Name: AssistIQ
Brand: AssistIQ

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

AssistIQ versus status quo (manual EHR documentation): The product is intended to capture usage at the point of care to reduce missed charges and improve inventory accuracy.
AssistIQ versus Censis: Censis focuses on sterile processing and instrument lifecycle management; AssistIQ focuses on supply and implant usage capture and charge capture.
AssistIQ versus SurgiCount: SurgiCount focuses on patient safety counting workflows and is not a direct substitute for supply charge capture.

- AssistIQ versus status quo (manual EHR documentation): The product is intended to capture usage at the point of care to reduce missed charges and improve inventory accuracy. - AssistIQ versus Censis: Censis focuses on sterile processing and instrument lifecycle management; AssistIQ focuses on supply and implant usage capture and charge capture. - AssistIQ versus SurgiCount: SurgiCount focuses on patient safety counting workflows and is not a direct substitute for supply charge capture.

Adoption trends and market signals

Vendor disclosures about financing and published deployments indicate early commercial traction. Independent market-share data was not available in the materials reviewed.

	AssistIQ	Censis (CensiTrac / platform)	Stryker SurgiCount
Starting Price	Not public	Not public	Not public
Best For	OR and procedure areas seeking automated supply and implant usage capture tied to billing and inventory	Sterile processing, instrument tracking, tray management, and analytics	Sponge counting and retained surgical item prevention workflows
Key Strength	Computer-vision-based usage capture with emphasis on EHR integration	Established sterile processing and instrument tracking footprint	Focused OR safety functionality with an established product domain
Key Weakness	Limited independent reviews and limited public security/technical documentation	Not primarily focused on charge-capture automation at point of use	Not designed as a comprehensive supply charge capture platform