Pluto Health and Help.AI have formed a collaboration to deploy an AI-enabled preoperative readiness solution for offering support to clinicians and patients through surgical assessments.
The Valume solution is aimed at minimising care delays and reducing expenses for patients, health systems and payers in the US.
It is designed to address gaps that commonly delay procedures and help care teams better understand patients’ needs.
Under the agreement, Pluto Health’s AI-powered care coordination service will be incorporated into Help.AI’s surgical population management (SPM) platform.
Surgical care constitutes around 30% of healthcare expenditure nationwide, exceeding $900bn each year, yet pre-op care continues to be fragmented and lacks standardisation.
Patients often move between clinicians without access to comprehensive health records and outstanding tests, risking delays, cancellations, and extended hospital stays.
The partnership addresses these issues by providing real-time preoperative care coordination and smart automation through risk identification and efficient screening, saving at least $5,000 per case.
By integrating Pluto’s AI healthcare services with Help.AI’s platform, clinicians can highlight modifiable risks and reusable diagnostics, identify high-risk patients early, maintain patient engagement across perioperative and preventive care, and utilise care navigation tools and virtual agent intake.
This approach improves access to necessary preoperative tests, reduces unnecessary testing, and keeps patients prepared throughout surgery.
Pluto Health CEO Dr Joy Bhosai said: “Surgeries are delayed and cancelled at the last minute due to lack of access to timeline information, completed procedures, and inefficient assessments that could have been managed weeks earlier or even in real-time.
“Inefficiencies in timely pre-op preparation can lead to delays and worse outcomes for patients. By integrating with Help.AI’s SPM, we are enabling smarter, faster, and more connected care.”
The integrated platform helps avert chronic complications, offering a framework for scalable, AI-enhanced value-based care.
