The Problem We Solve

Perioperative variability
costs lives and money

Fragmented care, lack of standardization, and absent follow-up create preventable complications across healthcare systems worldwide.

Scale of the Problem

A High-Risk Period

  • 30M Inpatient operations annually in the US
  • 15% of patients suffer major postoperative complications
  • 200,000 Annual deaths from complications

Readmission & Length of Stay

Patients return. Costs compound.

High readmission rates signal a systemic failure in post-discharge care. Patients lack structured follow-up, care teams lack visibility, and hospitals bear the financial burden of preventable returns.

Median length of stay can double or increase by 78% depending on procedure severity — each additional day carrying significant cost and risk.

  • 20% 30-day readmission rate
  • $17B Annual cost from readmissions
  • 78% Potential increase in length of stay

Lack of Standardization

Fragmentation across every transition

Inconsistent protocols, siloed teams, and absent follow-up leave patients unmonitored at the most critical moments of their recovery.

  • Outcome Variation

    Wide variation in outcomes across hospitals and surgeons with no systematic feedback loop.

  • Team Fragmentation

    Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and PCPs operate in disconnected systems with no shared view.

  • Only 50% Follow-up Rate

    Half of patients never receive timely follow-up within 7–14 days, the critical window for catching complications.

Root Causes

Where the system breaks down

The data exists. The technology exists. But five interconnected failures prevent it from being used.

  1. 01

    Incomplete clinical data

    EHR data is fragmented, inconsistently structured, and rarely complete enough to act on without significant manual effort. Risk calculators sit buried in the EMR. Critical information is siloed across systems that don't communicate. The data exists — but it isn't being used.

  2. 02

    Risk goes unaddressed

    Even when patient risk is identified, it often isn't translated into a personalized plan. Static protocols treat every patient the same. There is no mechanism to connect what the data says about a specific patient to what that patient's care should actually look like.

  3. 03

    Patients are left without support

    Patients go home with printed instructions and a phone number. There is no ongoing communication, no structured guidance through recovery, and no way to answer questions or provide reassurance before anxiety becomes an unnecessary call or an ED visit.

  4. 04

    Monitoring stops at discharge

    Wearable data, patient-reported symptoms, and home medical device readings are not integrated into clinical decision-making. Declining vitals and emerging complications go undetected until they become acute. Real-time signals exist — but no platform is capturing and acting on them.

  5. 05

    Clinical teams lack the tools to respond efficiently

    When something does go wrong, care teams have no structured way to triage urgency. Non-urgent needs — a medication question, a scheduling request — consume the same resources as genuine emergencies. Patients default to the ED because there is no lower-cost alternative pathway.

No single platform addresses all five of these gaps. Until now.

Financial Impact

Complications are catastrophically costly

Per Patient

$12K–$20K

Additional cost per complication (2–4 extra days)

Annually (US)

$43–$73B

Excess healthcare spending from postoperative complications

Market Opportunity

The Epic of Perioperative Care

Starting with major surgery — a focused $1–2B beachhead today, a $200B category leader tomorrow.

  • $1–2B US major surgery complications cost annually (beachhead market)
  • $80–100B All US inpatient surgery complications cost annually
  • $150–200B All US surgical complications cost annually

Hospital Landscape

  • 6,093 Total US hospitals as of 2025
  • 84% Are community hospitals
  • 3,409 Adult inpatient surgery hospitals
  • 1,373 Major surgical hospitals (primary target)

Value-Based Care Shift

Hospitals are moving from fee-for-service to value-based care. Fewer complications means safer patients and stronger margins.

  • By 2030, CMS aims to have 100% of Medicare beneficiaries under accountable care
  • 64% of Medicare Advantage payments through value-based models
  • 39% of commercial health plan payments via value-based models

Clear ROI: Every $1 Invested Returns over $10

For a major acute care hospital performing 8,600 inpatient operations per year

  • 30-day readmission rate25%
  • Cost per perioperative complication$25,000
  • Annual complication cost per hospital$53.6M
  • Perioperative cost decrease through PeriOptima10%
  • Annual savings$5.36M
10:1 Return on Investment
Annual Savings: $5.36M PeriOptima Cost: $500K

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