Our Customers

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Harris was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop and integrate the National Health Information Network-Connect (NHIN-C) project. NHIN-C will enable federal healthcare agencies and healthcare providers to more quickly and easily share patient information—improving the quality of care and reducing costs.

NHIN-C is the solution for federal agencies to securely exchange interoperable health information within agencies and with state, local, tribal, and the private sector. Initially, it will connect government healthcare providers within the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security Administration, and Indian Health Service to provide access and exchange of vital patient medical records. The second phase of the deployment will connect healthcare providers of all specialties and sizes, providing a healthcare information exchange.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Clinical Services: For the past 30 years, the NCI has trusted Harris to provide the necessary services to support intramural clinical cancer research, including technology development, data management, protocol development, quality control services, and systems integration. A Clinical Data Registry system was developed in 2004 to provide improved case processing capabilities.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Health Data Services: Harris has over 15 years of experience supporting the CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)—the largest health and wellness survey in the nation. NHANES encompasses a diverse set of activities including examination component development, metadata creation and management, performance monitoring and reporting, quality control, and validation and testing.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) IT Services: Harris Corporation has supported numerous institutes within the National Institutes of Health with a broad range of IT services, including Help Desk, System Administration, and Network Operations. Harris is a prime contractor on the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) contract.

U.S. Air Force Medical Information Technology Transition (MITT) Last Mile Architecture (LMA): Harris was recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to install, test, and turn over the MITT Last Mile Architecture system at 48 sites and other OCONUS locations. Part of the Air Force's "One Air Force, One Network" vision, this initiative has provided the opportunity for Harris to work closely with the USAF, medical providers, and military health system application providers to ensure a seamless medical data communications infrastructure. The infrastructure protects the privacy of medical traffic in accordance with the latest HIPPA constraints as well as segregates medical data from combat-oriented/sensitive data.

U.S. Army Dental Global IT Services: Harris was recently awarded a contract through the U.S. Army's NETCENTS contract vehicle to provide IT services for the Army's dental imaging systems, supporting all dental clinics—both CONUS and OCONUS.

Emergency Response Communications: In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005, Harris Corporation responded with engineering support, wireless communications infrastructure products, and broadcast communications products to quickly implement a network that enabled uninterrupted telemedicine services, including voice, video, and data. The infrastructure included installation of an H-Class Content Delivery Platform that enables broadcast-quality technology in support of mission-critical, first-responder communications—delivering the right content to the right responder at the right time on the right device.

In 2004 Harris provided a standardized approach for certification, security documentation, and computer systems security audit functions as part of the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Enterprise Security Support (ESS) program. As the USAF component of the U.S. Transportation Command, AMC is responsible for all air mobility. An important part of its mission is to provide aeromedical evacuation, airlift, air refueling, and special air missions for U.S. military forces.

In 2002, Harris was selected to protect the Veterans Health Administration's computers from hackers and cyberterrorists through use of its STAT^® product line.

In 2001, Harris' imaging technology was a key enabler for Advanced Digital Mammography through its use by Kodak as part of the DryView™8610 Laser Imaging System which creates high-quality digital mammography images.

In the late 1990s, a Harris-led consortium selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) installed and operated a global telecommunications backbone network to more effectively manage key worldwide health initiatives. WHO's Global Private Network provides voice and data communications as well as video conferencing via satellite and terrestrial links between WHO's headquarters in Geneva and six regional offices around the world.

In 1999, Harris provided its Falcon II^® Tactical Radios to upgrade the U.S. Army's combat medical communications capability, enabling combat medical units in the battle zone to transmit and receive patient information in a much more secure and expedient manner.

In 1997, Harris provided a variety of equipment and medical networking services to the Social Security Administration for improved systems integration, network design and management, transcription, data repositories, workflow, and document imaging of healthcare-related information.

In 1995, the first Transcontinental Telemedicine Service was developed by Harris to link patients in Central Florida with medical specialists at UCLA in California, including the reliable transmittal of patients' medical images in real-time. This landmark initiative served as a pilot for medical centers around the world.

For more information, please contact:

Jim Traficant
Vice President, Harris Healthcare Solutions
Email: healthcare-it@harris.com
Phone: 703.610.4308