Pumoli Malapati has always been interested in the sustainability of health care.
Malapati, a University of Virginia graduate, is especially focused on the importance of implementing green operating rooms, which is why she helped create Charlottesville-based startup PeriOp Green.
PeriOp Green, co-founded earlier this year by Malapati, Nafisa Alamgir, Tyler Chafitz and Dr. Matthew Meyer, is a software-as-a-service product that helps minimize perioperative waste using advanced analytics.
“Our overall goal is to improve healthcare efficiency, lower healthcare costs and reduce healthcare wastes,” Malapati said.
Citing single-use, sterile surgical supplies as an example of where waste can occur, she explained that these supplies are often opened on the scrub table in the event they’re needed during an emergency. Many times, however, the tools are not used and must be thrown away, leading to expensive waste.
“The main goal of our product is to provide data to show how often…
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