New Harris Corporation Program Assists Healthcare Organizations in Implementing CONNECT Solution for NHIN Connectivity
February 03 2010 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Support Available to Commercial Users and Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation
(NYSE: HRS) recently introduced Harris CONNECT Engineering Support
Services (CESS) to help healthcare organizations rapidly implement
the Federal Heath Architecture CONNECT solution - a gateway to the
Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). CESS enables
healthcare organizations to quickly and securely exchange patient
health information. The bundled offering includes CONNECT
enterprise services installation, configuration and
troubleshooting. "As the developer of CONNECT, Harris has unique
expertise and services to enable healthcare organizations to
efficiently participate in the Nationwide Health Information
Network," said Jim Traficant, vice president and senior executive
of Harris Healthcare Solutions. "The CONNECT Engineering Support
Services are part of our ongoing commitment to advance NHIN
connectivity and the federal health IT initiatives fueling
healthcare transformation." CESS is available to federal agencies
through the General Services Administration, Contract Number
GS-35F-0283J, and also to commercial users such as health
information exchanges, regional health information organizations
and the emerging statewide health information networks. The
open-source CONNECT solution was developed by Harris, with partners
Agilex and Scenpro, under contract to the Federal Health
Architecture within the Office of the National Coordinator for
Health IT. Harris Healthcare Solutions 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 15,000
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
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Sleighton Meyer, Harris Healthcare Solutions, +1-321-727-6514, ,
Jim Burke, Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, , or Marc Raimondi,
Harris Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732, Web Site:
http://www.harris.com/
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