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About 400 people gathered in the lobby of the Hubert Humphrey Building toview the rapid and secure transfer of health information between the federalagencies, private entities, and community healthcare providers. In a "woundedwarrior" scenario, the Nationwide Health Information Network-Connect's(NHIN-Connect's) service-oriented architecture connected the departments ofDefense and Veterans Affairs with regional and national health informationexchanges to demonstrate interoperable healthcare information sharing from thefederal-level to the community-level and back. The demonstration also enabledthe "wounded warrior's" patient record to be accessed by the Social SecurityAdministration as part of a "long-term disability" scenario.
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt chaired the AHICmeeting. AHIC is a federal advisory board focused on accelerating thenationwide adoption of interoperable healthcare information technology. Themeeting was also attended by U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, U.S.Congressman Dave Weldon, and the broader AHIC community.
"While the demonstration focused on the interoperable, secure sharing ofhealthcare summaries, such as diagnoses, medications, allergies and lab tests-- NHIN-Connect could readily be extended to deliver other fundamentalelements of health information such as medical images," said Bart Harmon, MD,Harris chief medical officer and AHIC-2 Transition Committee member.
NHIN-Connect, developed by Harris and its partners Agilex and Scenpro,offers secure, enterprise-wide discovery, query, and delivery of healthcareinformation between federal stakeholders and regional providers. It alsoempowers patients by allowing them determine how and with whom their medicalinformation is shared.
"Harris is committed to making a difference for our wounded warriors,veterans, and their families, by assuring secure health information sharingacross the continuum of care through enhanced information exchange betweenfederal and regional providers," said Jim Traficant, vice president of HarrisHealthcare Solutions.
Harris Healthcare Solutions provides enterprise intelligence solutions andservices for commercial and government customers, including systemsintegration, intelligent infrastructure, advanced visualization and display,enterprise digital content management, and IT services solutions. Harrisproducts, systems, and services improve health outcomes by assuring thatcritical medical information is delivered with security and privacy to theright person, on the right device, at the point of care.
About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information technologycompany serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of $5.3billion and 16,500 employees - including nearly 7,000 engineers andscientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assuredcommunications(R) products, systems, and services. Additional informationabout Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.
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