MELBOURNE, Fla. and
SPOKANE, Wash., June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Support for Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS) enables
secure, seamless, cross-boundary information sharing
- Initiative enables bi-directional exchange of patient data
between the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) and private sector partners
- Harris proves implementation, testing and production can be
achieved in under 8 weeks using an open source, commercially
supported out-of-the-box solution
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, supported Inland Northwest
Health Services (INHS) in creating a bi-directional exchange of
clinical health information for the Spokane Virtual Lifetime
Electronic Record (VLER) health pilot initiative. The VLER
health initiative enables secure, seamless, cross-boundary
information sharing among Department of Defense (DoD), Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) and participating private sector health
care providers nationwide by leveraging and advancing comprehensive
standards and best business practices for health information
technology (IT).
"The VLER initiative highlights that more than half of America's
veterans and active duty service members receive care outside of VA
and DoD facilities," said Jim
Traficant, president, Harris Healthcare Solutions.
"Harris has demonstrated the value of open source,
standards-based, flexible technologies that can easily and quickly
be implemented for critical health care information sharing
projects between the public and commercial sectors."
Harris leveraged the open-source Nationwide Health Information
Network CONNECT Gateway to support INHS with integration,
configuration, interface development and testing efforts in order
to meet VLER project milestones. Harris' expertise with the
Nationwide Health Information Network standards and protocols, the
Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Conformance Testing, and
DoD and VA partner testing requirements helped INHS to go live
within eight weeks with a bi-directional exchange with the DoD and
VA.
INHS, one of the nation's most recognized health information
exchange networks, is located in Spokane,
Washington. It is the third VLER pilot site to have
connectivity to both the VA and DoD to improve the portability and
accessibility of health information for active duty service members
and veterans. More than 5,500 active military personnel are
stationed at Fairchild Air Force
Base, and tens of thousands of veterans call the Spokane region their home.
"Harris was an excellent partner on this project," said
Mike Smyly, senior director of INHS.
"They brought top technical resources to the project
immediately, which helped us meet our aggressive deadlines."
In health care solutions, Harris provides enterprise
intelligence solutions and services for government and commercial
customers — including systems integration, intelligent
infrastructure, interoperability, imaging, and other 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 in
more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
approximately $6 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