefit from using Apella every day:
🧑⚕️ OR Leaders
Apella helps OR directors track OR performance with confidence and lead process improvement initiatives backed by real-time metrics and video insights.
- View granular, actionable OR metrics
- Uncover trends in efficiency and utilization
- Review case and turnover video for QA and coaching
🩺 Charge Nurses
Apella enables Charge Nurses to track all ORs from one view, respond faster to delays, and manage staff proactively — without needing to walk room-to-room or call into the OR
- Monitor OR status via video livestream
- Predict delays before they happen
- Adjust staffing based on real-time insights
🧑🔬 Surgeons & Anesthesiologists
Long waits, late starts, or miscommunication can throw off a physician's schedule. Apella helps keep days on track by giving staff the tools to stay ahead of delays and gives physicians real-time updates on preop and case prep milestones, so they know exactly when to head to the OR.
- Get real-time texts for PreOp and OR milestones
- Enable more efficient case scheduling
- Automate OR data capture to minimize delays
🛌 PreOp & PostOp Staff
Apella provides Pre-Op and PACU teams live updates on predicted case start or case end timing to reduce surprises and support smooth transitions between departments.
- View real-time pre-op and post-op boards
- Track case progress and upcoming starts
- Improve handoffs between OR, pre-op, and PACU
📅 Schedulers
Use Apella’s predictive tools to improve scheduling accuracy, optimize OR utilization, and improve coordination across clinics and hospitals.
- Access accurate case duration forecasts
- Find and request open OR time
- Coordinate schedules without constant follow-up
🧹 Turnover Staff
Apella helps staff anticipate long turnovers, so they can plan and support more efficiently.
- Track room status and case progress in real time
- Monitor upcoming turnovers across the board
- Identify long turnovers needing extra hands