Siemens Healthcare Announces Planned Collaboration with Harris Corporation
04 April 2009 - 3:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Both companies align to leverage technologies for PACS data
disaster recovery CHICAGO, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The
Image and Knowledge Management (IKM) business unit of Siemens
Healthcare (http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) and Harris
Corporation (http://www.harris.com/) are joining forces to offer
healthcare providers affordable solutions critical for Picture
Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) disaster recovery to
support business continuity. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The
value placed on information technology for healthcare providers is
ever-increasing, along with the amount of data they are generating
- making the need to protect this information, data, and IT
infrastructure in the event of an emergency a critical requirement
for them. And yet, while healthcare providers clearly recognize the
need for such a disaster recovery plan, they often lack the
infrastructure and resources required to safely replicate large
amounts of clinical data and images. Siemens IKM business unit and
Harris Corporation created an initiative that will help make PACS
disaster recovery easily attainable and affordable. This
collaboration is intended to provide customers with the synergetic
competencies acquired by decades of combined experience in
healthcare and network technologies. The greatest benefit to the
customer is fast and secure recovery in the event data is lost in a
natural or human-induced disaster. The solution provides access to
dedicated fiber-optic, microwave, satellite communications, and
landlines that are part of the Harris Wide Area Network, which will
connect the local PACS deployments to the disaster recovery
capabilities at the Harris network operations facilities. Because
this offering is based mainly on the infrastructure and resources
available from Harris, and leverages the hardware and software
within the customer's existing PACS solution, the customer is not
required to make any major upfront capital investment. In addition,
the managed disaster recovery services that come with this solution
make recovery easily attainable. "Harris has proven expertise,
infrastructure, and stability, which are essential requirements to
provide disaster recovery services," says Arthur Kaindl, CEO, Image
& Knowledge Management, Siemens Healthcare. "With a nationwide
telecommunications network and IT infrastructure, Harris is well
equipped to collaborate with Siemens IKM business unit in offering
comprehensive managed disaster recovery services for our image
management solutions customers." "We are on a mission to improve
the quality of healthcare," said Jim Traficant, vice president of
Harris Healthcare Solutions. "Harris is trusted by health experts
at the intersections of care delivery, communications and data
management. By joining forces with industry-leading Siemens Image
& Knowledge Management business unit to deliver innovative
enterprise solutions for medical image management, we are able to
provide healthcare professionals with the secure collection and
storage of patient-critical medical imaging data." As a provider of
innovative solutions for imaging IT, Siemens IKM business unit
supports imaging workflow processes to achieve greater efficiency
and accuracy while reducing costs. Siemens IKM offerings encompass
products and solutions for Radiology Information Systems (RIS),
PACS, Cardiovascular PACS, as well as, advanced imaging
applications and Computer-Aided Detection (CAD). Harris Healthcare
Solutions provides health systems integration, intelligent
infrastructure, advanced visualization and display, and enterprise
digital content management. Harris Healthcare Solutions is
committed to transforming healthcare through enterprise
intelligence -- delivering critical medical information with
security and privacy to the right person, on the right device -- at
the point of care. Harris Corporation is an international
communications and information technology company serving
government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue
of $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000
engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing
best-in-class assured communications(R) products, systems, and
services. The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's
largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a
renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and
innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as
well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology
and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics
acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare
company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy,
and healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by
consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers
solutions across the entire continuum of care - from prevention and
early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Additionally,
Siemens Healthcare is the global market leader in innovative
hearing instruments. The company employs around 49,000 people
worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2008
(Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of euro 11.2 billion,
orders of euro 11.8 billion, and Sector profit of euro 1.2 billion.
Further information can be found by visiting
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGODATASOURCE:
Siemens Healthcare CONTACT: Gian Sachdev, +1-610-448-3024, Web
Site: http://www.siemens.com/healthcare
Copyright