Harris Corporation to Support VA Initiative to Extend Care to All Eligible Veterans
October 19 2011 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications
and information technology company, has been selected to provide
system and software development services for the Enhance the
Veteran Experience and Access to Healthcare (EVEAH) initiative by
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Harris was awarded a
Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) -- a one-year base contract, with
a one-year option for service orders, and a ceiling of $199.6
million.
The EVEAH Initiative is part of the VA’s global effort to ensure
all Veterans receive the healthcare they have earned through their
service. The VA is working to identify and communicate with
eligible Veterans who are unaware of their benefits, do not know
how to enroll, or have mobility limitations that make it difficult
to receive inpatient care. It focuses on access and quality of care
within the VA healthcare system.
Harris will provide the systems software development and ongoing
support to meet the strategic goals of the EVEAH initiative. These
goals require the modernization of existing IT systems and the
ability to interface with the various information systems within
the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
(Legacy VistA). Initially, Harris has been awarded four (4)
projects whose specific tasks are defined in individual call orders
under the BPA:
- The VA Point of Service (VPS) Kiosk
project will provide a convenient, easy to use, and effective
method for the Veteran to access and manage their personal health
experience as well as providing access to providers and system
administration.
- The Public Quality and Safety Website
(PQSW) project will redesign the existing Quality of Care website
(www.qualityofcare.va.gov), to make the website more useful to the
users.
- Under the National Utilization
Management Integration (NUMI) project, Harris will provide
continued support and ongoing maintenance, perform application
updates, and enhance the NUMI with business functionality.
- The Bed Management System BMS project
will develop a replacement information technology solution needed
to support the management of beds in VA Medical Centers
(VAMCs).
“Harris is proud to support the VA’s efforts to find, enroll and
serve all of our nation’s eligible Veterans,” said Jim Traficant,
president, Harris Healthcare Solutions. “Harris delivers assured IT
and communications solutions and services to meet the most
sophisticated healthcare challenges, helping the VA deliver
top-quality treatment no matter where Veterans live.”
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.
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