HLN Consulting – Public Health Informatics & Open Source Experts

“We thrive on new challenges. At HLN Consulting, we are driven to excellence through collaborative partnerships—large and small—to help our public health informatics clients successfully deploy innovative, open source solutions. Through our commitment to strategic planning and data modernization, we continue to strengthen and enhance public health systems to meet both current and future challenges.”
– Dr. Noam Arzt, President

Welcome

HLN Consulting is a leading health information technology consulting company. Our mission is to enhance and support the capabilities of public health organizations and healthcare providers by providing high-quality consulting services, strategic planning, and software development including open source.

Who We Are

What We Do

Develop and maintain new or existing systems for our clients

Manage a process to ensure successful roll out of new systems

Devise innovative strategies to solve organizational challenges

Featured Solutions

IIS on FHIR®!

Leveraging a proven methodology and tools to operationalize a new immunization information system (IIS)

Open Source immunization evaluation and forecasting

Replacing a decommissioned product with a well-supported system while adding a useful enhancement

Ensuring successful system migration

Leveraging a proven methodology and tools to operationalize a new immunization information system (IIS)

Recent Blog Posts

Leveraging the ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster during COVID

Like many things in the age of COVID, the vaccine development landscape is
unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. There are over 100 SARS vaccines currently in development, many of which are utilizing new technologies not used in any currently licensed vaccine. The potential impact on immunization schedules (clinical guidelines for clinicians) and immunization clinical decision support is significant.

Civitas Releases 2025 Impact Report

Overview of Civitas Networks for HealthⓇ 2025 Impact Report, reflecting on over two decades of progress since its inception in 2001.

HDUs: What Are They All About?

Health Data Utility (HDU) is emerging as a critical component of the public health data ecosystem. This blog explains what HDUs are, how they differ from HIEs and QHINs, and why their expanded data integration and analytics capabilities are increasingly important for public health, policy, and cross-sector decision-making.

Federal Immunization Policy Changes and Their Impact on the ICE Forecaster

Federal policy shifts put clinical decision support and the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine at the center of a vital question: How can we help users navigate a fractured landscape?

Affiliations

Standards Development Membership