Chiefy Raises $4.2 Million in Seed Funding to Build a Culture of Trust in Surgery

Investment will fuel product development, expansion into new hospitals and health systems Chiefy, the pioneering cloud platform that helps surgical teams seamlessly embed quality and communication best practices, today announced it has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to accelerate and expand product development and customer acquisition. The new investment was led by LionBird, with participation from Nina Capital and Emerge Ventures. The funding comes as hospitals and health systems continue to struggle with financial and operational issues. The lingering workforce crisis has many organizations seeking new ways to engage and retain clinicians. According to 2022 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report , the average hospital can save $262,300 per year for each percentage point it reduces nurse turnover, with operating room nurses being the most difficult to recruit. Meanwhile, surgeons, anesthesia providers, nurses, surgical technicians, and other perioperative stakeholders are challenged to increase efficiency as they provide patients with the highest quality of care. “When everyone is forced to do more with less, we must find new ways to employ technologies to help clinicians focus on what’s important,” said Chiefy Co-Founder and CEO Maya Ber Lerner. “Chiefy is built to challenge the idea that if hospitals want high quality, they need to be slower, or clinicians need to suffer. We believe that quality, efficiency, and clinician experie...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Chiefy Clinical Workflow Cloud Based SaaS Platform Cloud Platform Dr. Peter Pronovost Dr. Robert Lord Emerge Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Lionbird Maya Ber Ler Source Type: blogs