MELBOURNE, Fla. and
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- System serves more than 1.3 million patients and captures more
than 35 million images each month
- Critical component of VA's mission to provide multimedia
patient health records at point of care
- One of the most comprehensive and widely implemented Picture
Archival and Communications Systems (PACS) available
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue providing
advanced software engineering and enterprise support to the
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
(VistA) Imaging System. This multi-year contract was
originally awarded to Harris in August
2008.
The VistA Imaging System is an enterprise-wide information
system that integrates clinical images, scanned documents, and
other non-textual data into a patient's electronic medical record,
as well as providing long-term storage. VistA Imaging
combines traditional clinical information with images of all kinds,
including X-rays, pathology slides, cardiology motion views, wound
photos, dental and dermatology-related images, medical data in
standard video formats, and any type of scanned document needed to
complete a patient's chart. The system works in all federated
computing architectures, enabling it to be used in multi-vendor
imaging environments without the need for custom interfaces –
ensuring interoperability and reliable data exchange.
"VistA Imaging provides clinicians with the information they
need at the point of care to deliver quality treatment for our
Veterans," said Jim Traficant, vice
president and general manager, Harris Healthcare Solutions.
"Harris is proud to support the VA as the agency continues to
enhance one of the most widely used medical imaging software
applications in the world."
VistA Imaging is one of the world's most comprehensive and
widely implemented medical Picture Archival and Communications
Systems (PACSs) available today, supporting both conventional and
telehealth-based healthcare delivery. Each month, the system
serves more than 1.3 million patients, captures more than 35
million new images, displays more than nine million images for
review, displays more than 500,000 studies for diagnosis, and is
used to interpret more than 160,000 studies.
Since the original award in 2008, VistA Imaging has achieved the
following:
- Continuing to modernize computerized patient records with
attachments and medical images
- Improving medical imaging capability through integration with
legacy VistA Imaging System
- Expanding data sharing between Department of Defense (DoD) and
VA
- Transitioning VA hospitals and medical facilities to an
enterprise-wide paperless and filmless Electronic Health Record,
and
- Improving the centralization of veterans' health records with
VistA Imaging as a single source of record
In healthcare information technology, Harris 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 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and
services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at www.harris.com.
SOURCE Harris Corporation