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Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium
Reflecting on the 2025 AMIA Annual Symposium! Great content and networking in Atlanta. The “small but mighty” public health presence affirmed informatics’ crucial role in Public Health.
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ICE Adds Support for Evidence-Based COVID-19 Recommendations
HLN has released a new version of the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software, with key updates for COVID-19, mpox, and technical upgrades. This release adds support for evidence-based COVID-19 recommendations for the 2025-2026 season, in line with recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Additionally, this release updates support for mpox vaccines and updates the ICE service to Java 21.
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HLN Consulting’s Aasa D Schmit Named a 2026 FAMIA Fellow
HLN Consulting is proud to announce that Aasa has been named a 2026 Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This recognition highlights her longstanding leadership in applied informatics and her impact on strengthening public health systems. As HLN President Noam Arzt notes, “Aasa is one of the leading public health informatics experts in the country today…” Aasa will be formally inducted at the 2026 Amplify Informatics Conference in Denver.
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Public health, decision support, and AI took center stage at HL7’s latest workgroup meeting
HLN participated in HL7’s 40th FHIR Connectathon and 39th Annual Plenary in Pittsburgh, engaging in public health, clinical decision support, and interoperability discussions. From FHIR Query & Response use cases to thought-provoking AI plenary sessions, HLN shared insights and shared its work in immunization forecasting and electronic case reporting.
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HLN Re-Affirms Commitment to Evidence-based Recommendations in Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE)
HLN reaffirms its commitment to evidence-based immunization recommendations in the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) open source software. With input from the ICE Advisory Group, ICE will align with guidance from professional medical societies like AAP, AAFP, ACOG, and ACP to ensure accurate, trusted vaccine evaluation and forecasting.
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Immunization Calculation Engine Advisory Group Convenes Diverse Stakeholders
The Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) Advisory Group convened on September 29, 2025, with over 30 experts across public health, healthcare, and health IT. Discussion centered on immunization decision support guidelines, including ACIP versus alternative evidence-based sources, and the operational and technical challenges created by a shifting immunization landscape.
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