Healthcare-Focused Technology Companies Partner to Deliver Integrated Solutions to Ambulatory Practices throughout Michigan
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FORT WAYNE, IN and TRAVERSE CITY, MI - November 5,2009 - EXTENSION, INC. (EI) announces that ISC of Traverse City, MI has reached the highest level of partnership with EI - Total Solutions Partner (TSP). To earn the TSP certification, ISC had to meet EXTENSION’s extensive criteria for understanding and supporting the entire EXTENSION®Solution Suite (ESS) which is a healthcare appliance-basedsoftware solution that marries clinical systems with Cisco’s Unified Communicatio (UC).
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According to Mike LaChance, Vice President of Sales for EXTENSION, INC, “ISC’s organization is unique as they are a technology consulting company with a strong clinical foundation. Dr. Gilbert Mosher, President and Owner of ISC, has a deep understanding of the importance of innovative technology in healthcare that can improve clinical and operational workflows. Dr. Mosher has served the medical community for many years as a practicing ER physician which has allowed him first-hand experience in understanding how effective communications are needed to improvepatient care and service.” Mary Morrison-Collins, Gerneral Manager for ISC also added, “The healthcare industry has been begging for this integration. We are often asked how we can increase doctor’s mobility,” she said. "This means we are now able to centralize and touch physicians wherever they are - at a shared terminal in the hospital, a home office or on the road in-between.”
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The EXTENSION® TSP program provides partners with the training required to provide superior sales and technical services to healthcare organizations that are interested in improving their existing clinical and operational workflows.“EI” offers three types of partner programs - Total Solutions Partner (TSP), Single Opportunity Sales and Licensing Partner (SLP) and Referral Partner. Obtaining the EXTENSION®TSP certification is a representation of the advanced skills a partner has for implementing and supporting fullyintegrated technology solutions such as the EXTENSION®Solutions Suite (ESS) and Cisco’s UC platform."
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About Integrated Systems Consultants (ISC)
Physician-owned and led, Traverse City-based Integrated Systems Consultants (ISC) is actively selling the EXTENSION® Solution Suite throughout Michigan. The solutions integrate communication systems that healthcare providers use in their daily practices with Electronic Medical Records (EMR), practice management systems, telephony systems, web-enabled mobile devices and other intelligent devices used by physicians, nurses and others in their offices. To learn more, visit www.i-s-c.com.
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About EXTENSION, INC. (“EI”)
EXTENSION, INC. (EI) is based in Fort Wayne, IN and is the developer of the EXTENSION® Solution Suite (ESS). The EXTENSION® Solution Suite of software includes HealthID™ and also expands Cisco Unified Communications into a linical workflow tool automating notifications using text messages, phone calls, and emails, as well as turning Cisco’s award-winning IP Phones into user interfaces for clinical, administrative, and revenue cycle data. The result of employing Cisco Unified Communications and EXTENSION® include increased physician, management, and patient satisfaction, reduced cost and errors, immediate ROI, and increased revenues. EXTENSION® tightly integrates any HL7-based or web services-based medical application with Cisco Advanced Unified Communications, using standards-based protocols. The EXTENSION® HealthID™ smart card solution for healthcare provides encryption and identity management, integration to personal health records, and workflow improvements for patients, hospitals, and clinics.
EXTENSION® solutions demonstrations can be found at www.opentheredbox.com.
