Why ClearPath Exists
After more than ten years in ambulatory surgery and pain management, I kept noticing the same pattern. A patient would arrive on the morning of surgery without their medication held correctly, or having eaten breakfast, or missing a step that wasn’t clearly explained. The case would get cancelled or delayed. The OR would sit empty. The patient would go home discouraged.
Every cancellation had a cost: an empty room the facility still paid to staff, hours of rework, and a patient who now has to reschedule and re-prepare. But the deeper cost was that almost all of it was preventable. The instructions existed. The patient was willing. The information just never reached them at the right time, in a form they could actually use.
ClearPath exists to fix that — not with a new app to download, not with another patient portal login, but with personalized, timed guidance that meets patients where they already are.
In June 2026, ClearPath surveyed working CRNAs across hospital ORs, ambulatory surgery centers, and outpatient surgery. They rated their facility’s pre-op patient communication at 3.1 out of 5 on average — not broken, but not working. The most common day-of cancellation causes were NPO violations, missing labs and clearance, GLP-1 non-compliance, and patients who didn’t show. ClearPath is built around what those CRNAs said they wished someone would fix.
How We Work
Clinician-led. Every product decision is made by someone who has stood at the OR door waiting for a patient who wasn't ready. We don't outsource that judgment.
Evidence-based. We make no diagnostic claims. Every instruction a patient receives traces to a protocol their practice approved, and every claim we make about the problem traces to a source we can cite.
Restraint. Healthcare technology has a long history of overpromising. We'd rather underclaim and let the data speak.
Where We Are Today
ClearPath is recruiting a small group of Texas design partners — ASCs, GI and endoscopy centers, and office-based anesthesia practices — for 60-day pilots beginning in late 2026. The goal is straightforward: measurably reduce patient-related cancellations, no-shows, and delays, with clear results reported to each partner at the end of the pilot.
If you run or work inside a Texas surgery center, GI center, or office-based practice, and the cancellation problem is one you’d like to put real numbers against, I’d like to talk.
© 2026 ClearPath Health, Inc. · Dallas, TX
ClearPath is pre-procedure patient communication and workflow software. It delivers instructions approved by your practice and does not diagnose, treat, or replace clinical judgment. All medical decisions remain the responsibility of the patient’s practice, surgery center, and licensed healthcare providers. All rights reserved.