Harris to develop $14M multi-hospital military health info, image network

Harris has been awarded a one-year, $14 million contract by Evolvent Technologies to develop and implement the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System's global Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution (HAIMS).

The HAIMS contract is for one year with potential for four one-year incentive options. The announcement was made during the HIMSS conference and exhibition being held this week at McCormick Place in Chicago.

HAIMS will provide all 65 hospitals and medical centers within the global DoD healthcare system, as well as dental and medical clinics, enterprise-wide access and viewing of healthcare artifacts and images. The program also enables seamless access for beneficiaries supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Under the contract, Harris will provide program management, software design, systems development, and test and evaluation expertise for the web-based HAIMS solution.

The HAIMS solution will enable the DoD and the VA to share health artifact and image information whenever and wherever needed, including electronic scans of paper medical records, photographs and handwritten clinician notes, as well as electronic attachments from files or images and other documents related to patient care.

The overall HAIMS program was awarded to Evolvent, an e-business solutions and services provider, as part of the Defense Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services III contract vehicle, for which the company is a small business prime contractor.