Carta Healthcare Secures $18.25 Million

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Carta Healthcare&comma; a provider of AI-powered clinical data abstraction&comma; has secured <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;18&period;25 million<&sol;span> in Series B1 financing&period; This investment will accelerate the company&&num;8217&semi;s growth as demand surges among health systems and life sciences organizations for AI-driven innovation that transforms clinical data into valuable insights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The investment was led by UPMC Enterprises&comma; with participation from new strategic investors&comma; including MemorialCare Innovation Fund&comma; Rex Health Ventures &lpar;the investment fund for the UNC Health&rpar;&comma; Tampa General Hospital Ventures and support from existing investors Memorial Hermann Health System&comma; Frist Cressey Ventures&comma; Storm Ventures&comma; Paramark Ventures&comma; CU Healthcare Innovation Fund&comma; and Mass General <span class&equals;"xn-person">Brigham Ventures<&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;UPMC Enterprises invests in companies that are solving real problems in healthcare delivery&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Brent Burns<&sol;span>&comma; executive vice president at UPMC Enterprises&comma; the innovation&comma; commercialization and venture capital arm of UPMC&period; &&num;8220&semi;Health systems face significant challenges associated with clinical data abstraction and patient trial matching&comma; which are time-consuming&comma; labor-intensive processes&period; Carta Healthcare leverages AI to streamline data abstraction and provide analytics that clinicians can use to improve patient care&period; We look forward to partnering with Carta Healthcare to advance their mission and explore opportunities to implement their solutions across our health system&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new funding will enable Carta Healthcare to further expand its growing customer footprint&comma; particularly in the life sciences market&comma; following the late 2024 acquisition of Realyze Intelligence from UPMC Enterprises&period; Realyze Intelligence&&num;8217&semi;s technology leverages AI to rapidly analyze structured and unstructured data and identify specific patients that match clinical trials and other research studies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have long recognized that better clinical data abstraction and activation is integral to improving healthcare&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Navid Farzad<&sol;span>&comma; Managing Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures&period; &&num;8220&semi;Since our initial investment&comma; Carta has been laser focused on solving this challenge for health systems by using the Carta Healthcare AI platform to automate the data abstraction process&comma; generating high-quality clinical data while simultaneously realizing an immediate ROI by reducing the high labor cost of data abstraction&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As a community-focused health system&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re always looking to invest in new digital technologies that will enable us to better meet the diverse needs of our patients in the <span class&equals;"xn-location">Greater Houston<&sol;span> area&comma; while also supporting our providers and physician partners&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Feby Abraham<&sol;span>&comma; executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Memorial Hermann Health System&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our vision is to create healthier communities&comma; now and for generations to come&period; By partnering with Carta Healthcare&comma; we are investing in a platform that will help us drive innovation and provide the best care possible for our patients&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Founded in 2017&comma; Carta Healthcare has pioneered innovative approaches to clinical data abstraction and healthcare analytics&period; The company&&num;8217&semi;s technology combines AI&comma; machine learning&comma; and deep clinical expertise to automate the collection and analysis of clinical data&comma; enabling healthcare organizations to generate actionable insights that drive quality improvement initiatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This significant investment from leading health systems further validates and empowers our mission to harness the power of data&comma; ensuring that care teams and researchers have the information they need&comma; when they need it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Carta Healthcare CEO <span class&equals;"xn-person">Brent Dover<&sol;span>&period; &&num;8220&semi;With their support and adoption of our solutions&comma; we can continue to expand upon our deep clinical domain expertise&comma; scale our operations and product deployment&comma; and activate their structured and unstructured data as close to real time as possible to support process improvement and quality initiatives&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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