Aasa Dahlberg Schmit

The Key to Data Modernization? Getting Your Agency on the Same Page

Contracted by ASTHO, HLN conducted data modernization site visits in Virginia, Minnesota, and Rhode Island in August and September 2024. Through presentations, exercises, and discussions, state health department participants assessed their data modernization strategy and plan to achieve the CDC’s goals and objectives. The site visits identified each agency’s approach to data modernization, challenges, and best practices. They culminated in a report of key findings and recommendations for other public health agencies to use in their data modernization journey.

Data Governance, building trust in Public Health Data

BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Carolyn Mckinney ON April 25, 2025 Data Governance | DM | Planning | Project Management | Public Health

Noam Arzt, president at HLN Consulting, discusses public health agencies’ most pressing issues, including the end of pandemic funding, the change of administration and the need to modernize IT systems.

HLN Presents FHIR & ICE: Solutions for Immunization Interoperability and Clinical Decision Support

HLN demonstrated two of its solutions for IIS interoperability and immunization decision support at the HIMSS25 Conference in Las Vegas. Our efforts related to FHIR for IIS and our award-winning open source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) were presented as part of the Interop+SMART Experience Pavilion. Thankfully, what happens in Vegas can be shared with you!

HIMSS25: A Public Health Perspective

HLN shares its experience in attending the HIMSS25 conference in Las Vegas, from being an elite sponsor of the Public Health Data Modernization Pre-conference Forum to providing reflections on the conference from a public health perspective.

HLN Consulting is Back at HIMSS25!

Join us at HIMSS25! HLN Consulting co-sponsors the pre-conference forum, focusing on data and system modernization. Also, don’t miss HLN at the Interoperability & Smart Pavilion (#3318-30)!

IIS and DSS: A Common Path to Modernization

Both IIS and DSS are looking for potential solutions offered by a small cadre of vendors and products that will enable them to modernize, innovate and sustain their public health platforms over the next several years. Read about how HLN team helps agencies think through their options.

HLN Participates in the HL7 HELIOS Connectathon

HLN participated in the recent Virtual HL7 FHIR Connectathon the Helios FHIR Accelerator for public health track related to Query & Response. Get our perspective on the event.

HLN Participates in HIMSS24 Conference in Orlando

HLN was a proud co-sponsor of the HIMSS24 Public Health Data Modernization Pre-conference Workshop. Held in Orlando in March, this conference was attended by more than 35,000 from around the world and centered around a trade show exhibit hall, interoperability showcases, and educational sessions. Members of the HLN Consulting team, Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Marcey Propp attended. HIMSS-TV interviewed Aasa during HIMSS24. Get the details of the pre-conference workshop and our participation.

HLN Participates in HIMSS23

HIMSS23, held in Chicago April 17-21, 2023, was attended by more than 35,000 from around the world. Similar to past years, it centered around a trade show exhibit hall, interoperability showcases and educational sessions. Two members of the HLN Consulting team, Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Mike Berry, attended. Read a summary of our presentation and participation in the interoperability showcase.

Data Modernization

BY Aasa Dahlberg Schmit and Noam Arzt DM

With Congressional funding, the CDC has launched a data modernization initiative (DMI) focused on improving the data management capacity of public health in the US. The major focus of this initiative is on investments in both people as well as systems and data to improve public health response.

About Aasa Dahlberg Schmit

Posts by Aasa Dahlberg Schmit:

The Key to Data Modernization? Getting Your Agency on the Same Page

Data Governance, building trust in Public Health Data

HLN Presents FHIR & ICE: Solutions for Immunization Interoperability and Clinical Decision Support

HIMSS25: A Public Health Perspective

HLN Consulting is Back at HIMSS25!

IIS and DSS: A Common Path to Modernization

HLN Participates in the HL7 HELIOS Connectathon

HLN Participates in HIMSS24 Conference in Orlando

HLN Participates in HIMSS23

Data Modernization