Safety and efficiency are no longer two competing ideals in today’s health care environment, but two sides of the same coin. Incidents of violence against healthcare workers continue to rise, with staffing and resource shortages adding to the strain of maintaining real-time visibility throughout continuously sprawling hospital campuses. Against this backdrop, Canopy’s recent $22 million Series B funding round signals a broader shift in how health systems are utilizing operational intelligence for staff protection.
Recent research underscores the scale and urgency of workplace safety challenges in healthcare. The 2025 State of Massachusetts Nursing Survey results found that 69 % of RNs view workplace violence as a serious problem, with 70 % reporting at least one incident of violence or abuse over the past two years, and nearly one in three saying they do not feel safe at work. Additionally, The State of Healthcare Worker Safety report for 2025 showed that 85 % of healthcare workers experienced verbal harassment, with nearly 1 in 5 respondents stating safety concerns have made them consider leaving their position.
Rather than viewing safety as an isolated function, Canopy integrates the benefits of real-time location data, discreet duress alerts, and workflow intelligence into a single platform. Its connected safety platform is currently operational across more than 60 major U.S. health systems, providing an imperative safeguard for over 300,000 healthcare workers.
Safety was intentionally designed as the foundation of our platform. Healthcare organizations often adopt multiple point solutions that don’t talk to each other, creating blind spots during critical moments. Canopy’s approach starts with protecting staff and expands outward to support broader operational needs, from asset visibility to patient flow.
That philosophy has resonated with hospital leaders who are navigating increasingly volatile care environments. Lisa Abbott, CHRO of Boston Children’s Hospital, described how adopting Canopy’s technology marked a meaningful shift in how the campus modernizes staff safety. “Safety can’t live in a policy or a training manual alone when someone needs help.” Abbott said. “Not only did Canopy improve our speed and clarity of response, it bolstered this sense of confidence in our staff that carries over into how they do their jobs everyday.”
From an investment perspective, Canopy’s traction points to a broader shift in healthcare infrastructure where staff safety is increasingly viewed as core operational capability. The recent Series B round, led by 111° West Capital and ACME Capital with participation from previous investors and healthcare technology leaders, reflects that growing recognition. Andrew Brooks, M.D., FAAOS, co-founder and managing partner at 111° West Capital, said Canopy stood out because it addressed a real operational gap hospitals have struggled with for years. “Hospitals are incredibly complex environments, and too many technologies are built without that reality in mind,” Brooks said. He pointed to Canopy’s expansion from safety alerts into broader location intelligence as a signal of where healthcare is headed. “When safety infrastructure can also support decision-making, it becomes part of how the organization runs versus how it responds.”
Beyond duress alerts, Canopy’s platform now includes capabilities such as Canopy Find and Canopy Track, which help hospitals locate staff, patients, and equipment in real time. These tools address everyday operational challenges that can escalate during emergencies, such as locating critical assets or coordinating rapid responses across large campuses.
Brooks added, “Hospitals bleed revenue when high-value medical assets aren’t tracked and synced with patient data. Canopy solves this by tying the equipment directly to the EHR. This ensures that expensive resources—like specialty rental beds, specialized infusion pumps—are tracked from the moment they are assigned to a patient until the moment treatment ends. It automates efficiency and eliminates the hidden costs of disconnected workflows.”
For hospital executives and human resources leaders, the message is becoming glaringly clear: unified safety and location platforms are no longer add-ons, they’re foundational to the way modern health systems function. Fragmented systems that rely on manual processes or disconnected tools introduce risk at the very moments when clarity matters most. By contrast, unified safety and location platforms give leaders real-time awareness during incidents, reduce cognitive burden to enable faster, more coordinated responses. We need to move past the idea that speed is solely about mitigation. When staff see that help arrives quickly and reliably, confidence grows. As health systems continue to expand, solutions must be able to evolve without introducing new complexity. The most effective technologies are those that quietly support care teams, allowing clinicians to focus on patients rather than navigating systems.
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