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The Sequoia Project’s Public Health Interoperability Roadmap
This post summarizes HLN Consulting’s comments on the Sequoia Project’s draft Public Health Interoperability Policy Roadmap, highlighting governance, standards, and implementation considerations.
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HLN Adds New Vaccine Groups to the Open Source Immunization Calculation Engine Forecaster
HLN has released a new version of the open source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software, adding support for four additional vaccine groups: cholera, Japanese encephalitis, typhoid, and yellow fever. The ICE default immunization schedule now supports immunization evaluation and forecasting across 22 vaccine groups.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Modernizing Public Health Data: Best Practices for Cloud Strategies and Management
As public health systems modernize, many agencies are transitioning from on-premise servers to cloud platforms that offer scalability, automation, and cost efficiency. In this blog, Mike Suralik outlines key strategies for cloud migration—covering FinOps, automation, and real-world lessons that help agencies improve agility, manage costs, and build resilient data systems for the future.
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