Industry Report – August 2025

The Industry Report in reply-all shares a selection of recent news featuring UPMC Enterprises, our portfolio companies, and partnerships.

This edition includes stories about Ultromics’ successful Series C funding round, Xealth’s acquisition by Samsung Electronics, Jannine Versi, Elektra Health CEO, featured in Newsweek, and an interview with Dr. Adrian Lee, director of the Institute for Precision Medicine, on Carta Healthcare’s technology.

Keep an eye on UPMC Enterprises’ News webpage for the latest industry stories.

UPMC Enterprises 

Hospitals turn to tech to fix workforce woes: Report | Becker’s Hospital Review 

Health Systems Turn to Technology to Combat Enduring Workforce Challenges | HIT Consultant 

Abridge  

Abridge scores $300M series E, boosting valuation to $5.3B | Fierce HealthCare 

Becker’s: Children’s Hospitals Find AI That Gets the Stakes From Day One | Abridge 

Astrata 

Rebecca Jacobson and Siew Lee Grand-Clément Named Co-Chairs of NCQA’s Industry Council | Astrata 

Arrive Health 

Arrive Health (2025 Winner: Global Excellence Awards) | GHP News 

BlueSphere Bio 

BlueSphere Bio CSO Alan Korman Recipient of Esteemed 2025 William B. Coley Award | PR Newswire 

BrainCheck  

Steve Wardle Joins BrainCheck as President to Scale Cognitive Care Platform | PR Newswire 

Carta Healthcare 

Intelligent data abstraction helps improve breast cancer care | Healthcare IT News 

CarepathRx 

ProCure by CarepathRx Announces Exclusive Partnership with SDS Rx to Expand Delivery Solutions for Home Infusion and Specialty Pharmacy | CarepathRx 

Clearsense 

Clearsense and Nordic Announce Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Turnkey Application Portfolio Management for Health Systems | Clearsense 

Former AdventHealth President/CEO Terry Shaw Joins Clearsense Board of Directors | Clearsense 

Elektra Health 

Elektra Health Wants to Demystify Menopause, Says CEO Jannine Versi | Newsweek 

Ouro Medicines 

Ouro Medicines Announces a Clinical Trial of OM336 for Autoimmune Cytopenias Following Positive Case Reports in The New England Journal of Medicine | Ouro Medicines 

Percipio Health  

The Secret To Improved Population Health Management May Be In Our Pockets | MedCity News 

Q-Centrix

MRO Acquires Enterprise Clinical Data Management Platform Q-Centrix | PR Newswire 

Smile Digital Health

Smile Digital Health is the First to Achieve NCQA’s Digital HEDIS Validation | Smile Digital Health 

Ultromics

Ultromics Lands $55M Series C to Tackle Undiagnosed Heart Failure at Scale | PR Newswire 

UPMC, UChicago Medicine back AI startup in $55M funding round | Becker’s Hospital Review 

Xealth

Samsung Electronics Acquires Xealth, Bridging The Gap Between Wellness and Medical Care | Xealth