MELBOURNE, Fla., and
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Secure email service enables participants to send encrypted
health information to other authorized participants throughout the
state
- Direct Secure Messaging (DSM) Service adheres to Nationwide
Health Information Network (NwHIN) Direct Standards
- DSM service will help health care providers achieve Meaningful
Use
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, in partnership with the Florida
Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), has launched a secure
email service that enables health care providers to exchange health
information electronically with other providers. Delivery of
the Direct Secure Messaging (DSM) service marks Harris' first
milestone in the four-year, $19
million contract awarded to develop Florida's statewide health information
exchange (HIE).
The Florida HIE DSM service is now online and available to
Florida licensed providers.
By using DSM, providers and other health care entities can
"push" electronic messages to known and trusted recipients over the
Internet. The service supports several of the information
sharing requirements for Meaningful Use, such as the ability to
provide a summary of care records for patients referred or
transitioned to another provider.
"Enabling health care providers in Florida to exchange clinical records over a
secure network is one of our primary goals," said government
analyst and AHCA's HIE Policy Lead Carolyn Turner. "The new
DSM system from Harris supports provider collaboration and aligns
with our mission to improve the quality, safety, and delivery of
health care in Florida."
As one of the first statewide implementations to go live, the
service adheres to NwHIN Direct standards and supports the Office
of the National Coordinator's (ONC) effort to enable the
development of technologies to safely exchange clinical
information. As an electronic and web-based system, DSM aims
to replace the widespread use of fax machines for referrals and
transmission of patient data between organizations.
"Transforming healthcare requires a secure and connected
framework," said Jim Traficant,
president, Harris Healthcare Solutions. "Direct Secure
Messaging is another standards-based innovation delivered by Harris
to enable Florida, other states,
and health enterprises to share critical health information in a
trusted exchange model."
The secure messaging platform is the first step towards the
implementation of a fully connected health information exchange
across the State of Florida.
Harris plans to follow the DSM delivery with a Patient
Look-up service this fall, which will allow clinicians to search
for and retrieve individual patient records from participating
sources in the Florida HIE. At least 20 organizations will be
brought into the HIE by 2014.
For more information, and to track the progress of the Florida
HIE, please visit https://www.florida-hie.net/.
A nationally recognized leader in federal healthcare IT
integration, Harris also offers commercial providers a full range
of interoperability solutions, including IT infrastructure and
management, clinical workflow and analytics, health information
exchange, and imaging. Harris solutions improve health care
quality, safety, efficiency, cost and outcomes by ensuring that the
right information travels, with security and privacy, to the right
person, at the right time, 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