MELBOURNE, Fla. and
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights
- Task order is first for Harris as part of T4 contracting
vehicle.
- Harris will enhance financial and administrative legacy systems
within the Veterans Health Administration.
- Harris is a leading provider of IT solutions for the VA.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected Harris
Corporation (NYSE: HRS) to provide product enhancements to six core
financial and administrative legacy systems within the Veterans
Health Administration (VHA). These six projects fall under
the VA, OI&T, Health Administration Product Enhancement (HAPE)
Portfolio Management Office.
Harris was awarded a six-month $9.6
million program with up to five six-month, separately priced
options. The program is part of the VA's T4 (Transformation
Twenty-One Total Technology) contracting vehicle, which covers
services designed to streamline and modernize VA operations,
including patient care delivery at more than 150 VA hospitals.
Harris was one of eight companies in the large business
category selected to participate in this 5-year Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) contract program for the VA.
"This initial T4 task order opens the door for Harris to deepen
its long-standing commitment to facilitating high-quality,
accessible patient care for our nation's Veterans through enhanced
clinical, business and financial information systems," said
Jim Traficant, president, Harris
Healthcare Solutions. "We will share our unique knowledge,
skill and experience to help build IT solutions that ensure
positive clinical outcomes and rewarding patient experiences for
the Veterans at VA hospitals."
With subcontractors that include: CGI Federal, 7 Delta, abcISP,
Doma Vector, Four Points Technologies, Halfaker and Associates, and
Paragon TEC, the Harris team will provide enhancements to six
existing legacy applications. They are:
- X12
- Fee Basis Purchased Care
- Credentialing and Privileging Enhancements (CAPE)
- ICD-10 Encounter Forms
- Occupational Health & Safety Management Information System
(OHSMIS)
- Revenue Operations
"This project showcases the high levels of coordination and
collaboration essential to achieving authentic healthcare
transformation," Traficant said.
This program is one of many Harris has implemented for the VA.
Other programs have featured revenue consolidation and financial
management services, medical imaging, bi-directional health
information exchange, and virtualization of benefits enrollment and
processing.
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 healthcare
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and
estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such
statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions
investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends
to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Statements about the
expected value of the program to Harris are forward-looking and
involve risks and uncertainties. Harris disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise.
SOURCE Harris Corporation