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: $3,000 to $5,000 for the facility, hours of staff time, 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 ran a field-research survey with 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 operate within the 21st Century Cures Act CDS exemption. We make no diagnostic claims. Every clinical recommendation in ClearPath traces to a current, citable guideline.
Restraint. Healthcare technology has a long history of overpromising. We'd rather underclaim and let the data speak.
Where We Are Today
ClearPath is actively recruiting design-partner ambulatory surgery centers across Texas for 90-day pilots launching late 2026 through early 2027. The goal is straightforward: measurably reduce same-day cancellations and delays at a small group of Texas ASCs, with a published outcomes report at the end of the pilot.
If you run or work inside a Texas surgery center and the cancellation problem is one you'd like to put real numbers against, I'd like to talk.
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ClearPath is a clinical decision support tool that operates within the 21st Century Cures Act CDS exemption. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace clinical judgment. All medical decisions remain the responsibility of the patient's surgery center and licensed healthcare providers. All rights reserved.