Apella vs Proximie (2026)
Proximie and Apella both use computer vision in the operating room to detect surgical events, forecast how long cases will run and feed perioperative dashboards, and Apella lists Proximie among the camera platforms buyers consider. They came to that work from different starting points. Proximie began with telepresence. Its Surgical Suite lets remote experts, trainees and device representatives join live procedures and builds a recorded case library, and it is available in about 20 percent of NHS hospitals. The Intelligence Suite adds event detection, finish time forecasts, overrun flags, a Daily Huddle view and two way EHR integration, and a year long NHS evaluation across 104 operating rooms and procedure suites began in September 2026. Apella was built for operations. Its own models timestamp up to 14 events from four fixed cameras per room, and its modules forecast case duration, flag delays and manage block time, with detection accuracy published in a peer reviewed paper. Apella suits a hospital focused on capacity and on time starts; Proximie suits one that also wants remote collaboration, surgical training and device company support on the same platform.
- A peer reviewed accuracy study of its event detection at a Texas health system.
- Block utilization, open time and case duration tools aimed at adding cases.
- Named US deployments, including more than 200 operating rooms at Houston Methodist.
- Video kept no longer than 28 days and used only for model training and quality assurance.
- Live telepresence that lets remote experts, trainees and device representatives join procedures with video, audio and annotation.
- A recorded case library for training, coaching and review alongside the operational analytics.
- A published business associate agreement that binds subcontractors, and a choice of AWS hosting region in the US, Europe, Singapore or Australia.
- A footprint across more than 500 facilities in 50 countries, with a large NHS evaluation under way.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Apella and Proximie are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | Apella | Proximie |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Hospital & Unit Operations | Health System AI Platforms |
| Founded | 2019 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Website | apella.io | proximie.com |
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Apella is an operations product rather than a collaboration tool: its cameras and models turn each operating room's day into timestamps, delay predictions and capacity reports, and the timestamps reach Epic in real time. Customers include Houston Methodist, Tampa General, MUSC and Hackensack Meridian Health.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Proximie's Surgical Suite lets remote experts, trainees and device representatives join a live procedure and keeps a recorded case library. Its Intelligence Suite detects surgical events with computer vision, forecasts finish times, flags overruns and links two ways with the EHR over HL7 and FHIR.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Questions buyers ask
What does each one detect in the room?
Apella timestamps up to 14 perioperative events, such as wheels in, patient draped and wheels out, from four fixed cameras per room. Proximie's computer vision detects key surgical events from low resolution, frame based capture, de identifying patients and staff at the source, and its models forecast finish times and flag overruns. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Who uses each platform?
Apella is used by perioperative leaders, charge nurses, schedulers and surgeons managing the operating room day. Proximie serves those teams too, and also remote surgeons, trainees, educators and more than 40 device companies whose representatives support procedures remotely. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How does each handle data?
Apella keeps video for a retention period agreed with each hospital, never more than 28 days, and identifies events and objects rather than people. Proximie lets customers choose an AWS region at setup, publishes its business associate agreement and may use de identified data for any purpose, including training its algorithms. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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Proximie Limited is registered in the UK, with affiliates in the United States and Lebanon, and it works with NVIDIA on Project Rheo. Houston Methodist runs Apella and is also one of its investors.