Emergency Departments Are in Crisis.
We're Building the Way Out.
Rising patient volumes, a nationwide staffing shortage, and shrinking margins are pushing EDs to the breaking point. NeXtriage gives your team the tools to move faster, see more patients, and protect your bottom line.
The Market Reality
U.S. emergency departments handle over 150 million visits per year — and the pressure is intensifying on every front.
Staffing Crisis
The U.S. faces a projected shortage of up to 450,000 nurses by 2025. ED nurse turnover costs hospitals $56,000–$94,000 per nurse. Departments are running lean — and burning out the staff they have left.
Rising Wait Times
Average ED wait times have climbed to 40+ minutes nationally, with some facilities exceeding 2 hours. Every minute of delay increases LWBS rates and patient dissatisfaction scores.
Revenue Leakage
Research in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine shows each LWBS patient represents ~$687 in lost net revenue. At LWBS rates of 2–5%, a single health system can lose millions annually to patients who leave before being seen.
Margin Pressure
Over half of U.S. hospitals operate on margins below 3%. The ED is often the front door for inpatient admissions — inefficiency here cascades across the entire system.
Despite all of this, triage at most facilities is still done with paper protocols and subjective judgment. Documentation is manual. Patient tracking relies on whiteboards and memory. The result: inconsistent decisions, longer wait times, and clinical staff spending more time on paperwork than patient care.
What NeXtriage Does
A complete triage platform — not just a scoring tool. NeXtriage handles intake, documentation, patient tracking, and clinical decision support in one system.
Patients check in via QR code. Clinicians see real-time condition and location for every patient in the department. Purpose-built AI suggests acuity levels with transparent reasoning. Documentation is automated. No new hardware. Minimal workflow disruption.
Faster Door-to-Provider
QR code check-in and digital intake cut registration time. Getting patients to providers faster means capturing revenue that walks out the door.
Real-Time Patient Visibility
Know the condition and location of every patient at all times. No more whiteboards, no more hunting down charts.
Responsible Clinical AI
Purpose-built for emergency medicine. Transparent recommendations that support clinician judgment — never replace it. Your team stays in control.
Less Burnout, More Retention
Automated documentation and streamlined workflows free staff to focus on patients. Less paperwork means less turnover.
Consistent Triage Quality
Standardized scoring reduces variability between shifts, providers, and locations. Every patient gets the same standard of assessment.
Measurable ROI
Lower LWBS rates, improved throughput, and reduced documentation costs. Capturing just 5 additional patients per day adds ~$1.2M in annual revenue.
Market Opportunity
The emergency care market is massive, underserved by technology, and under unprecedented pressure to modernize.
5,400+
U.S. emergency departments
9,600+
U.S. urgent care centers
150M+
Annual ED visits nationwide
Target Segments
- →Community and regional hospital EDs (highest pain, fastest adoption)
- →Urgent care centers and freestanding EDs
- →Multi-facility health systems seeking standardization
- →Military and VA healthcare facilities
Why Now
- →Staffing shortages forcing facilities to do more with less
- →Patient volumes rising while reimbursement tightens
- →CMS quality metrics tied to ED throughput and wait times
- →Healthcare AI adoption accelerating across the industry
Business Model
SaaS Subscription
Per-facility monthly licensing scaled to department size and volume.
Implementation
Onboarding, training, and workflow configuration for each facility.
Enterprise Contracts
Multi-facility agreements for health systems seeking network-wide standardization.
Why Us
Clinically vetted: Built and validated with experienced ER nurses and physicians.
Technical depth: ML team with experience shipping healthcare AI at scale.
Location advantage: Nashville is home to 900+ healthcare companies and 18 health systems HQs.