WASHINGTON – Harris Corp., a Melbourne, Fla.-based communications and information technology firm, has been awarded a one-year contract by Base Technologies, Inc. to help develop the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry (DVEIVR) for the Department of Defense. The registry will track the occurrence, treatment and outcomes of all eye injuries or visual dysfunction experienced by members of the Armed Forces while serving on active duty.
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DVEIVR seamlessly aggregates data from several military service member and veteran health systems to create an integrated view of injury-specific statistics and treatments. With access to this consolidated registry, clinicians can better diagnose and treat individual patients using proven techniques, and also maintain more accurate and up-to-date patient-specific information.
As the first major patient registry to be shared by the DoD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the DVEIVR enables comprehensive and coordinated vision care from prevention and diagnosis through treatment and rehabilitation. The registry will allow both agencies to focus research more effectively, analyze long-term outcomes, assess intervention strategies and establish guidelines for optimal care.
"This collaboration between the DoD and the VA is an important milestone in improving the treatment of our wounded warriors," said Jim Traficant, vice president and general manager, Harris Healthcare Solutions. "Harris is helping the DoD to develop this registry as a support tool for research, treatment, and development of clinical best practices."
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The DVEIVR program will support the requirements of the National Defense and Authorization Act of 2008, which established a Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of military eye injuries.
Harris Healthcare Solutions provides secure enterprise intelligence solutions and services for government and commercial customers – including systems integration, intelligent infrastructure, advanced visualization and display, enterprise digital content management and IT solutions. Harris bills itself as a leader in federal healthcare IT integration.
Base Technologies, headquartered in McLean, Va., provides an array of IT solutions to federal, commercial, and healthcare organizations. Its areas of expertise include: healthcare systems integration, network engineering and Web application development.
