Presence Heal and Harris Corporation Team on Clinical Integration Platform to Improve Patient Care

Presence Health and Harris Corporation Team on Clinical Integration Platform to Improve Patient Care Highlights:

Harris will implement Clinical Integration Platform for Illinois largest Catholic health system.

ItePlatform will connect hospitals, physicians, radiology, labs, and other providers.

Platform will help improve patient experience and health of populations, and control costs.

MELBOURNE, FL/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois, has awarded Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) a contract to implement its Clinical Integration Platform, which enables patients and physicians to securely share electronic clinical information and collaborate on the best form of care. The Harris solution will help Presence Health improve the patient experience and quality of treatment through a focus on care efficiency, safety, and reduced costs. The standards-based Harris Clinical Integration Platform is a vendor-neutral hardware and software solution that connects clinical systems with workflow and analytics tools that integrate complex data from diverse systems. The Platform includes Harris Provider Portal, which aggregates patient information from disparate clinical data sources used by physicians, and the Patient Portal, which allows patients to collaborate with their care team and access their health information through the Internet. Presence Health understands the need for Harris vendor-neutral Clinical Integration Platform and the value of our Patient Portal that puts the patient at the center of the healthcare experience, said Vishal Agrawal, president, Harris Healthcare Solutions. Presence Health is at the forefront of a revolutionary change in healthcare, where hospitals looking to enhance cordination of care, lower costs, manage risk among physicians, and improve the patient experience are moving toward a fully interoperable Clinical Integration Platform. One of the principal motivations behind the formation of Presence Health is to ensure a more collaborative, cost-effective, and interconnected healthcare experience for the patient and the physician, said Dr. Richard H. Ferrans, system vice president and chief medical officer, Clinical Integration and Accountable Care, Presence Health. The Harris Clinical Integration Platform will give us the infrastructure to deliver a suite of services that will be developed in coordination with Presence physicians and adhere to the responsibility we have to our patients to deliver a better healthcare experience. A nationally recognized leader in healthcare IT integration, Harris offers a full range of interoperability solutions, including IT infrastructure and management, clinical workflow, health information exchange and business intelligence. Harris solutions improve health-care quality, safety, efficiency, cost and outcomes by ensuring that the right information travels, with security and privacy, to the right person, at the right time, on the right device, at the point of care. For more information, visit the Harris Clinical Integration Platform. About Presence Health

Presence Health is the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois, created in November, 2011 through the merger of Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care. With over 100 sites of care, including 12 hospitals, Presence Health has 22,000 employees, 4,000 medical professionals and a revenue base of nearly $3 billion. Visit Presence Health to learn more. About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5.5 billion of annual revenue and about 15,000 employees including 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at harris.com. Sean McCabe

The Pinkston Group for Harris Healthcare

harris@pinkstongroup.com

703-297-4898 Jim Burke

Harris Corporation

jim.burke@harris.com

321-727-9131

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