Eloquence Communications eyes Beta launch, partnerships

What was once Patient Provider Communications is now Eloquence Communications, and a number of new business options have come at the same time as the Ann Arbor-based firm’s new name. The health-care startup has developed a nurse-call system through an innovative healthcare communication technology. This platform is called Eloquence, which prompted the 5-year-old company to change its name to match it. Eloquence Communications has raised more than $2 million to develop this platform. It has recently completed the product-development phase, received an issued patent and has filed for two more. "We have a lot of options," says Lance Patak, CEO of Eloquence Communications. "And they are accumulating very quickly." Patak points out that a competitor in Eloquence Communications’ space was recently acquired, prompting a lot of attention to his firm. It is now exploring a variety of options from acquisitions to strategic partnership to Beta test sites. Patak expects to secure a Beta test site or two before the end of the summer. "We have two partners that are more than willing to provide a Beta site," Patak says. Eloquence Communications has hired three replacement employees over the last year and is in the process of making a fourth hire. Source: Lance Patak, CEO of Eloquence Communications Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.