Match IT Act: A Good Start but Not Enough
The Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (Match IT) Act of 2024 was recently introduced in the House. Read our perspective in a new blog post.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Matching | Meaningful Use | ONC
The Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (Match IT) Act of 2024 was recently introduced in the House. Read our perspective in a new blog post.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | RCKMS
ONC has issued a final rule for health data, technology, and interoperability (HTI-1). This post comprehensively addresses the key subjects of the regulation from a public health standpoint.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Planning | Public Health | TEFCA
The Sequoia Project released draft versions of the Common Agreement and related technical and educational documents related to TEFCA, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | COVID-19 | EHR/PHR | Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Planning | Public Health
The president of HLN Consulting, Noam Arzt, is one of the authors of this article recently published in the Journal of Public Health Management Practice focuses on COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on Immunization Information Systems (IIS) operations.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Planning | TEFCA
Sequoia released version 2 of its FHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange. The plan calls for increasing levels of QHIN-provided services aimed at facilitating the exchange of data using the FHIR standard.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON EHR/PHR | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking based on requirements in the 21st Century Cures Act. Get a public health perspective here.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | Clinical Decision Support (CDS) | DMI | EHR/PHR | Events | FHIR | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | ONC | Open Source | Public Health | Technology | TEFCA
HLN attended the Sequoia Project Annual Meeting held this year in San Diego. A public health viewpoint on the meeting and the advancements achieved in the TEFCA project is presented here.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON DMI | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Open Source | Planning | Public Health | Technology
Low-cost Application Platforms (LCAP) are an emerging approach for the development of core public health applications. The post discusses the LCAP software development and what techniques public health can use to develop applications without sacrificing the quality, precision and functionality of complex systems.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON DMI | Planning | Public Health | Technology
World Health Organization (WHO) released its report on Emerging Technologies and Scientific Innovations: A Global Public Health Perspective for 2023, after consulting with a group of global health experts, providing valuable and comprehensive insights. Read our summary and observations.
Read more >BY Noam Arzt ON CDC | DMI | EHR/PHR | Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) | Federal Rulemaking | HIE & Interoperability | HL7 | Immunization Information System (IIS) | Meaningful Use | ONC | Public Health | RCKMS
On June 15, 2023 the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Proposed Rule Task Force 2023 released its recommendations on proposed provisions to the ONC Health IT Certification Program. Get a public health perspective here.
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