Harris Corporation Donates $10,000 to Wounded Warrior Project during HIMSS'09 Healthcare IT Conference and Exposition
April 06 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (HIMSS'09, Harris Booth
#3974) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international
communications and information technology company, has donated
$10,000 to Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit organization
whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. The
donation is being presented today during a reception hosted by the
company at the HIMSS'09 Healthcare IT Conference and Exposition
being held April 4-8 at McCormick Place in Chicago. "Harris is
committed to delivering technology that will help enhance
healthcare and accelerate benefits for our nation's soldiers,
veterans and their families," said Dan Pearson, group president of
Harris Government Communications Systems. "We are proud to support
Wounded Warrior Project, which is raising awareness and helping to
meet the needs of severely injured service men and women." Pearson
presented a check for $10,000 to WWP representative Chad Watson.
WWP CEO Steve Nardizzi commented, "On behalf of the more than
33,000 severely injured service members, we want to thank Harris
for its dedication to our nation's heroes. Your company's
commitment is helping ensure the tremendous personal sacrifices
made by our service men and women are not forgotten." Harris is
delivering enterprise intelligence technology for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services' Nationwide Health
Information Network (NHIN) CONNECT solution, which supports secure
information sharing between federal agencies and health information
exchange organizations - several of which serve wounded warriors.
In February, the Social Security Administration was the first
agency to go live with the system, which has already significantly
reduced the time required to process disability claims for wounded
warriors and other individuals. Wounded Warrior Project is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower
wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the
public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and
women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each
other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet
their needs. For more information, call 877 TEAM WWP (832-6997) or
visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/. Harris Healthcare
Solutions provides enterprise intelligence solutions and services
for commercial and government customers, including systems
integration, intelligent infrastructure, advanced visualization and
display, enterprise digital content management, and IT services
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 and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including
nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to
developing best-in-class assured communications(R) 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 of Harris Corporation,
+1-321-727-9131, , or Marc Raimondi of Harris Corporation -
Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732, Web Site: http://www.harris.com/
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
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