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Dátum: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:24:08 -0500
Feladó: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Címzett: Skonetski, Susan <susan.skonetski at hp.com>
Tárgy: OpenVMS Pearl - HP Awarded $784 Million Services Contract by 
Department of Veteran Affairs-(OpenVMS Clusters)  Please distribute

Dear Distribution lists, this is a public Document.  Many thanks to the
OpenVMS Ambassadors working on this account.  In particular Mark Z.

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Sue


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HP Awarded $784 Million Services Contract by Department of Veteran
Affairs 3/24/2004 7:45:00 AM
 

 
PALO ALTO, Calif., Mar 24, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HP (HPQ) (HPQ) 
today
announced that it has been awarded a ten year, $784 million contract 
by
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Engineering Support 
Services
and Maintenance of the VistA Health Information Systems. Under the 
VistA
Maintenance and Expertise Center (VMEC) contract, HP Services will
provide support and maintenance to the mission critical VistA systems,
helping the VA deliver vital health care data across the VA's 21
networks. 
 
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates 170 medical centers
throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. More
than 4.5 million people received care in VA health care facilities in
2002 and more than 6.8 million people are enrolled in the VA healthcare
system. The unprecedented growth in medical system workload has
reinforced the VA's need for an adaptive environment that facilitates
the seamless flow and availability of critical data across its networks.


"HP is honored to have been selected by the VA to provide mission
critical support to the clinicians and IRM personnel dedicated to
serving our nation's veterans," said Tom Iannotti, senior vice president
and general manager, Consulting & Integration, HP Services. "The VA's
teamwork, combined with HP's Adaptive Enterprise strategy, has 
resulted
in VistA being recognized as one of the premier hospital information
systems in the world." 

The VA's VistA solution is implemented at all VA medical centers. VistA
provides automation and record keeping for almost every clinical and
administrative office and function in the VA through the many custom
integrated software modules running from a single integrated 
database at
individual medical or regional computing centers. The VA continues to
demand more access, speed, manageability, scalability, and high
availability from the systems on which it implements VistA. 

A strong record of collaboration 

HP has been an infrastructure, consulting and services provider to the
VA since 1983 through its work on the Decentralized Hospital Computer
Program (DHCP) and Enhanced Decentralized Hospital Computer 
Program
(EDHCP) contracts. Over time, HP and the VA have collaborated closely 
to
continually evolve the VA's IT environment and have successfully
deployed HP's OpenVMS clusters on AlphaServer systems to build an
adaptive environment that has increased performance, utilizes 64-bit
architecture and has enhanced reliability and up-time. As part of this
latest agreement, HP takes responsibility for maintenance and support
for all hardware and software products that comprise the VistA solution.


"The HP team has worked closely with VA over the last 20 years as VA 
has
grown VistA from three core applications to a single integrated system
which services over 100 clinical and administrative functions," said a
VA representative. "We look forward to teaming with the HP architects,
engineers, and service teams as we continue to ensure VistA provides
world class automation for veterans healthcare needs." 

HP has also worked with the VA in other areas related to the VistA
solution, using technology to improve patient care. This includes the
implementation of BCMA (Bar-Code Medication Administration), MAF 
(Mumps
Audio-Fax), automated patient information and interaction, and VistA
Imaging. 

Information about VistA is available at www.va.gov/vista_monograph/. 

About HP 

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging 
and
printing. For the fiscal year ending on Oct. 31, 2003, HP revenue
totaled $73.1 billion. More information about HP is available at
www.hp.com. 

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the
express warranty statements accompanying such products and 
services.
Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional
warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or
omissions contained herein. 

SOURCE: HP 

HP
Brad Bass, 240-744-8119
brad.bass at hp.com


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Mark

VA Team - Solutions Architect
OpenVMS Ambassador
Consulting & Integration
Federal Government Region
hp
(301) 918-5577 (office) 
(240) 472-1385 (cell)
Mark.Zimmermann at hp.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Zimmermann, Mark 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:50 PM
To: Skonetski, Susan
Subject: RE: Mark do you still think the press release will go out this
week?


I haven't heard anymore about it.  And my boss (Donna) is out today, 
so
I can't check.  Is it important?

Mark

VA Team - Solutions Architect
OpenVMS Ambassador
Consulting & Integration
Federal Government Region
hp
(301) 918-5577 (office) 
(240) 472-1385 (cell)
Mark.Zimmermann at hp.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Skonetski, Susan 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:15 PM
To: Zimmermann, Mark
Subject: Mark do you still think the press release will go out this
week?