Tanner Health and Healthliant Ventures Partner with Incision USA on Innovative OR Solutions

CARROLLTON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2025--

Tanner Health and Healthliant Ventures are pleased to announce a partnership with Incision USA, a healthcare technology company dedicated to supporting surgical teams with intuitive, clinician-designed tools that foster confidence, well-being and efficiency.

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With Incision’s Assist and Academy solutions, operating room (OR) staff can confidently prepare for surgical cases by giving them on-demand access to surgeon preferences, team workflows, visual OR setup guides and surgical training courses.

By leveraging digital solutions, Incision supports the likelihood of a better perioperative team performance, ultimately contributing to improved patient care and hospital efficiency.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Tanner Health and Healthliant to support the dedicated professionals in their operating rooms,” said Ritsaart van Montfrans, CEO of Incision. “This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to creating a confident, well-supported OR environment — one where every team member feels prepared, valued and empowered to deliver the best possible care. Together, we’re building a foundation for surgical excellence that benefits both patients and providers.”

Today, Incision’s platforms are used by healthcare professionals in approximately 300 hospitals across more than 20 countries. With deep roots in surgical education and perioperative care, as well as a growing team of experienced OR specialists, Incision develops solutions that help teams feel prepared and empowered.

With these solutions, Incision supports surgical teams to reduce stress, improve collaboration and deliver safer, more efficient care ­— all while preserving the wisdom and teamwork that drive great outcomes.

Incision’s customers have reported stronger team preparedness and measurable improvements across the OR.

More than 90% of users feel better prepared for procedures, and 70% say that the solution reduces stress. It has also led to a 15% reduction in turnaround time across all service lines and, on average, saves enough time to comfortably add one extra case per operating room per day in high-volume hospitals. This is vital to a successful surgical unit dedicated to positive outcomes for its patients.

“It’s clear that Incision’s digital tools enhance patient outcomes and help surgical teams be more successful, and we are excited to bring similar improvements to west Georgia and east Alabama,” said Greg Schulenburg, CEO of Healthliant Ventures. “This partnership is another example of our commitment to innovation: giving our providers access to cutting-edge technology and delivering world-class care to the communities we serve.”

About Incision USA

Incision USA is a healthcare technology company supporting surgical and sterile processing teams with the knowledge and tools they need to work more confidently and efficiently. With Incision Assist, the ConfidentOR™ solution for surgical case preparation and surgeon preferences, and Incision Academy, a digital, accredited education platform, Incision helps teams improve onboarding, reduce turnover times and strengthen confidence and knowledge in the operating room and sterile processing department. Learn more at incision.care.

About Healthliant Ventures

Healthliant Ventures was born out of the idea of Tanner Health being a strategic partner to healthcare startups seeking to validate their products or services, expand their offerings through co-development and market them to other health systems and types of customers. Healthliant Ventures is dedicated to driving innovation, fostering strategic partnerships and transforming the way health care is delivered. Committed to advancing the industry, Healthliant Ventures focuses on developing innovative technologies and driving impactful change across the healthcare landscape. Learn more at healthliant.com.

About Tanner Health

Tanner Health is a five-hospital non-profit health system providing convenient, personalized health care to communities across west Georgia and east Alabama. Tanner Health physicians and staff provide the latest technology and treatment options to advance the health of its patients. In addition to its regional hospitals and care centers, Tanner operates Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups. Learn more at tanner.org.

Team members from Tanner Health and Incision USA pose for a photo to celebrate the new partnership. Pictured from left to right are: David Friedl, RN, nurse at Tanner; Margaret Bond, customer success team lead at Incision; Courtney Bates, MSN, RN, CNOR, nurse manager at Tanner; Cara Rich, MSN, RN, CNOR, senior implementation manager at Incision; Amber Dishman, BSN, RN, vice president of surgical services at Tanner; and Cathy Akerman, MSN, RN, APRN-CNS, CNOR, CNS-CP, vice president of clinical operations at Incision.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year.

The warning is typical of the harsh rhetoric that North Korea often deploys ahead of major U.S.-South Korean military exercises and suggests the country could conduct more missile tests in coming days. Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals' drills as a pretext to ramp up its testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support for leader Kim Jong Un.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries are to start their major summertime Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises Monday and have described their scope as similar to past years. The allies have said the 11-day exercises are meant to strengthen their readiness against North Korean threats and reiterated that they are defensive in nature.

In a statement carried by state media Friday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called the U.S.-South Korean training “a rehearsal for an aggressive war” that is triggering a different level of instability in the region.

“It is our consistent principle of ensuring security to respond to a new level of a threat with a new level of a deterrent,” the statement said. North Korea “will more clearly express its stance on the enemies to cope with any threats and challenges through the responsible and decisive exercise of the right to legitimate self-defense.”

North Korea also said the drills would be of a “more serious provocative nature and dangerousness than last year” and involve all the military assets and war-fighting modes of the U.S. and South Korea, a claim that those countries haven’t said.

A U.S. military statement issued Friday said U.S. and South Korean forces will practice joint operations in complex scenarios, including a live-fire exercise to test joint precision targeting and maneuver, a wet gap crossing, and distribution of prepositioned military equipment.

North Korea's neighbors detected two ballistic missile launches off the North's east coast in the past week. North Korea hasn’t commented on the launches, but outside experts assess they were likely meant to protest the U.S.-South Korean drills or upgrade its weapons systems.

Kim has ignored the U.S. and South Korea’s offers to resume diplomacy and focused on taking steps to bolster his nuclear arsenal since his diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump broke down in 2019. Experts say Kim will likely eventually aim to use his advancing nuclear program to win greater U.S. concessions such as extensive sanctions relief.

North Korea has expanded cooperation with Russia in recent years by supplying troops and ammunition to support its war against Ukraine in return for economic and military assistance. North Korea has also recently pushed to deepen ties with China, its biggest trading partner.

FILE - A vehicle from U.S. Army's the Stryker Combat Team crosses a floating bridge on the Namhan River during the combined river-crossing drill between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 in Yeoju, South Korea, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)