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Clinical Decision Support for Immunizations (CDSi): A Comprehensive, Collaborative Strategy
This article focuses on the requirements and current developments in clinical decision support technologies for immunizations (CDSi) in both the public health and clinical communities, with an emphasis on shareable solutions.
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Discussion Paper: Address Geocoding Options
Some organizations have the need for a web application that can translate street addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates. This brief discussion paper provides some potential solutions and strategies.
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HLN Participates in 2016 CDC Public Health Informatics Conference
HLN attended and actively participated in the 2016 Public Health Informatics Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and presented on several topics.
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The Reduction of State-coordinated HIE: How Should Public Health React?
A move away from jurisdiction-based HIEs will make it harder for public health agencies to engage with vendors and providers on core public health reporting and data access despite requirements from state/local law or the CMS EHR Incentive Programs.
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Encrypting Data at Rest on Servers: What does it get you?
It is common practice today to encrypt data at rest, that is, data stored on servers. To build off an old adage, no one ever got fired for encrypting their data. But what protection does that really provide? Is just encrypting data enough?
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HLN Supports Open Source ICE Deployment by VHA
HLN Consulting is pleased to announce a new project with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) which will result in the incorporation of HLN’s Open Source ICE Immunization Evaluation and Forecasting software into VistA, the EHR used by VHA, and its deployment system-wide over the next few years.
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