Extension Inc.

Extension, Inc. (corporately styled EXTENSION, INC.) is a software development company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that specializes in health information technology (HealthIT) that provides communication software for clinicians.
Extension is a server-based middleware appliance that integrates HL7, or web services-based medical application with Cisco’s Advanced Unified Communications platform, and with smart phones via standards-based protocols. Extension creates hospital communications software and is the developer of the Extension Solution Suite (ESS).
History
2006
* Todd Plesko, Extension Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, departed from TriPractix - a company he co-founded - to lead the development and commercialization efforts of the Extension technology.
2009
* Extension, Inc. is founded
* Extension Solution Suite (ESS) is marketed and sold
* Cisco approves Extension as SIP certified (Solutions Incentive Partner)
* Allscripts, Cisco, and Extension collaborate and develop the Digital Physician Office (DPO) solution
* Extension is accepted into the Cisco Developer Network
2010
* Strategic partnership and solutions developed with AeroScout, Arc Solutions, and GetWellNetwork
* Extension wins Cisco 'Collaboration Partner of the Year for US and Canada' for DPO
* Extension ships its first appliance internationally to Asia-Pac
* Extension released an iPhone Application for general use in the healthcare community.
2011
* Extension Mobile for HealthAlert for Nurses and HealthAlert for Physicians goes live on the Apple AppStore and Android Market
* Extension submitted HealthAlert for Nurses solution to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for produce clearance.
* Extension launches Device Messaging as a stand alone product - a solution that connects corporate IP phones to smartphones via secure, text-based messaging
* Extension received the 2011 Tech Innovator award from CRN in the Software-Enterprise Management category
Products and services
Extension, Inc. is the developer of a suite of software, which expands Cisco Unified Communications and smart phones into clinical] workflow tools. These tools automate notifications using text messages, phone calls, emails,and by turning Cisco's IP Phones into user interfaces for clinical, administrative, and revenue cycle data.
 
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