Laudio Announces $13 Million Series B for its AI Solution that Drives Productivity and Reduces Burnout in Health Systems
Laudio Acts as a Trusted Co-Pilot to Thousands of Frontline Leaders Across 50+ Hospitals, Amplifying Their Work and Delivering Measurable, Large-Scale Improvements Laudio, the management solution for healthcare, today announced that it has raised a $13 million Series B funding round led by Define Ventures with participation from existing investors .406 Ventures, InHealth Ventures, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, and TeleTracking Technologies. This brings Laudio’s total funding to $25 million and highlights the growing demand from health system CEOs to deploy solutions that increase labor productivity and solve for the burn...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT .406 Ventures A.G Breitenstein Define Ventures FOLX Health Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment inHealth Ventures Laudio MemorialCare Innovation Fund Michael S. Vaccaro Novant Source Type: blogs

Greatness Originates in Small Acts of Kindness
People perceive greatness as something that comes from grand gestures or remarkable achievements. However, the field of medicine has shown us time and time again that the origin of true greatness lies in small acts of kindness. Seemingly minor acts of generosity and compassion have the power to not only improve the lives of our patients, but to inspire future generations to follow in our footsteps. Even as a premed, I strive to embody these values so that when I become a physician, I can inspire future generations of providers to do the same. This realization dawned upon me during my senior year of college when I shadow...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Source Type: blogs

From failure to success: How a nurse overcame challenges and thrived in the medical field
I remember the day clearly – sitting in a convenience store parking lot after buying a pack of pencils on my way to my first day of nursing school. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Or, perhaps more realistically, I had no idea how ill-prepared I really was. As a mediocre Read more… From failure to success: How a nurse overcame challenges and thrived in the medical field originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Nursing Primary Care Source Type: blogs

The inspirational journey of an 82-year-old WWII veteran battling cancer
He was 82 years old when he came into our ER, writhing in excruciating abdominal pain. After an ultrasound and a subsequent CT scan, the devastating diagnosis was revealed—end stage pancreatic and liver cancer. Despite enduring a pain level of 10, he managed to maintain his sense of humor, joking about “biting the bullet.” However, Read more… The inspirational journey of an 82-year-old WWII veteran battling cancer originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Critical Care Nursing Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

As Health Professionals Go, So Goes Our Democracy
By MIKE MAGEE Last weekend’s New York Times headline, The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors, spotlights that there is growing concern that the monetarization and corporatization of nursing and medical professions by hospital and insurance power houses, have seriously undermined the mental health and ethical effectiveness of health care professionals. The pandemic has only heightened the crisis. Since focusing on the social science of Medicine in the 1990’s in Philadelphia, it has been an uphill battle to convince leaders in and out of Medicine that doctors and nurses are critical to individual and societal ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Mike Magee physician burnout Policy/Politics Source Type: blogs