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Collette Health Partners with Virtual Nursing Pioneer Dr. Bonnie Clipper to Advance Industry-Leading Virtual Care Solutions
Collette Health, the only virtual care platform that unifies virtual observation, virtual nursing, and workforce augmentation into one scalable solution, announced a strategic consulting partnership with Dr. Bonnie Clipper, DNP, MA, MBA, RN, CENP, FAAN, a nationally recognized virtual nursing pioneer and founder of the Virtual Nursing Academy. The collaboration will focus on enhancing Collette Health’s virtual nursing solutions and accelerating the adoption of best practices across the healthcare industry.
Safety Net Connect Announces Expansion into Correctional Health and Reentry
Safety Net Connect (SNC), a provider of advanced health and social connectivity tools, announced its expansion into the correctional health and reentry space. As incarceration and recidivism rates continue to rise, resource-squeezed justice programs throughout the U.S. struggle to provide critical healthcare to inmates, and community programs lack the infrastructure to effectively connect newly released individuals with the social resources they need to succeed.
Starr Regional Medical Center Launches 24/7 Tele-ICU Services
Starr Regional Medical Center (SRMC) announced it is implementing a 24/7 tele-intensive care unit (tele-ICU) service at its Athens and Etowah campuses. This service connects SRMC’s on-site ICU and Emergency Department teams with board-certified critical care physicians (intensivists) through a secure telehealth platform. This platform is operated by Equum Medical, a leader in virtual critical care services, in collaboration with Caregility, a global provider of connected care and AI-driven solutions. The tele-ICU initiative provides critically ill patients with expert, around-the-clock care without needing to leave McMinn County.
Introducing Point-of-Care Media: A Point-of-Care Partners Subsidiary Focused on Messaging at the Moment Care Happens
Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) is excited to announce the launch of Point-of-Care Media. This new subsidiary will help pharmaceutical manufacturers optimize messaging services within electronic health records (EHR) systems in order to better connect with healthcare providers at the moment when prescribing decisions are made.
Mergers and Acquisitions
ACU-Serve Merges with Pinnacle to Create Best-In-Class Infusion Solution
ACU-Serve, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle and technology solutions, has announced its merger with Pinnacle, a market leader in Home Infusion and Ambulatory Infusion Center (AIC) services. This strategic alignment strengthens ACU-Serve’s position in the healthcare industry and expands its service capacity, offering clients a comprehensive and scalable solution for infusion services.
Contract Announcements
VISN 6 Expands CliniComp EHR to Medical-Surgical in Record Time
CliniComp, a pioneer of high-performing, reliable electronic health record (EHR) solutions, announced it has successfully expanded its EHR Solution Suite at the VA Hampton Health Care System—part of the VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6)—to the Medical-Surgical (MedSurg) unit in just one month. Awarded on July 1, the contract went live on Aug. 6, underscoring CliniComp’s ability to deliver impactful, site-specific solutions through a collaborative approach tailored to each facility’s needs.
Venture Capitol and Funding
Ambience Healthcare Announces $243 Million Series C to Scale its AI Platform for Health Systems
Ambience Healthcare, an ambient AI platform for documentation, coding, and clinical documentation integrity (CDI), announced a $243 million Series C round to scale its AI platform for health systems. The round was co-led by Oak HC/FT and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from existing investors including the OpenAI Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and Optum Ventures. New investors in the round include Frist Cressey Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, Smash Capital, Georgian, and Founders Circle Capital.
Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More
Carta Healthcare Honored as Silver Stevie® Award Winner in 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence
Carta Healthcare, a provider of AI-powered clinical data abstraction, has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Technical Innovation of the Year category in the second annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.