Leidos Invests In Public Health Informatics At Georgia Institute Of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology received a donation from Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, to support The Interoperability & Integration Innovation Lab (I3L), a virtual and physical laboratory for health information technology.

The $40,000 donation supports the development of a pilot demonstration at I3L to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. The pilot demonstration includes collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health and University of Georgia Public Health Department.

“This gift from Leidos will provide students with the time and resources they need to begin the build-out of a data analytics platform to transparently help self-insured employers optimize the value – foremost patient health outcomes – of the healthcare dollars they expend. We are excited about this opportunity and the early interest by both large and small Georgia-based, self-insured employers,” said Myung Choi, technical manager at Georgia Tech’s I3L.

The donation will support I3L’s efforts in the Triple Aim Initiative, a focus on three key areas: improving the patient care experience; improving population health; and reducing the per capita cost of health care.

“Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of improving public health through the application of technology,” said Doug Barton, chief technology officer at Leidos Health and member on I3L Industry Advisory Board. “Leidos is pleased to support the pioneering work underway at I3L that reflects a much needed shift in academic research toward healthcare interoperability.”

Leidos works with federal and commercial health customers to develop and implement standards-based solutions to ensure interoperability of healthcare information systems, including electronic health records. These solutions support the secure exchange of health information, which can be optimized to improve patient care and reduce costs. Leidos applies domain and technical expertise to deliver health data securely in ways that is transforming healthcare.

The mission of the I3L is to facilitate the future state of health IT toward better health and higher quality healthcare through applied technology. This “living laboratory” provides participants access to a wide array of resources with which to experiment and innovate.

About Leidos
Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in national security, health and engineering. The Company’s 20,000 employees support vital missions for our government and the commercial sector, develop innovative solutions to drive better outcomes and defend our Nation’s digital and physical infrastructure from ‘new world’ threats. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $5.77B for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 after giving effect to the spin-off of the company's technical services and information technology business. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

About the I3L
The mission of the I3L is to advance the goals of the IHI’s Triple Aim through the application of technology. The lab supports education, research and commercialization of innovative Health IT. In this virtual and physical sandbox, members work on projects that advance safer and higher-value healthcare delivery with an ever-growing suite of open source and new commercial platforms, applications and toolkits. I3L projects are proofs-of-concepts, engineering interoperability in conformance with emerging national standards and adopted guidelines. For more information, visit i3l.gatech.edu.