Mount Sinai Health System will deploy Clarium's computer vision technology across its hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers as part of an effort to improve surgical supply management and reduce waste in perioperative operations.

The New York-based health system announced June 2 that it will implement Clarium's supply capture and preference card optimization tools across eight hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Mount Sinai performs about 100,000 surgical procedures annually in its main operating rooms, making perioperative services a major operational focus.

The partnership centers on Clarium Vision, a system that combines cameras installed in operating rooms with AI-based software to automatically document surgical supply usage. The technology is designed to replace manual supply documentation by recording and validating items used during procedures in real time.
According to the companies, captured data will feed into Mount Sinai's supply chain and preference card management workflows, helping the organization track utilization patterns, improve purchasing decisions and identify opportunities to reduce waste. The system also validates products against centralized supply databases and can flag expired or recalled items.

"Mount Sinai is focused on advancing operational excellence in ways that directly support patient care and clinical teams," said Dr. Amanda Rhee, system vice president, perioperative and procedural services at Mount Sinai Health System. "By modernizing how preference cards and surgical supplies are managed in the OR, and pairing accurate, real-time data with clinician-led workflows, we're reducing unwarranted variation and waste while empowering our surgical teams to drive continuous improvement."

Mount Sinai said it selected Clarium after evaluating multiple vendors. The health system cited the company's data model, workflow automation capabilities, change management approach and expanding portfolio of AI-powered tools as key factors in its decision.

The organizations will evaluate the deployment using several operational measures, including clinician engagement with preference card governance, reductions in unused supplies, decreased staff time spent on manual documentation, improvements in preference card accuracy and faster implementation of approved changes.

Clarium, founded in 2020, develops supply chain automation software for hospitals and health systems. The company says its platform is used by more than 20 health systems nationwide.

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