Harris Corporation Donates $10,000 to National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
March 03 2010 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTA, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (HIMSS '10, Booth #3133)
- Harris Corporation yesterday donated $10,000 to help sponsor the
24th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. The annual
event allows hundreds of severely disabled veterans to participate
in therapeutic recreational activities - encouraging hope and
building confidence to overcome profound disabilities. The sports
clinic, co-sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans and the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will be held March 28-April 2
in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Disabled veterans will learn
adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, and will be challenged with
other adaptive sports and activities. Nearly 400 disabled veterans
are expected to participate, many with spinal cord injuries,
amputations and visual impairments. "Each year, we witness what we
call 'miracles on a mountainside,' when veterans realize the wonder
and achievement that life still has to offer," said Santo
Trombetta, director of the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports
Clinic. "On behalf of these severely injured service members, we
extend our thanks to Harris for its dedication to our nation's
wounded warriors and this generous donation." The donation was
presented last night at a reception hosted by Harris during the
Health Information and Management Systems Society Conference and
Exhibition in Atlanta. "The Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
creates an environment of promise for our wounded warriors," said
Jim Traficant, vice president of Harris Healthcare Solutions.
"Every day, these veterans and their families must conquer the
challenges of sacrifices they made in service to our nation. Harris
is very proud to offer our encouragement and gratitude for their
incredible service by sponsoring the Winter Sports Clinic." Harris
is leveraging healthcare information, communication and imaging
technologies to enhance the quality and access to care for U.S.
wounded warriors and veterans. Harris is delivering global imaging,
integration and clinical application solutions for the Department
of Defense (DoD) Military Health System (MHS). This work includes
the Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution (HAIMS) and
the Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (BHIE), which links
DoD and VA clinical applications under contracts from Evolvent
Technologies. HAIMS will provide DoD hospitals, medical centers,
dental and medical clinics with enterprise-wide access, and viewing
of healthcare digital artifacts and images. BHIE enables those
medical images and artifacts to be shared with the Harris-led VA
VistA Imaging program, assuring care continuity for service members
from the MHS to VA. In addition, Harris is developing and
modernizing the DoD's electronic health record under contract to
Planned Systems International. Harris Healthcare Solutions provides
enterprise intelligence solutions and services for government and
commercial customers - including systems integration, intelligent
infrastructure, advanced visualization and display, enterprise
digital content management and IT solutions. A leader in federal
healthcare IT integration, Harris products, systems and services
improve healthcare outcomes by assuring that critical medical and
benefits 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 worldwide. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company
has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000
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, Harris
Healthcare Solutions, +1-321-727-6514,sleighton.meyer@harris.com,
or Jim Burke, Harris Corporation,
+1-321-727-9131,jim.burke@harris.com, or Marc Raimondi, Harris
Corporation - Washington, D.C.,+1-202-729-3732,
marc.raimondi@harris.com Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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