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HLN supports updates to several vaccine groups in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
HLN released a new version (v1.40.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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HLN takes part in the CDC Health Data Innovation Summit
The CDC Foundation held a follow-up event to the CDC-ONC Industry Day: The CDC Health Data Innovation Summit. HLN Consulting presented on shared services for IIS data exchange.
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HLN takes part in the ONC Tech Forum 2023
ONC held a two-day virtual workshop that highlighted the current state of public health data exchange across the US. HLN Consulting was a part of a panel that discussed modernizing public health data exchange.
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IIS-IIS Interoperability… What We’ve Learned Along the Way
HLN supports IIS implementations in New York City (CIR) and Rhode Island (KIDSNET/RICAIR). As we began testing connections to other IIS, we wondered whether IIS-IIS HL7 data exchange might yield similar issues as noted with existing EHR to IIS reporting. Testing of IIS-IIS pairings has highlighted several variances in platform configuration, business rules and policies – some that existed and some that did not.
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HLN participates in the 3rd Data Modernization Workshop
The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teamed up to host the third virtual Data Modernization Workshop from September 12-14, 2023 with over 400 attendees. HLN took part in a panel discussion led by Helios and facilitated a group discussion by presenting a framework for data governance.
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HLN on FHIR
HLN is on FHIR! We have successfully implemented FHIR interfaces to enable healthcare data interoperability, using our experience in FHIR. Let’s look into some details of the projects HLN has been working on in public health.
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