Dr. Bart Harmon Named Chief Medical Officer for Harris Corporation's Healthcare Solutions Business
January 16 2008 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr. Bart Harmon,
MD, MPH, a national leader in military healthcare and health
information systems, has joined Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) as
chief medical officer (CMO) of the company's new Healthcare
Solutions business. Harris Healthcare Solutions is delivering
enterprise intelligence solutions to private and military
healthcare clients by leveraging the company's leadership in
assured communications(R) and information technology (IT),
including an extensive portfolio of digital content management and
visualization products for commercial and government healthcare
markets. Dr. Harmon was previously chief medical information
officer and director of information management for the Military
Health System (MHS) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). In
this role he served on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs. For more than ten years, Dr. Harmon led
electronic health record initiatives within the DoD. He also
chaired the work group that defined information sharing
requirements between the DoD and the Veterans Health
Administration. Dr. Harmon serves on a work group to standardize
health information technology terms for the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology. He previously served
on the Electronic Health Records Work Group and was on the Board of
the Health Information Technology Standards Panel. Both groups
report to the American Health Information Community (AHIC), which
is chaired by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr.
Harmon also chaired the NATO Medical Communication and Information
Systems Expert Panel and served as the DoD lead for the
international health standards organization, Health Level Seven
(HL7). In 2003, Dr. Harmon was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq to
provide training on the DoD Electronic Health Record system for the
regional medical team. "Dr. Harmon brings recognized expertise and
insight into both military health systems and national health IT
initiatives that are critical to improving healthcare in the United
States," said Jim Traficant, vice president of Harris Healthcare
Solutions. "He will be instrumental in our mission to deliver
enterprise intelligence solutions and services for military and
private healthcare clients, and in helping to improve healthcare
delivery at the point of care for our veterans here at home as well
as our troops serving around the globe." Dr. Harmon received his
medical degree from the University of Washington, a master's degree
in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a
bachelor of science degree from Northwest Nazarene University. He
is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and the General Staff
course. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of Colonel. Dr.
Harmon will be based at the Harris offices in Falls Church,
Virginia. A high-resolution photograph of Dr. Harmon is available
at http://www.harris.com/images/PressRelease/harmon.jpg Harris
Healthcare Solutions provides enterprise intelligence solutions and
services for commercial and government customers, including systems
integration, intelligent infrastructure, visualization and display,
and digital content management solutions. Harris products, systems,
and services improve health outcomes by assuring that critical
medical information is delivered with security and privacy to the
right person, on the right device, at the point of care. About
Harris Corporation Harris is an international communications and
information technology company serving government, defense and
commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in
Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of over $4
billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers
and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class
assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Sleighton Meyer of Harris Healthcare Solutions, +1-321-727- 6514, ;
or Jim Burke, +1-321-727-9131, ; or Marc Raimondi, +1-703-739-1738,
, both of Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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