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The Modern OR

ExactRx CEO Athena Doshi named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500. ExactRx is building the infrastructure for AI-native care facilities.

More companies now pay for weight-loss drugs and fertility treatments, changing which surgeries happen at ASCs and making paperwork harder. Surgery centers need better systems to handle the complex insurance rules while keeping their business healthy.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers now handle 72% of US surgeries, offering cost-effective outpatient care for orthopedic, ophthalmologic, and GI procedures. ASCs provide 45-60% lower costs, 20% shorter wait times, and 92% patient satisfaction. With minimally invasive techniques and streamlined workflows, these 11,521 surgical facilities are projected to grow 25% in four years—reshaping modern surgical practice and value-based care delivery.

Ōura and Dexcom’s $75M partnership is transforming surgical care with real-time glucose monitoring and wearable health tech. ASCs and surgeons gain data-driven insights for pre-op screening, optimized anesthesia, and faster recovery, reducing complications and readmissions.

With FDA breakthrough status, Neuralink’s Blindsight aims to restore vision and could revolutionize surgery through real-time brain feedback, personalized pain management, and faster recovery.

The anesthesiologist shortage is causing longer surgery wait times and heavier workloads. Hospitals are turning to solutions like training nurse anesthetists and using telemedicine to ensure patients still receive timely, quality care.