Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries, and a subcontractor to Evolvent Technologies, Inc.,
unveiled its plan to enhance the capabilities of the Bidirectional Health Information Exchange interface.
Also, the company said it is leveraging its open-source CONNECT solution to modernize the BHIE and standardize its data exchange models as part of the BHIE Functional System Enhancement program. The open-source CONNECT software is said to enable healthcare organizations to participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network for efficient and secure patient information exchange.
The BHIE is a health enterprise integration capability employed by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to securely share patient information between agencies.
"Harris is committed to delivering enterprise solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of care delivered to our service men and women," Jim Traficant, vice president and general manager, Harris Healthcare Solutions said.
"As service members move between the DoD and the VA systems, their healthcare information will move with them assuring better care and improved patient outcomes. Deployment of these enterprise integration capabilities supports President Obama's objective mandate for virtual, integration of the Military Health System and Veterans Affairs electronic health records," Traficant added.
The enhanced platform will now have the ability to transfer medical imagery and associated studies over the exchange, along with artifacts from the DoD's global Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution system.
As a pioneer in federal healthcare IT integration, Harris claims that its products, systems and services are designed to 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.
The company recently was awarded $140 million contract to modernize ground segment for NASA tracking and data relay satellite system.
Jai C.S. is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of Jai's articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Juliana Kenny
