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Harris to Develop National Health Information Exchange Gateway Solution

Posted on: Monday, 24 March 2008, 12:00 CDT

The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Harris, a communications and IT company, with a contract to develop and integrate an open-source, National Health Information Exchange Gateway solution.

The gateway will connect government healthcare providers within the Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, Social Security Administration, and Indian Health Service to provide access and exchange of vital patient medical records.

The second phase of the gateway deployment will move the core components into the public domain, essentially creating a world wide web for healthcare information exchange among providers of all specialties and sizes.

Under the contract, Harris will provide the Gateway Core Services, customized software that can be downloaded by providers to enable connection to the National Health Information Network; and a software development kit which will enable providers to customize the gateway while connected to the network.

Jim Traficant, vice president of Harris Healthcare Solutions, said: "The Gateway offers the next generation of capabilities in providing immediate access to vital medical information. It will be a valuable tool for saving lives and reducing costs by sharing and managing information."

Source: Datamonitor

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